Automatic Sheep/cattle outdoor feeder

[cfarm]

What do you think of this setup for feeding sheep/cattle automatically outdoors?

Would it be a good investment? what are the problems yous see with it for irish or uk setup? would something like this work on your farm?

 

[MDL POWERUP]

You have to check stock outdoors anyway so you may as well feed them with a bag whilst you're there.

Must be built with Aussies in mind where they can't get to their stock every day.

 

[Hilly]

What do you think of this setup for feeding sheep/cattle automatically outdoors?

Would it be a good investment? what are the problems yous see with it for irish or uk setup? would something like this work on your farm?

Good idea combine it with cctv camera could check them all day long while doing something else .

 

[Al R]

It will fill with rain and dampness making it block and useless, might work inside though?

 

[Al R]

It will also depend how much your feeding or are you better off going ad-lib as animals will usually eat less when on ad-lib compared to a big feed or 2 feeds

 

[Hilly]

Iirc O’Neil make a cattle one, I’m sure they do an remote thing off a phone as an extra .

 

[Hilly]

It will also depend how much your feeding or are you better off going ad-lib as animals will usually eat less when on ad-lib compared to a big feed or 2 feeds

If they get more in two feeds surely two feeds better ?

 

[Pigken]

Am sure 10 to 15 years ago was article about luing, Isle of and they had solar powered feeders on outlying islands were heifers were kept. Set to feed same time, think was to make handling easier but always assumed was so could be seen with binoculars to have boat landings daily.

 

[cfarm]

I was thinking it would be good for feeding 200+ store lambs outside. We have little capacity in our shed, we are part timers too so have limited time feed and with cameras we could check them easily