A bale feeder apparatus, system and method is described. A bale feeder forfeeding a herd of livestockincludes at least three ring-shaped horizontal rails including a top rail, abottom rail and a middle rail,the middle rail spaced above the bottom rail at a middle rail height measuredfrom a ground, and aplurality of neck rails extending upwards and inwards from the middle rail tothe top rail, each neckrail spaced apart from an adjacent neck rail on same side of the bale feederat a neck rail distance, themiddle rail height about equal to a length of a longest foreleg expected inthe herd of livestock, and theneck rail distance falling within a range bounded by a widest head expected inthe herd of livestock,and a narrowest adult shoulder width expected of any adult animal in the herdof livestock.
