A feeder of
hay-like
livestock feed including types of feed being provided as, or mixed in with one or more of
straw, grass-like
plant stems, grains and shafted grains; the feeder comprising: a
hay holding cage that has a gridwork of horizontal as well as vertical bars that create openings sized to limit
livestock to pulling out only a mouthful of
hay at a time, thereby reducing wasted hay dropped on the ground, wherein opening is 1 to 2.5 inches larger than
muzzle dimensions for the animals to be fed, a skirt rail at a height matching a
toe to brisket dimension of cattle; a top opening sized for length of bale, and bottom of grid spaced to get about 32″ from cage side to outside of top skirt rail=average brisket to
muzzle /
nose dimension for cattle an
inverted pyramid-like funnel with four sides (gridwork on all 4 if square / equal-sided pyr); or (long rectangular cage is V trough with flat vertical ends covered by panels, and four corner legs supporting top of cage.