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Some haylofts have slots or holes (sometimes with hatches), each above a hay-rack or manger in the animal housing below. The hay could easily be dropped through the holes to feed the animals. Another method of using a hayloft is to create small bundles of hay (1–4 cubic feet), then hoist them up using a block and tackle—in this case a hay ...
As of 1993, Kaytee had 365 employees and annual sales of about $70 million. [3] At that time, it also held about 1300 exotic bird species in an aviary in Chilton. [3] Engler sold the company to Central Garden & Pet in 1997. [4] They renamed the company Central Avian & Small Animal and continued to market products under the Kaytee brand. [4]
Hay rack Hay rack in an animal enclosure Hay rack in the forest. A hay rack is a light wooden or metal structure for feeding animals. It may be used to feed domestic livestock such as cattle, [1] horses, [2] and goats, [3] or it may placed in the woods to feed deer. Feeding deer is mostly done in the winter, when the other food sources (green ...
A baler or hay baler is a piece of farm machinery used to compress a cut and raked crop (such as hay, cotton, flax straw, salt marsh hay, or silage) into compact bales that are easy to handle, transport, and store. Often, bales are configured to dry and preserve some intrinsic (e.g. the nutritional) value of the plants bundled.
A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or feeder used to hold food for animals. The word comes from the Old French mangier (meaning "to eat"), from Latin mandere (meaning "to chew"). [1] Mangers are mostly used in livestock raising [2] and generally found at stables and farmhouses.
A beaverslide will raise hay to a height that allows a haystack to be built as much as 30 feet high. [18] A large hay crew is required, with a minimum of six people to operate all components. A load of hay is delivered to the base of the beaverslide, often pushed by a buckrake drawn by a team of horses or a
Forage harvesters can be implements attached to a tractor, [4] or they can be self-propelled units. In either configuration, they comprise a drum (cutterhead) or a flywheel [5] with a number of knives fixed to it that chops and blows the silage out of a chute of the harvester into a wagon that is either connected to the harvester or to another vehicle driving alongside.
A Molon belt rake/tedder tedding hay. A tedder (also called hay tedder) is a machine used in haymaking. It is used after cutting and before windrowing, and uses moving forks to aerate or "wuffle" the hay and thus speed drying before baling or rolling. The use of a tedder allows the hay to dry ("cure") better, which prevents mildew or ...