got some to sort out for sheep feeding....cant afford to buy a bucket and Just thinking/ looking for ideas on how to make one from the scrap pile .........
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trouble is all our old rota spreaders have been used for other things ,still got a rotor with some chains on in the nettles though...Old rotaspreader
Fill with beet and water
If they are really high dry matter beet they are much harder for animals to get into compared to normal fodder beet. Many varieties of fodder beet are less than 20% dry mattter, high dry matter ones over 25% which makes a big difference in hardness.why have you got to wash /chop?
just feed as is surely?
If they are really high dry matter beet they are much harder for animals to get into compared to normal fodder beet. Many varieties of fodder beet are less than 20% dry mattter, high dry matter ones over 25% which makes a big difference in hardness.
Your lot are hardly typical! Our old shepherd had a metal pole with two flats welded to the bottom in a cross to split beet for our sheep, so they had a corner to get into.hmm...that's the old thinking...I think the kiwis did some work disproving it
if they were going to spend their whole lives eating them perhaps....but not occassional/one off
my lot have chomped thru c quota sugar beet on occasion
Your lot are hardly typical! Our old shepherd had a metal pole with two flats welded to the bottom in a cross to split beet for our sheep, so they had a corner to get into.
This is him with our ewes coming up the Standard in Wells. He is still around in his mid-90s
Clean bit of concrete, pressure washer, and a set of discsgot some to sort out for sheep feeding....cant afford to buy a bucket and Just thinking/ looking for ideas on how to make one from the scrap pile .........
its been so wet bit dirty this year no frost though hes still some to lift might be drier this week i supposewhy have you got to wash /chop?
just feed as is surely?
concrete whats that ?Clean bit of concrete, pressure washer, and a set of discs
No, that's Percy, father of our arable manwant to and at that post
is that Tony b?.....I used to love seeing him move sheep on the road like that
admittedly my lot did 'evolve' eating neighbours 'a' and 'b' quota in situ on occasion
did you chop as well?and what variety ? i find my older ewes and some younger ones dont like anything much other than Fielderr that ive bought in in the past,due to being a bit harder i suppose...they just dont seem to get right into them with a vigour.. but imnot sure chopping actually makes a lot of differnce to that eitherWe used to feed a lot of beet , got some once that was black with soil , tried hose in loader bucket , tried dropping it on mesh frames to pressure wash
Ended up with the old bell cement mixer , takes time but better than listeria
What a cracking photo. Its got everything, scenery, stock, a defender and the leading man. AwesomeYour lot are hardly typical! Our old shepherd had a metal pole with two flats welded to the bottom in a cross to split beet for our sheep, so they had a corner to get into.
This is him with our ewes coming up the Standard in Wells. He is still around in his mid-90s
To be honest I couldn’t say the varietydid you chop as well?and what variety ? i find my older ewes and some younger ones dont like anything much other than Fielderr that ive bought in in the past,due to being a bit harder i suppose...they just dont seem to get right into them with a vigour.. but imnot sure chopping actually makes a lot of differnce to that either
and even better when i grew Feildher here and grazed them in the field there was minimal waste and they got into them and didnt get fed up with them either .