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Ease Of Access To Feed For All Animals Animals need ready access to feed if they are to achieve optimum milk production and target live-weight gains. With a chain or chainless balefeeder, you know that all animals can access the nutrition they need because feed is distributed in windrows. A hay unroller also makes feed easily accessible, but animals have a tendency to lie down on it – blocking access to others and compressing the feed to make it less palatable. A ring feeder limits the number of animals that can feed at any one time, which means there’s always a risk of runts and animals low in the pecking order missing out.
Livestock competing for access to feed. Cow-calf operation, Missouri, USA
Cattle competing for access to a hay ring, Hawkes Bay
Each bale can be spread out as thick or thin as the operator prefers
FIELD TESTIMONIAL
“I love this Hustler TX205. When you’re in weather like this these young calves can all eat. This is the way to feed hay in my opinion.”
“I didn’t realise there was that much feed in one bale.” Russel Porter Kinistino, Saskatchewan.
James Doran Flemingsburg, Kentucky.
BALEFEEDER TYPE
CHAINLESS BALE FEEDER
CHAIN/SLAT BALE FEEDER
HAY UNROLLER
RING FEEDER
BALE SPLITTER
BALE PROCESSOR CHOPPER
TMR FEED MIXER
Investment cost each
$9,000-20,000
$7,000-17,000
$3,000-10,000
$300-1200
$3,000-6,000
$20,000-35,000
$50,000-150,000
Ease of access to feed for all animals
Best
Best
Good
Poor
Average
Best
Best
