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Same hay bale, next day! #hay #haybale #roundbale #baleofhay #pasture #woods #nature #naturephotography #winter https://www.instagram.com/p/CYY0fC5LD9U/?utm_medium=tumblr

#snow #haybale #roundbale #hay #bale #winter #photography #winterphotography #nature #naturephotography #woods https://www.instagram.com/p/CYWLupmrrFe/?utm_medium=tumblr

V3 of the round bale feeder courtesy of the handy other half! We're learning what works and what doesn't with each iteration and integrating changes into each new version to improve the design. This one is more robust/sturdy to deal with the bumps and bruises of loading of bales and moving of the feeder and has a built in door on it (vs requiring a cattle panel be strapped to the front with bungee cords 😄 ) He took pics and detailed the build to post to the website in the event someone else out there can benefit from it. . . #diy #roundbale #hayfeeder #sheep #icelandicsheep #icelandic #boulder #boulderco #bouldercounty #lafayatte #lafayetteco #lafayattecolorado #louisville #louisvilleco #louisvillecolorado #longmont #longmontco #longmontcolorado #bigashfarm #bigashfarmcolorado #farm #farmlife #erie #erieco #eriecolorado #broomfield #broomfieldco #broomfieldcolorado https://www.instagram.com/p/CGSfEukAT3m/?igshid=oy3kj2svfnif

Last bale of hay for the season.... not much longer til that juicy green grass is all yours my dear sheep peeps! (And I get a bit of break - will have moved about 4800 lbs of hay by hand since the tractor died when this bale is all gone). . . #thefinalcountdown #hay #roundbale #boulder #boulderco #bouldercolorado #colorado #frontrange #lafayette #lafayetteco #lafayettecolorado #louisville #louisvilleco #louisvillecolorado #erie #eriecolorado #longmont #longmontcolorado #longmontco #bigashfarmcolorado #bigashfarm #bigashfarmco #farm #farmlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B_9FRUSAUR_/?igshid=12nbhcowu0su4

Trying out V2.0 of the round bale feeder today! . . #v2 #roundbale #hay #sheep #icelandic #icelandicsheep #boulder #boulderco #bouldercolorado #colorado #frontrange #lafayette #lafayetteco #lafayettecolorado #louisville #louisvilleco #louisvillecolorado #erie #eriecolorado #longmont #longmontcolorado #longmontco #bigashfarmcolorado #bigashfarm #bigashfarmco #farm #farmlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B98XylZgswz/?igshid=1oir017arv97t

Rainy day round bale and ceramic bowl on the treadle kick wheel. Oh, and I played disc golf in the weather. Am I crazy? Why yes, yes I am. #roundbale #farmlife #rainyday #rainydays #nothinghuntswhenitrains #treadlewheelthrown #treadlewheel #bowl #cermaic #cermaicbowl #discgolfcrazy #discgolf #equinesofinstagram #meetingattheroundtable #goatsofinstagram #southcarolina #sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pmqovgHD0/?igshid=1jmxdmgxvw493

Oh my goodness, Eleanor.... 😄 The verdict is still out on the big round bales for me (without a hay boss feeder to use for feeding - they're so blooming expensive but look like a good design). They're great at the beginning of a bale - relatively hands off (and no bucking bales needed as with small square bales), but as the sheep munch them down there is a definite element of maintenance required to keep the hay accessible for eating yet not so available the sheep waste it. Not sure the lower cost of round bale hay is worth the effort it takes to feed them! Who all feeds round bales out there to sheep? How do you do it and keep hay waste to a minimum? (Hay is expensive here so that's important component of feeding approach for me) . . #howdoyou #hay #roundbale #sheep #icelandic #icelandicsheep #boulder #boulderco #bouldercolorado #colorado #frontrange #lafayette #lafayetteco #lafayettecolorado #louisville #louisvilleco #louisvillecolorado #erie #eriecolorado #longmont #longmontcolorado #longmontco #bigashfarmcolorado #bigashfarm #bigashfarmco #farm #farmlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B8l6-aGgPFJ/?igshid=k9060mh668g8

Meeting at the round bale at dusk to discuss plans for the revolution. Unless there is new round bale in the AM, then, we meet there. . . . . . . . . #roundbale #goatsofig #horsesofig #poniesofig #mulesofig #pasturebuddies #pasturemates #weareallinthistogether #dusk #ontheeveningwalk #revolution #revolutiontalks #overthrowthefarmer #wecantakehim #winter #wetwinter #babethegoat https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rIORCA3ik/?igshid=c7anx4r9nil2