Feeding sheep in a yard outside

[Wishful Thinker]

Molasses in tmr? Should stop the sorting

 

[jemski]

I've got one shed with 80 in, it's an old barn so my only option is to run the gauntlet. I have to battle them every time. Wouldn't fancy doing it with 200!

 

[liammogs]

If its a outside yard, long length of guttering with woden feet every now and then?

 

[spin cycle]

I've got one shed with 80 in, it's an old barn so my only option is to run the gauntlet. I have to battle them every time. Wouldn't fancy doing it with 200!

me to it's horrible....gotta change next year

 

[jemski]

me to it's horrible....gotta change next year

I end up shouting at them, but it makes no difference! They also just keep following me and trampling on the feed rather than finding it which drives me mad!!!!

 

[neilo]

Years back, shed space was limited and we couldn't squeeze more than 250 in the sheds, so we had to keep topping them up with weekly lambing batches. I used to drive the sheep out into the yard, then run ewe rolls round the outside of the shed on the straw, before letting them back in. It was certainly a lot easier than messing about with troughs.
However, whichever way you do it, there is going to be a scrum running through the gate and the chances of knocking themselves on gate posts, or getting bowled over in the rush.

These days, I only house up to 150 and feed them from a central, raised feed passage (from when it used to house cattle). I throw buckets of rolls out from that passage onto the straw. Certainly better than running the sheep through doorways or running the gauntlet with a feed bag, if you can do it.

 

[ajcc]

Split the shed up with stock fence and feed rolls on floor simplest cheapest option....unless it's a nice concrete floor.....in which case secondhand heras building site barriers maybe....but rolls fed on floor is way to go.

 

[aangus]

Well I've tried it, opened the gate they walked out had the snacker ready and just nice a quietly dropped 100 heaps in a double row, job done and they were cleaned up in 10-15 mins

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I feed mine outside in troughs unless you can run like usain bolt with a bag of feed you end up looking like this....

 

[spin cycle]

I end up shouting at them, but it makes no difference! They also just keep following me and trampling on the feed rather than finding it which drives me mad!!!!

i'm just glad to get out alive...alot of mine also have horns

 

[Jameshenry]

I end up shouting at them, but it makes no difference! They also just keep following me and trampling on the feed rather than finding it which drives me mad!!!!

Get your dog in there to keep them back !