E-Z Hay Feeder

Save up to 40% hay cost with no waste	Electric wire to prevent top feeding and a removable patio umbrella can be modified to be used as a weather cover.
Requires very little labor and is powered by a standard 110 volt power source	Horses, for ponies, llamas and cattle $2295.00 F.O.B. our ranch
PVC skirt will not injure animals	Customer must arrange shipping or pickup at our ranch. Allow 6 wks. after ordering to complete and a 10% deposit must be paid at time of ordering. Balance to be paid prior to shipping.
One feeder will feed up to 12 animals
Your choice of feeding time and duration	Audible warning to warn of curtain closing

Animation requires about 90 seconds to load and is sped up to illustrate movement. Actual time is approximately 1 minute to either raise or lower the curtain.

In 1994 when it came time to bring my herd of 20 plus horses in from the pasture to the barn for winter feeding, I started thinking of all the trips I would be making throughout the long cold North Idaho winter to feed. It didn't take long to come up with a feeder design that takes only about 15 minutes once every 10 days to feed each 10 head.

There are so many benefits to this system that I thought other ranchers might be interested in the freedom and savings this feeder offers. We save about 30 to 40 percent in our hay cost from loss and overeating as with regular round bale feeders. The savings on labor alone to feed is very great. The only thing that needs clean up is the manure they create, and that so far can't be helped. There is a small set back to this system, you will need a tractor to put the round bale into the feeder, that is unless you are very tall and very strong. The feeder will hold up to a 1100 pound round bale, square bales (all strings removed) or loose hay.

The feeder was built to feed Icelandic and standard horses. Up to 12 can feed from one feeder as long as they get along well in a group. The feeder can also be placed in a way as to serve several fields or corrals at a time. You can also put many in 1 field and have them all controlled with one timer.

I started with 2 feeders in 1994 and now have 5 to do my feeding, that gives me lots of time to think of other things I can be doing with the free time and savings my feeders have given me.

All parts and components used in the control have ul, ulc or csa safety certficates. The curtain is PVC material. The electrical wire, 14 gauge inside 3/4" black PVC pipe, should be buried deep enough as not to have it damaged. Just plug the wire into a 110 volt outlet. The unit only draws 3 amps of power each time it moves or about 1 KW per month.

The only change from a regular round bale feeder is that the feed and time of feeding is controlled. That's more time for other things, less labor costs, no waste, healthy and fit horses for spring and a very low operating cost.

I hope this gives you an idea of what to expect from the "E-Z HAY FEEDER" and what they can do for you.

Curtis Icelandic Horse Ranch