We now have a group of banties that think the goat pen is a wonderful place. They discovered it and want to live there. (really like the warm roosts - aka - goat backs)
We would be happy to keep them in there...(its actually useful for many reasons)....but there is one major problem. I can't feed them! They get 2 bites, and then the goats arrive, butt them out of the way and finish the feed.
Brainstorms on a goat proof feeder? It would need to:
-be sturdy enough for goats to jump on top of
-be accessible to banties
-not be accessible to the goats.
I wonder if I need a long wooden tunnel with the feed at the end? Would the chickens be scared of a dark tunnel? or would they learn to go in to get the feed?
We would be happy to keep them in there...(its actually useful for many reasons)....but there is one major problem. I can't feed them! They get 2 bites, and then the goats arrive, butt them out of the way and finish the feed.
Brainstorms on a goat proof feeder? It would need to:
-be sturdy enough for goats to jump on top of
-be accessible to banties
-not be accessible to the goats.
I wonder if I need a long wooden tunnel with the feed at the end? Would the chickens be scared of a dark tunnel? or would they learn to go in to get the feed?