Sheep ring feeders

Green farmer

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I didn't say it was. All I said was that it's a common occurrence with Mule ewe lambs.

Anyway, it wasn't easy to tell, because the ring feeder in the original photo seems to be situated on a very steep hillside. ♂

Well spotted. I've a rough grazing field, that sits on gravel ground. It's very unlevel, but bone dry in winter months, so doesn't get mucky. The ewe was a mixture 50% charolais, 25% texel and 25% anyones guess. She didn't last long around here anyway. Anything that needs one on one, behaviour issues sorting gets the road asap.
 
My top tip is to use IBCs (preferably with all metal bottom) and use the cage as a hay rack for ewe lambs. May not work for round bales but works well with square. Since moving to these we've had no more problems with trapped sheep or sheep jumping inside. They're absolutely no good for ewes but wouldn't use anything else for ewe lambs now.
 

Bury the Trash

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these are pretty good for smaller tractors if you can find one pto driven
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yeah they are the lower cost type but better on the loader, handler or forklift ,in order to get the height needed to drop it in the feeder,they work well on belt baler bales of good hay unravels a treat from them. and a belt baler bale stays together if you want to move to another feeder , else it drops everywhere.
 
Shake a bale between two rings. All you need is a grab on the loader no other unrolling machines etc. Sorry this doesn’t allow farmers to have new toys. Chopped bales spill out of sheep rings cradles hang them and all these other contraptions sound like potential catastrophe.
 

Bury the Trash

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Shake a bale between two rings. All you need is a grab on the loader no other unrolling machines etc. Sorry this doesn’t allow farmers to have new toys. Chopped bales spill out of sheep rings cradles hang them and all these other contraptions sound like potential catastrophe.
No need to be sorry. ;)

I built a bale unroller out of a scrap baler gearbox, 2 bale spikes and a cheap hydraulic motor (y)
 

Agrivator

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Well spotted. I've a rough grazing field, that sits on gravel ground. It's very unlevel, but bone dry in winter months, so doesn't get mucky. The ewe was a mixture 50% charolais, 25% texel and 25% anyones guess. She didn't last long around here anyway. Anything that needs one on one, behaviour issues sorting gets the road asap.

It's a particularly good example of a Charollais cross. In fact I can't remember seeing a better one.
 

Green farmer

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It's a particularly good example of a Charollais cross. In fact I can't remember seeing a better one.

I'm not sure what way to take that. When I first got into sheep, I had a charly ram put across good cross breed ewes. I chanced keeping the ewe lambs one year. Most lacked any maternal ability, but a small few actually made good mothers. Come to think about it, it was the ones that didn't really look like a charly. However anything that gives me bother, I don't keep. the one thing that stays with them, even a generation or two later is the charly pink ears. Anyway, everything from a charly sees the butchers block now and I only keep replacements from maternal bred rams, ie lleyn or easycare.
 
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