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Where to buy this sheep feeder

bert

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Mixed Farmer
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n.yorks
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Can't find anyone who sells them, could do with a couple really. Any idea where I would find one?
TIA
 

Poorbuthappy

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Devon
Surely if the bars are close enough together to keep lambs out, the ewes won't be able to get their heads in, so you'll have to fork the whole lot to them?:scratchhead:
I did wonder once if it would work to put weld mesh in only attached at the bottom so it could hinge inwards as the bale disappeared. Never tried it though.
 

bert

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Mixed Farmer
Location
n.yorks
Surely if the bars are close enough together to keep lambs out, the ewes won't be able to get their heads in, so you'll have to fork the whole lot to them?:scratchhead:
I have the one i posted at the top and one like the llamedos posted side by side in the shed, i get the muck grab on forklift and rip top of the bale off and put it in one, pick middle core up and put in another, then scrape up rest of it with muck grab so there's about half a bale in each, works well, no handballing. The one like most are suggesting gets wasted, lambs in it instantly.

The other half moon shaped one pictured doesn't. Its the shape and the height of it that means lambs cant get in it, not the width of the bars apart. The bars are narrow and i think when it was new a ewe couldn't get its head in, now ive bent it with the loader a few times over the years they can get there heads right in in a few places. Sometimes if a core of a bale is left init and been there a day i'll pick it up and flip it with the muck grab.
Can't you put extension legs on them so the lambs can't jump in?
Yes i could, and might do that to the one we already have. But there is no point buying another 2 to alter it if i can just buy a decent thing to start with
 

neilo

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
I have the one i posted at the top and one like the llamedos posted side by side in the shed, i get the muck grab on forklift and rip top of the bale off and put it in one, pick middle core up and put in another, then scrape up rest of it with muck grab so there's about half a bale in each, works well, no handballing. The one like most are suggesting gets wasted, lambs in it instantly.

The other half moon shaped one pictured doesn't. Its the shape and the height of it that means lambs cant get in it, not the width of the bars apart. The bars are narrow and i think when it was new a ewe couldn't get its head in, now ive bent it with the loader a few times over the years they can get there heads right in in a few places. Sometimes if a core of a bale is left init and been there a day i'll pick it up and flip it with the muck grab.

I have a couple that are half rounds that sit 8" or so clear of the ground (with greedy boards made to go on top for when we squeezed 6' bales in) and the bar spacings are about 10" IIRC. The ewes can get their heads right in and clear it out, but lambs are straight in there if they are older than about a week. Getting to 6 weeks old now, and a few will be getting hips stuck before long.:banghead: They do seem to waste less than in a ring feeder, but not sure how I can stop them completely, without stopping ewes heads getting in.:scratchhead:

No idea what make mine are, they would be over 20 years old & heavy galvanised, well, apart from the bars that sit on the floor, which are starting to rot through.
 

bert

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Mixed Farmer
Location
n.yorks
I have a couple that are half rounds that sit 8" or so clear of the ground (with greedy boards made to go on top for when we squeezed 6' bales in) and the bar spacings are about 10" IIRC. The ewes can get their heads right in and clear it out, but lambs are straight in there if they are older than about a week. Getting to 6 weeks old now, and a few will be getting hips stuck before long.:banghead: They do seem to waste less than in a ring feeder, but not sure how I can stop them completely, without stopping ewes heads getting in.:scratchhead:

No idea what make mine are, they would be over 20 years old & heavy galvanised, well, apart from the bars that sit on the floor, which are starting to rot through.
Ring feeders are the worst, but cradles arn't far behind either. Yea this one will have some age about it, been bodged up a few times, must be a couple of feet of the ground. i thought there would be somewhere that makes them.
 

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