Since the snow fell a few days ago and the pastures were covered, we had to start feeding the animals more hay during the day. Problem, Daryl the Donkey hogged the entire feeder and didn't let the sheep near it. Whenever one of our ewes made a move to approach, Daryl would kick her away and continue munching on his hay. When Daryl had his fill, the goats then took over the feeder and would not let any of the sheep near it as well. By the time the donkey and goats stuffed themselves, there was hardly enough hay left for the sheep. So we took it upon ourselves to build just one more feeder (the final feeder) and put it under the newest shelter just east of the barn. This solved the problem nicely. The sheep have their feeder and the donkey and goats have theirs. Everyone's happy.
