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Feeding just got easier

Over the weekend we struck another pre-winter job off of the list. There is finally a hay rack in the barn. This doesn't mean that the woolies haven't been eating for the last year. No there has been a number of incarnations of feed methods. First was the hay net.This worked well but was fussy to constantly change especially when our wonderful neighbour was livestock sitting. It was fussy and awkward. Next was a strange wire, contraption that we thought would work. It was a wire sling between two pieces of wood fixed with some screws and a number of tie wraps. It worked for a while, but as the woolies pulled at it more the more it bent and just got weird. Then a hen started laying in it. This was no good for winter. So last weekend we managed to cobble together a hay rack. At first we have a really great plan. It looked great. I made the first box for it, took it into the barn and realized that I was on the completely wrong track. So I backed up and started again. Slowly the rack took form. I suppose it is based on a traditional design (is there any other) and one that already exists in the barn originally made for rabbits that is useless for sheep. The best way to show it of is to find a far nicer picture from somewhere else and let imaginations run wild. I just know that now ANYONE can take a coulkd of flakes of hay and easily feed our woolies. Next is the outside rack!