Ewe 2 feeder

orm0nd

anyone using the above feeder from Volac, or recommend a pet lamb feeder

Thanks

Cran

orm0nd wrote: »

anyone using the above feeder from Volac, or recommend a pet lamb feeder

Thanks

Have a Sturdy would recommend and irish as well

orm0nd

Cran wrote: »

Have a Sturdy would recommend and irish as well

Thanks , just googled it there, will give them a bell tomorrow

grassroot1

The ewe 2 is overpriced but effective

early_riser

Anyone ever made there own?? Doesnt look to be a whole lot to them

eire23

early_riser wrote: »

Anyone ever made there own?? Doesnt look to be a whole lot to them

Made one here out of a uniblock lick bucket, got the pipes, non return valves and the plactic base for mounting the teats of volac themselves and it works out a bit cheaper;)
All its missing is the element for keeping the milk warm but that dosent seem to bother them. Can get ya a pic if ya want.

early_riser

eire23 wrote: »

Made one here out of a uniblock lick bucket, got the pipes, non return valves and the plactic base for mounting the teats of volac themselves and it works out a bit cheaper;)
All its missing is the element for keeping the milk warm but that dosent seem to bother them. Can get ya a pic if ya want.

pic would be great please. thats exactly what i was thinking of doing and using a heater from a fish tank to keep it warm, they not very dear and can to stuck to the bottom of the bucket easily

davidk1394

orm0nd wrote: »

anyone using the above feeder from Volac, or recommend a pet lamb feeder

Thanks

We had a ewe2.. very poor we taught milk doesn't keep very long in it and the little stoppers to prevent milk flowing back would block VVery easy.. have to have a good few lambs drinking from it or else you'll be throwing out good milk.. we got rid of it after 2 years and bought a fully automatic volac feeder best job ever so it was

Connemara Farmer

eire23 wrote: »

Made one here out of a uniblock lick bucket, got the pipes, non return valves and the plactic base for mounting the teats of volac themselves and it works out a bit cheaper;)
All its missing is the element for keeping the milk warm but that dosent seem to bother them. Can get ya a pic if ya want.

Fish tank heater.

eire23

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Fish tank heater.

Thats a good idea, never even crossed my mind that. But they drink it quick enough cold!

rangler1

eire23 wrote: »

Thats a good idea, never even crossed my mind that. But they drink it quick enough cold!

Agreed, cold milk works, when we get them going we put one of these teats on whatever size drum that holds a days supply and they look after themselves.
Takes a bit of 'gunthering' to make a bracket to hold the drum and bolt to the wall......better than bottles anyway, one teat is enough for 6 lambs

http://www.medi-nova.it/spare_parts_for_lamb_feeding_bucket/prodotto_en_1271.aspx

Green farmer

I was thinking about buying a bottle lamb reared last year. When I rang up the thing was costing a few hundred euro. Well worth it I know, but there's so many other things ahead of it that need to be bought. In addition you'd need a good few lambs to make pay. If you can master the adopting process, it should reduce the need for artificial rearing, especially if your like myself with my lambing percentages at 1.6 meaning there's always a ewe with single lamb available. I also have an adoption gate, means their getting a second lamb whether they like it or not.

ganmo

I know if I had one here there'd be a lot more pet lambs here. Whether that'd be a good thing or bad thing I'm not too sure