Goat Grain Feeder. Moultrie Directional Feeder works!

After 2 weeks of testing, and some minor modifications I have been able to adapt the Moultrie Directional Feeder to feed my small goat herd.

You must make modifications to the feeder because Moultrie originally used the feeder to disperse dry feed the size of corn or peas. Sweet grains are somewhat stickier and can jam up the feed system.

Truly it would work better if it were 12 volt instead of 6 volt and they made improvements in the impeller design but as soon as the goats hear the sweet grain going to the trough they are there. 21 seconds at high speed in the morning and 15 seconds in the evening is more than enough grain.

I but in alfalfa pellets which I think helps the feed system but I am cutting the amount back. If you use pelletize feeds that are dry very little modification is neccesary or modification may not be necessary.

The clock in the system is not properly compensated and can drift in minutes. I guess that is not important in a game feeder. Considering how uncomplicated the design is, some cheap PLCs would make the system far better.

The hopper design does not favor sweet feeds. If you wanted to attach to a more sweet grain hopper the simplicity of the motor mechanism is so simple it is really probably still worth buying the entire system and throw away the hopper!

I customized a feed system with PVC pipe. After build it to tolerate the goats shaking the feeder system it working pretty good.