After intense research and consulting many goat experts, I found what I thought would be the best solution to having an open manger for my girls. Goats are actually extremely picky eaters and often will not eat hay that is on the floor, even if said hay is there after falling out of their own mouths, hence very wasteful. The grand idea would be to cover the front of the manger with solid wood and cut out a "keyhole" shape for the goats head and a place for their necks down lower. To get their head out of the manger, requires the goats to lift their heads out of the lower part and then remove their head from the circle section....hoping that all the loose hay that would fall to the floor would fall back into the manger as they pull their head out. As you can see from this picture, Penny, my 6 month old nubian isn't shy about her eating habbits nor does she understand the whole "keyhole" principle
happy day to all!.
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