Hog Toy Made From Feed Auger

Hog Toy Made From Feed Auger HOG EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Hog Equipment & Ideas (351) 20-5-36 Doug Fischer, Long Island, Kan., used lengths of 2-in. dia. auger from a flex auger feed system to make a hog toy that he slips onto the side rails of pens in his 7,500-head finishing building. "Hogs love to play with them which has resulted in greatly reduced tailbiting," he says. Fischer came up with the idea after he replaced the auger feed system in his hog barn. He used a torch to cut the auger into 10-12-in. lengths. He used a pair of vice grips to keep one end of the auger from turning over and twisted the other end around the rails. "Pigs spend hours chewing on them. They can slide the sections back and forth but they can't get them off, no matter how hard they try," says Fischer. "The augers won't wear out or rust, and they clean up nice with a pressure washer." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Doug Fischer, Rt. 1, Box 84, Long Island, Kan. 67647 (ph 913 854-7693).

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