Filling creep feeders

[copse]

am totally fed up with filling bags up and taking them out to fields, it’s just taking up a lot of time and energy. Ideas how I can take the work out of the job and speed it up ? Grass is fair distance apart so can’t use teleporter and grain bucket to do it.

 

[Al R]

Other than using a telehandler and tip skip like tong peal make I can’t see many options?

How about having cake delivered blown into 500kg seed bags and then putting the bag on top of the hopper so they self empty? This does depend on what shape hoppers you have etc...

 

[beltextexel]

Peter Allen feeders I think. Might do your job?

 

[copse]

That looks just the job! Will look them up now. Thanks

 

[cotswoldcs]

Out of interest how much creep feed are you using and for how many groups of sheep? I've ordered 4t in bulk which is the most I've ever used in a season so feeding in bags isn't too much of an issue. We're using large grass seed bags rather than cake bags as they are much larger and stronger.

 

[copse]

Using about a tonne a day now but going to have a bit draw of lambs next week so should cut it down a bit.

 

[Chae1]

Been looking for something similar too. At the moment father runs about the countryside with a 2t bucket on front of handler, with a set of pallet forks rammed in feed!

Have used ton bags, but its a faff filling them and unsafe working under bag untying and tying them off.

Seem to remember krm had a setup off a fert spreader with auger that folded out for filling creep feeders.

 

[SillyPhily]

Been looking for something similar too. At the moment father runs about the countryside with a 2t bucket on front of handler, with a set of pallet forks rammed in feed!

Have used ton bags, but its a faff filling them and unsafe working under bag untying and tying them off.

http://www.prodigattachments.com/en/products/agricultural/9-bag-filler-bucket

 

[Chae1]

http://www.prodigattachments.com/en/products/agricultural/9-bag-filler-bucket

We just used our auger bucket/tattie hasher to fill them. Ton bag held open on pallet forks on other loader.

 

[SillyPhily]

We just used our auger bucket/tattie hasher to fill them. Ton bag held open on pallet forks on other loader.

Sorry forgot to edit before posted, would ye be able to work something like above to fill the hopper over the top. Filling bags as a bonus!

 

[Hesstondriver]

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index...odges-and-creations.13784/page-61#post-789588

@copse I made this, if you want it its yours for a couple of beer tokens if you fetch it

I no longer need it

 

[michael N123]

I’d be lost without mine great for filling smaller lamb creeps

And when there on bigger hoppers just pull into the field and top up 3 portequip feeders in one go rather than do multiple trips

I’ve also made a metal bar thing to hold the pipe out so you don’t need to stand holding it only need to fold it in the road as it lifts over gate stoops with being on 3pt linkage

 

[Sheepfog]

am totally fed up with filling bags up and taking them out to fields, it’s just taking up a lot of time and energy. Ideas how I can take the work out of the job and speed it up ? Grass is fair distance apart so can’t use teleporter and grain bucket to do it.

I use seed bags with a hatch at the bottom that you can tie and untie. With 2 on the front of the tractor I imagine you could take a tonne out at a time. If it's a fair distance I've seen people put them in a grain/muck trailer to transport.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Remind me why there no money in sheep again?

 

[tr250]

Remind me why there no money in sheep again?

am totally fed up with filling bags up and taking them out to fields, it’s just taking up a lot of time and energy. Ideas how I can take the work out of the job and speed it up ? Grass is fair distance apart so can’t use teleporter and grain bucket to do it.

How much do you think a lamb costs to creep. I’m not saying your wrong in creeping but as I’m sure your aware you need to be making top money of lambs

 

[copse]

About £10 a lamb . Need most lambs away by harvest as don’t have time to be doing sheep jobs then. Might as well have £90/£100 now when lambs are a few weeks old than keep them a year to get same price.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Remind me why there no money in sheep again?

You don’t want to go into cattle then

 

[unlacedgecko]

You don’t want to go into cattle then

Not if there’s no money in it, no I don’t.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Not if there’s no money in it, no I don’t.

There’s not many people do farming purely for money

 

[unlacedgecko]

There’s not many people do farming purely for money

In the UK several of my customers are. They’re making a rather good job of it and appear to be on track with their equity targets.

But then they started with nothing and treat it like a business, including putting a value on their own time.

And many farmers internationally are doing very well from agriculture.