Creep feeder for lambs

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 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…

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…

You've probably heard about using a creep feeder for your sheep, specifically your lambs. What is a creep feeder and why would you want to…

Creep feeder

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…

With this feeder plan, mr. CA van Niekerk can easily creep feed up to 26 lambs. CA, from the Northern Cape in South Africa, came up with this clever plan to easily and effectively feed his lambs without worrying about…

Your lambs should be spunky and growing like weeds! But what if they aren't growing well? If your lambs are not putting on weight like…

For many sheep producers, lambing has already started or is right around the corner. Be it commercial producers aiming for the high of the Easter market, club lamb producers setting their sights on summer shows or seedstock sheep folks raising rams that are mature enough to be turned out with ewes for the fall breeding […]