Where do I get a lamb Milk feeder?

Arrow in the Knee

I've been looking for a lamb milk feeder that will hang on the side of the gate for lambs to drink from outside in the field.

I intend to feed 5-10 lambs but I can't find any around! I really don't want one that is bucket shaped.

All comments welcome

rancher

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

I've been looking for a lamb milk feeder that will hang on the side of the gate for lambs to drink from outside in the field.

I intend to feed 5-10 lambs but I can't find any around! I really don't want one that is bucket shaped.

All comments welcome

Lamb teats probably fit those calf feeders and they hang on gates. Most people would have pets weaned on to meal at six weeks and your unlikely to to put them out in a field before that

Arrow in the Knee

rancher wrote: »

Lamb teats probably fit those calf feeders and they hang on gates. Most people would have pets weaned on to meal at six weeks and your unlikely to to put them out in a field before that

I intend to have the lambs on the milk powder for a while and when they are out in the field as they are pedigree!

snowman707

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

I've been looking for a lamb milk feeder that will hang on the side of the gate for lambs to drink from outside in the field.

I intend to feed 5-10 lambs but I can't find any around! I really don't want one that is bucket shaped.

All comments welcome

http://www.mullinahonecoop.ie/catalog/partdetail.aspx?partno=SHP00619

rancher

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

I intend to have the lambs on the milk powder for a while and when they are out in the field as they are pedigree!

We tried feeding extra milk to our pedigrees too and they got very potbellied which they never really lost, and they drink some amount of milk!!!!! I'd be interested to hear how they do or have you done it before,

Arrow in the Knee

I have done it before.

When we started out we would only feed them twice a day with milk powder and they got a fair drop but ended up with pot bellies and developed as 'runts'.

But now we feed them 3-4 times per day getting nearly 250ml of milk in a Ballygowen water bottle as they seem to drink from it better per feed!
They haven't gotten 'pot bellies' yet on us.

Seems like regular feeding does the trick.

I often read about dairy men giving calves once a day feeding and wonder do the calves get 'pot bellies'?

rancher

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

I have done it before.

When we started out we would only feed them twice a day with milk powder and they got a fair drop but ended up with pot bellies and developed as 'runts'.

But now we feed them 3-4 times per day getting nearly 250ml of milk in a Ballygowen water bottle as they seem to drink from it better per feed!
They haven't gotten 'pot bellies' yet on us.

Seems like regular feeding does the trick.

I often read about dairy men giving calves once a day feeding and wonder do the calves get 'pot bellies'?

We're using different systems, I leave the milk with them all the time and they drink anytime they want

gazahayes

I used the volac ewe 2 feeder last year found it great. Serious thrive from it.

http://www.volac.ie/agriculture/product-by-species/sheep/product30/ewe-2-feeder

Arrow in the Knee

Seen them here and there.

How much are they?

gazahayes

As far as i can remember it was around €180 It was great for me as i was doing a good bit of work so it only a case of mixing the milk and filling the bucket and check on them after that.