[Jacob-list] Cattle panel hay feeders and stuck sheep.

[dave & katrina]

We started with the good ol' cattle panel feeder last year (same idea as your hog panel...are they different size spaces Linda?) and loved the ingenuity of the idea.  We tied the panel along one entire side of the barn and the sheep can spread out at leisure.  Worked wonderfully!  

Every once in a while we had a sheep that liked to put its head through the panel...then got stuck...which leads me to my next question:   What do you do with animals that insist on sticking their heads through small openings to eat whatever is on the other side or sometimes just to stick their head through????  Help!  I am getting frustrated!  We bought a ewe lamb last year that developed the habit and now this year her son (wethered) does the same thing only more obsessively!  I am talking about getting stuck in woven wire fences 4 and 5 times a day.  The ram lamb also taught a pretty ewe lamb (unrelated, but a curious girl) and now she is starting to get stuck! This is starting to get old. 
Katrina Lefever, Chicory Lane
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