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 feeder pen size??
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12/06/12 09:24 PM
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Maglite
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What do yall think is the best feeder pen size? I prefer NO PEN but I can't on this property thanks to the cows. So what size pens do yall use and like?
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[Re: Maglite]
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12/06/12 09:29 PM
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Chasing Bone
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Re: feeder pen size??
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12/06/12 09:30 PM
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ar-15hunter
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Bigger the better. mine is prolly 20 x 20 and wish it was bigger lol
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12/06/12 09:32 PM
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TxAg
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I like 9-16' hog panels. Give you a circular pen about 46' across.
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Re: feeder pen size??
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12/06/12 09:33 PM
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KG68
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Bigger the better. Almost all spin feeders require at least a 30' diameter area. Forty foot is better in that no feed falls outside the pen to encourage livestock encroachment. I've heard some encourage smaller pens to help entice the hogs to come around so it's each to his own.
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12/06/12 10:03 PM
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Texas_Aggie_13
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Light Foot
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Definitely bigger is better... You don't want deer feeling enclosed by any means. Also I never put a pen up when dealing with cows. Typically my feeder would spread the corn pretty well and cows aren't real capable of eating single kernels off the ground, so they would loose interest in move on.
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12/06/12 10:35 PM
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Maglite
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It's not the corn I'm worried about. I am planning on installing a couple free flow protein feeders and a cotton seed feeder and want to keep the cows out of it.
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12/06/12 10:37 PM
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TRIJI....WHAT
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I have 7 of them and they are 50 X 50. I have no problem with deer being scared to go into them or things like that. I have corn feeders as well as protein in all of them
Shhhhhhhh better to be quiet than remove all doubt..
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12/08/12 12:25 AM
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hoof n wings
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Mine is about 40x40, but I'm thinking of expanding this Spring to 50x50 or so
I'd ask him if he's pregnant. He missed a s__tload of periods. I'll take "things that look like a uterus" for $200 Alex.
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12/08/12 03:00 AM
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kmon11
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40 foot circle seems to work well. 8 16foot pannels u-bolted together with a little overlap seems to work well
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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