20 Best Round Bale Feeder For Cattle (2023 Updated)

This is a great feeder. Keeps my pony?s hay off the ground and it?s very well made.

Love these feeders in my horse stalls. They were easy to install and I can include their grain in the bottom portion of the feeder along with the hay in the upper part.

Great feeder – note that you will need a drill to punch the holes through to install the brackets. They are started but do not go all the way through. Once you have that done, assembly is easy.

Nice sturdy feeders. I wish they came with adjustable brackets. We needed ours to sit a little lower for mini donkeys. Needed a wider top of bracket to hang them where we wanted. Make sure you get your packet of brackets when you pick up feeder.

Two of ours were missing, they are loosely attached to the feeders.

The bars are a great size for goats and sheep. They cannot easily get their heads stuck in the bars which has always been a concern for me. The size is great, since it can hold 2 flakes of hay in the bars and grain in the bottom.

The only problem I had was mounting it on the wall. It is made to be hooked over a gate but I do not have any gates in my barn so it was a big chore getting it up on the wall. I had to bolt it on to 2 pieces of wood then bolt the wood into the barn wall.

Over all though it has withstood wear and is working great. I am definitely going to get more.

I bought one last winter and loved it, easily holds a full bale with room to spare so it should accommodate larger bales easily. Once they get used to eating out of it and it stretches it wont last as long, but still takes them at least twice as long as loose hay and there is much less waste.

I bought another one this year, I was immediately repairing holes and then the metal piece that holds the top draw string in broke in half (and it is cast, not a good solid metal) after only a handful of uses.

I need a spare one to have ready for the next day so I tried giving it another shot, the 3rd one is holding up great as well as my original from last year. I don’t know if I just got a faulty one but am disappointed that I have one that was just junk and a waste of money.

So I guess it’s a gamble, when they hold up they are fantastic to have. Durability: 2.

Lifetime warranty is not what you might hope for. I tried this net, love the concept and was happy with it until a new hole (gaping) appeared daily. Company will take a very small amount off the purchase price of new net.

I’m not buying a new net every 3 months.

I have an OTTB that needs forage 24/7 and is stalled at night. He has ulcers if he doesn’t eat consistently. This net has provided me with an easier way to make sure he has hay and it doesn’t have to be a round bale, which is hard for me.

The net is very soft and durable and easy to get on a square bale. I use a large water trough so the hay is off ground and it catches the smaller pieces. I attach it at the top to a part of the stall panel cause he does tend to toss it around if not.

The only drawback is the color of the net is white and after one day it looks dirty. I wish they would have a darker color net so the dirt doesn’t show. Also, be careful when you cut the hay strings.

I made the mistake and cut the net with the first bale. It was fixed easy by tying a know but made me made that I did that. Don’t know how hardy it will be after a year of use, but after a month it seems to be holding up fine.

OK, for what it is, it is good, well constructed and would serve its intended purpose. I just bought this to use as a container for something about 22 inches diameter. I selected it based on the dimensions listed as over 26 inches diameter.

It is not. The narrow part is only 18 inches in the interior, and the top is just 25 inches diameter and will not work for what I had hoped to use it for. Just leaving this review for anyone else who wants a specific dimension.

Heavy. Best bucket brand to use! More difficult for the donkeys to push around or drag away when not full of something like hay or feed.

I needed a portable water tub that I could easily move from one pen to another and this feeder was perfect. I have six Boer goats and 10 kids plus a guard donkey and sometimes need to put extra water out for them.

This tub is short enough that even the 4-week old kids can reach the water. It’s easy to clean and fill which is a plus since I’m 72 y/o with some physical difficulties.

Went together fast and very easy. Good quality. Perfect height for my sheep, including some weaned lambs. Yes shipping is expensive. It ships via semi truck, so I suggest you get it “Shipped to Store”.

While I have a ranch with a turn around, I opted to meet the truck at a gas station a few miles away. Box it comes in is not that heavy, 70 lbs apx. No discount or free to get it shipped to store, and IMO you should at least get a discount.

The problem is that even with a hay bale in it, the sheep can knock it over. I don’t know if they are rubbing against it or? I had to use stakes hammered in the ground at each leg and wired the legs to the stakes.

I thought I could use the pan as a grain feeder, but it will not work. Feed ends getting pushed to the center. This is ok for ewes, but not rams with large horns. Very happy overall.

Fits a full bail of hay to make chore time easier. Tray is great for holding grain. Very easy to assemble. Multiple goats can all feed at once from all sides compared to 2 on a wall mounted system.

I’ve been running the Yogoata co-op for 10 years now, and I started out with what was on hand. When someone gave me a feeder similar to the above one, I saw that more goats were able to eat from it without one bully goat dominating the feeder.

The three I bought from here are actually better than the gift feeder I was given. They are sturdy and working great with my 24 goats- it was a very good purchase for Yogoata! Just yesterday the burros snuck into the barn and ate from them as well before I threw them out.

I like how both how they look and how they function.

I can’t say I have actually used the bag yet, although, the constructions appears to be good and I don’t doubt it will hold up. It didn’t fit perfectly, but better too big then too small. I tied two of the eye holes together with a cable tie, and it fit perfect.

Exception being, I have a new Featherlite trailer and the rings are rubber coated making them quite large. The hooks that came with the bag (which I’d considered a bonus for the price) won’t work because they aren’t large enough.

I’d recommend to the manufacturer to use the large carabineer type snap hooks–which I ended up buying and they worked great. The depth of the bag seems good, and I think will work well.

Product is bigger then I expected! They only reason I will probably keep them is because returning them is stupid expensive. $30 UPS and $44 USP. I sadly will probably order from amazon they were a few dollars more but with free returns if unsatisfied.

Much larger than I thought!! Perfect for my use! I have some very fragile alfalfa hay that gets wasted in a haynet & on the ground. This safely holds the fragile leaves! Love it!

Sturdily built and seem like they’ll be durable. Painted not powder coated and the paint seems to scratch off pretty easily. I did drill some holes in the bottom to allow water to drain and some holes in the back to mount to T-Posts.

I bought 2 of these to use to put alfalfa out for Axis deer that free range on our property. Just put them, hopefully they’ll last a good long time. Overall good quality for the price.

It’s made very well and worth every penny. The goats like to step on the tray and use it as leverage to get to the hay. Unfortunately, if you don’t hang it high enough, the males will pee all over their salt and pellets.

Crunched hay accumulates in the tray and needs regular cleaning. I’d prefer no tray if I ever buy one again.

Nice feeder. It holds a flake of hay if you don’t break it apart. Otherwise “fluffed up” maybe half a flake. Works great for my mini donkeys. I bought two…one for each of them.

I bought two of these and have used them about 3 weeks. The concept is good — far less wasted hay, slows horses down resulting in better control of nutritional intake, etc. But this particular product is very flimsy.

In three weeks of use, I have had to mend two massive holes and one smaller hole. Thank heaven for twine and slip knots as the repair material that was sent with the bags is just a giggle. I could understand if the horses were wild idiots using the bags for a soccer match or something.

They are simply doing what horses do — eating. I’m very disappointed in the quality and not happy about the obvious replacements that will be needed far sooner than later. Durability: 1.

I guess I should have read the description better. This is a heavy duty bucket; it is the size of a mini muck bucket. I have a TB that throws her feed everywhere. Not sure how to hang this thing yet, so no review on how well it will help keep her feed and supplements IN the feed bucket and not all over the floor.

For years I have used the Horsemans Pride feed tubs – but they have gotten extremely expensive and hard to find. I have show horses that are locked in their stalls a good portion of the day, and they take it upon themselves to destroy their feed tubs in my absence.

These are the only feeders (short of the horsemans pride) that actually last. They aren’t as pliable as rubber so the hooks don’t rip out, and they aren’t as ridged as other plastic tubs that break when they are sat in, or crushed against the wall, or flung in the air.

They are EXTREMELY cost effective, with the cost of snaps now-a-days, you are basically just paying for them and getting a free bucket. The only thing I would change – make the hooks removable, I have a couple that have to hang on a flat wall, so I can only use 2 of the hooks.

I had to use bolt cutters to remove the 3rd hook for safety reasons.

This is a solid product that is well made and designed. I put it off for a long time due to the cost, but I was tired of the goats throwing hay everywhere. With this feeder, it catches most of what drops in the feed tray.

The tray is also nice so snacks can go in one place instead of always setting out snack buckets. We have ours outside, and use a small tarp flopped over the top with wood across the top so it is protected from fain, and they just stick their heads under it to get to the hay without an issue.

For the cost on sale, it was absolutely worth it.

This has been very a real game changer! Very efficient and my goats seem to really like it. My hay use and waste has been cut in half! Goats can be very messy and wasteful. Once the hay hits the ground they usually won’t eat it.

The try at the bottom traps all the leafy goodness of the alfalfa, and they will now munch on the rest throughout the day. Very little waste. I fashioned a lid for the top so the big goats can’t get to it and it helped keep it more civil between them.

EXCELLENT PRODUCT!.

We have some young Nubian/Nigerian Dwarf X and this feeder is really the perfect size. I have the cinder blocks there but they do not need them. They like the boost they provide and it’s an attempt to wear their front hooves down a tad but they are totally good eating from this feeder without them.

Happy with this purchase. I am giving it 4 of 5 stars because it arrived with one leg slightly bent so I need to keep a rock under it to keep it balanced. A bit of a bummer, but oh well. I am a fan of the entire Tarter line truth be told.

Super functional and effective feeders and water’s for our critters. Tried uploading images but the upload feature hates me.

I did a lot of research before deciding on this feeder. The only place it was available was RK, so I trekked an hour to go get it. It was dark when they loaded it into my truck, and when I unloaded it and tried to assemble it the next day almost all the tube “sleeves” that other tube pieces needed to go into were bent and smashed up to the point where I could not get it together.

I had to drive another hour back to RK to return it for a new one. I checked all the parts before loading it the second time, and they were better. However, when assembling, the “gate” barely fit into the holes the way it was supposed to, and a hammer was needed to get it all together.

I don’t think I will be able to easily remove the gate to put bales in, so I will just have to load them from the top. I like the idea of this feeder, but it could certainly use some quality control when it comes to construction!.

I used these feeders for horses and was very happy with them for 2-3 years, until the day one of my retirees put a front leg in between the bars at the corner of the feeder. His foot was trapped in the bars, and his front leg was completely destroyed.

He had to be euthanized as a result. As safe as these feeders might look upon first inspection, they are not suitable for horses. Please don’t make the same mistake that I did.

Great concept! I added some Keystone Steel Wire Fence, 94925 Panels to reduce the excessive waist of hay loss. Only time will tell the longevity of this product. The plastic caps in the detachable gate are an annoyance, they keep popping out every time it’s taken off when replacing hay bales.

The slot’s are pretty narrow for horses. However the ones on the ends are wider. It has some pretty tall and sharp edges where it connects in the 2 spots on top and bottom and it does not lay completely flat because of the edges.

Wouldn’t recommend for horses. Especially if you are using a hay net it will get caught/snagged on the edges. Definitely a NO go. And the coating be extremely careful the staff when loading it drug it in the parking lot on the ground like he didn’t have a care in the world until I raised my voice.

So far so good. This is for cattle but upon reading the reviews I bought one for my horses, edges are rounded so o risk of cuts. I added pool noodles with duck tape to wrap around the place where the panels are joined together.

Using with a hay chicks net One out of four horses is rubbing her mane off. I talked to a gal that has been using these for her horses and she said no mane rubbing on any of hers. I looked at the round bale feeders for horses that were in stock in the yard and they already had rust and sharp edges so I chose this one.

Be warned that other brands of cow feeders used for horses can cut horses as they have sharp edges. this tubular one is great.

This ring was easy to assemble and is holding up great with our little heard of Angus. It was definitely heavier duty in comparison to some of the less expensive ones. Good compromise between price / strength & paint.

Very happy with this purchase and would definitely buy again.

I bought 4 of these for a small herd of medium/average size 750-1000lb cows. No bulls in this herd of 24 cows and heifers. Within 2 weeks the first one was completely destroyed. The other 3 followed one by one within a couple of months.

The metal is so weak you can literally bend the tubes by hand. All I have is a large pile of bent and broken tubes. For the same money you can buy 2 good quality rings like Preifert.

Works well for our small herd of Herefords. Typically we have 4-6 head on a feeder. The only complaint I have is they do pull hay out of the gaps on the very bottom so some does go to waste if they mess on it.

But, thats an easy fix on our part. FOR THE PRICE this is a great small farm round bale feeder – less waste than throwing a round bale out in the field or in the barn.

So far so good. I did add hog wire to the bottom so hay could stay somewhat in the ring and i added a small tarp. All three items were bought at ts. I did all the work tractor supply just sold me something that should take 20 years to rust.

Get back with me then for a real review. Heck its only been 2 weeks sure its all still nice and pretty now and a wild cow hasn’t mashed it in like a tri fold wallet Yet.

I have 6 big horses and needed something to replace an old wooden hay box that they couldn’t destroy. This County Line equine steel hay feeder was the perfect solution! It is very solid made and has enough weight that the horses can’t easily push it around which is very important in our sandy areas here in Florida.

I would definitely recommend this product.

I bought 2 of these at different times. Comes in 3 pieces that bolt together. Easy to transport and, with a second set of hands, assembled pretty easily. The metal panel around the lower half is valuable at preventing hay from being lost around the bottom.

Hay waste out of the top is a factor of horse’s behavior; 3 drafts feed from one and waste about 20%. The other is used by another 3 drafts waste very little; more like 5%. The design of this feeder sves hay from being wated from the bottom.

It works as promised.

It was a good ring, But only a few animals can feed at a time. Good for saving hay, but the dominant animals get all the hay and the dominant animals are the ones that don’t NEED it. The legs (there are 3 of them) rust out first, Not bad, it would be like every other hay ring sitting on the ground, Right? Wrong! Once one leg goes, and the animals start to push on it; the ring breaks down at the joint due to the torque.

So, the high quality ring that should have lasted 6 years – dead, deformed mangled. mine lasted less than 3 years. “NOTE TO SELF”, if one leg breaks off. bust off the others or I will LOOSE THE WHOLE RING.

I fell for it, because I thought keeping it off the ground was genius! A am not buying this again.

TranslateShow in original languageMeine stute steht Nachts in der Box und frisst leider immer ihr Einstreu, obwohl sie viel Heu bekommt. Mit dem Ball hat sie nun eine gute Beschäftigung. Beim ersten Mal habe ich loses Heu mit kurzen Halmen reingetan, das hat gar nicht funktioniert.

Mit den langen Halmen ist der Ball morgens komplett leer.

TranslateShow in original languageMein Pferd hat sofort damit gespielt als noch kein Heu drin war. Und das rauszupfen hat er auch schnell verstanden. Jetzt hat er endlich eine Beschäftigung gegen die Langeweile im Winter :).

TranslateShow in original languageSuper Beschäftigung für unsere Pferde. Sie mögen den Ball gerne. Gut zu befüllen.

The Round Bale Feeder Has Enriched the Lives Of the Horses Profoundly! Recently Switched From Feeding Square Bales To Round Bales To Allow The Horses To Have Full Access To The Hay Throughout Each and Every Day.

As They Are No Longer Dependent Upon Being Fed Square Bales Morning And Night ~ With Variation In Feeding Times Experienced. They Seem So Much Happier ~ Nourished And Vibrant! The Feeder Has ~Been Excellent At Containing the Hay And Substantially Reducing Hay Waste Relative To Square Bales.

~The Feeder Has Paid For Itself In 3 Weeks Of Use With The Cost Of Round Bales Relative To That Of Square Bales as Was Being Spent. The Use Of The Round Bale Feeder With Current Hay Supplier Has Led To ~ ~ Substantially Less Time Spent Loading And Unloading Hay (Square Bales Previously) ~ Less Time Feeding Daily (Previously Morning & Night) Has Created Space To Devote That Energy To Grooming & Connecting.

~Enriching The Lives Of The Horses and My Own! Incredible!.

We have 3 horses and purchased this hay feeder so that they could not destroy the bales before they finished them. We cover it with a tarp when the horses are in the barn and bad weather is expected.

The weight is light enough that it can be easily moved to different locations in the pasture. We are very pleased with our purchase.

Frame is sturdy, but pan is plastic. Use to be when you ordered online and had it delivered to the store, shipping was free. If your gonna charge freight, they should get that right. But the pan/tray was dented and a bolt was missing to adjust it.

Be ready with a rubber mallet to knock on the frame in order to adjust the height, because it is not an easy slide adjust. Only had it for 4 days now as I write this review, using it to feed one horse with cows in the same pasture.

So far none of them have knocked it over and horse is eating out of it with no problem. Overall satisfied, but always a bit disappointing when your product is damaged. I would have given it a 5, but for that.

Great feeder, very sturdy, works well for weaning calves. Light enough to drag around. Drilled holes for drainage, really like how the tub base is divided. Is a bit pricy, but worth it. Definitely would buy again, wish I would have found this years ago.

I didn’t adjust the height, kept it how it was shipped.

This is a great feeder, it works fantastic for goats. Especially for the price! I can feed them hay and grain them in the same feeder. The pictures don’t do it justice, it is more sturdy and bigger than it looks in the picture.

I also have cows and horses that have used the feeder and it works great for them too !.

I am very happy with this mineral feeder! After shopping around multiple mineral feeders and comparing reviews, I decided to go with the Tarter Ground Level for a couple of reasons. First and foremost it is light weight – we do an intensive grazing system and so all the gear I use must be easy to move.

Secondly its low and wide profile makes it difficult to tip despite its light weight. I am happy to say after a week of use this feeder exceeds expectations. It shipped quickly to our local TSC, and was very simple to assemble.

It took the steers about 24 hours to figure out how it worked but now they use it regularly. Finally, it has been raining non stop since I brought it home and the mineral underneath is very dry. I highly recommend this feeder!.

Works well but should be better for the price. I Thought it would be heavy duty plastic. It was bent when I received it. I bought two. They work well and the sheep have figured them out first day. The other thing is they’re a pain to put together.

Ordered and had it delivered to store so I could check it out. Was not strong enough in my opinion for a herd of 40+ cow/calf to finish herd. It is very lite and easy to move compared to our heavier bull mineral feeder.

Would probably be just fine for a smaller hobby herd of a few head of cows or for sheep/goats. We love providing multiple mineral/salt options with these type of feeders for the animals to choose free choice.