Automatic pet lamb feeders

jdo2018

Hello all. Thinking of getting an automatic lamb feeder and be interested in hearing different peoples opinions on them. At the minute I have 7-8 pets and I suppose one of them buckets would do them, but is anyone feeding 50 + pets on one of the bigger feeders. Thanks

wrangler

jdo2018 wrote: »

Hello all. Thinking of getting an automatic lamb feeder and be interested in hearing different peoples opinions on them. At the minute I have 7-8 pets and I suppose one of them buckets would do them, but is anyone feeding 50 + pets on one of the bigger feeders. Thanks

Here's a friend that feeds 150 -180 pets on a feeder every year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=0uQUEMIbL78

farawaygrass

wrangler wrote: »

Here's a friend that feeds 150 -180 pets on a feeder every year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=0uQUEMIbL78

That’s class. Are they sheep only? What’s average are they running the whole lot on? And do they breed ewe lambs? Sorry for being so nosey 😀

charolais0153

farawaygrass wrote: »

That’s class. Are they sheep only? What’s average are they running the whole lot on? And do they breed ewe lambs? Sorry for being so nosey 😀

Google is your friend.
http://irishtractor.ie/matthews-partnership-are-high-achievers/
https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/business/farming/ready-set-lamb-34455110.html

wrangler

farawaygrass wrote: »

That’s class. Are they sheep only? What’s average are they running the whole lot on? And do they breed ewe lambs? Sorry for being so nosey ��

There's a profile of the farm two years ago but they have increased their scanning rate since then.
They're reseeding all the time, so the grass is top quality, which drives the milk supply in the ewes and also has them in good condition for mating.
Finishing the lambs on typhon works really well for them as well , they don't seem to get the problems that other farmers get on typhon.
tillage compliments the system as well and changing around the land between tillage and grass helps with parasite control

http://irishtractor.ie/matthews-partnership-are-high-achievers/

farawaygrass

Great read thanks ðŸ‘