creep feeders for goats

The lambs are now two weeks old, the initial hurdle passed. All five appear to be thriving. Annie is doing remarkably well in feeding and mothering her triplets. Both ewes are getting extra hard feed and ad lib hay but as the grass grows they are beginning to show little interest in either. As an extra precaution we have started to feed the lambs creep. Not something we have done before but then we have never had triplets before and realistically we don't have enough land to support 7 sheep…

I’ve been unhappy with the weight gain of my bottle lambs the past two years. They do fine while they are drinking milk replacer, keeping up a decent pace compared with their contemporary dam-nursi…

I've been away from my Blog entirely too long and hope I have not lost my readers because I do enjoy your comments and am thrilled when I can offer something helpful. Today is going to be extremely helpful for you goat owners and maybe sheep owners too. I have found a plan and have built four of these feeders for our goats. It is the most wonderful, awesome, beautiful hay and grain feeder in the world. Almost 0, yes that is a zero waste of hay. In the five plus years I have owned goats there…

I have a revised post of a "homemade creep feed gate" that I posted on 4/26/2017. This is our homemade creep feeder, it has worked out well for our first attempt at making one. If I were to make another one, I would just make it bigger, more room for the lambs when they are in it also if the ewes attempt to put their head through, with it larger in diameter they wouldn't be able to reach the feed pan. The slots in this one are large enough that some of the ewes can get their heads in, but I…

How to Build Creep Feeder Plans

Goats like to waste hay. There is just no way around it. So finding the best goat hay feeder for your herd is important to keep waste down and save money.

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