lamb Creep feeder

premier10

Anyone have/had one of these sturdy grande creep feeders. Are they any good? Or are they a waste of money. Would ewes turn them over trying to get into them.
https://www.donedeal.ie/sheep-for-sale/sturdy-grande-creep-feeder/11068572.
Thanks

razor8

premier10 wrote: »

Anyone have/had one of these sturdy grande creep feeders. Are they any good? Or are they a waste of money. Would ewes turn them over trying to get into them.
https://www.donedeal.ie/sheep-for-sale/sturdy-grande-creep-feeder/11068572.
Thanks

These are better value IMO, price them with cormacs in tuam

davidk1394

We have cormac ones. Sheep love rubbing off them and if there near empty you always find them turned over around the field

Green farmer

Ive the cormac green mushroom one as well. Find it good and does work well with the lambs. Only downside is fe*k*n crows will drive you mad when they realise it's there.

ganmo

Green farmer wrote: »

Ive the cormac green mushroom one as well. Find it good and does work well with the lambs. Only downside is fe*k*n crows will drive you mad when they realise it's there.

Have some of them here too. We have to anchor them so the ewes scratching off them won't move them all round the houses

Username John

We have one of these yokes

http://www.foxbros.ie/equipment/sheep-equipment/lamb-creep-feeder/116-lamb-creep-feeder-pntd-8-x5.html

Don't use it anymore as don't lamb early.

It's all right on a bad day, a few lambs can go in for shelter. Bit tis a big awkward lump. And the feed can get wet inside it a bit too...
Wouldn't recommend one to be honest...

sea12

Have the same myself john and it's stuck in the corner of the field the last few years. Keep meaning to put it up on done deal. Only used it when I had early lambs.

Jonny303

Bought a new one of these last week, cannot fault it.

http://www.odonnellengineering.ie/lamb-creep-feeder.html

Username John

Jonny303 wrote: »

Bought a new one of these last week, cannot fault it.

http://www.odonnellengineering.ie/lamb-creep-feeder.html

Looks a good job....

Be a small bit worried the ewes would strain it tearing an scratching at the corners, but that mightn't be an issue, hard to tell from a photo... It does look a good idea tho...

Best o luck with it...

DJ98

Anyone know what youd pay for them?

Username John

DJ98 wrote: »

Anyone know what youd pay for them?

Where you based DJ - have one in the yard that I could do with rid of...

I'd say a lot of people might be the same

DJ98

Username John wrote: »

Where you based DJ - have one in the yard that I could do with rid of...

I'd say a lot of people might be the same

Long way away from west cork, why you say people would want to get rid of them?

Username John

DJ98 wrote: »

Long way away from west cork, why you say people would want to get rid of them?

They are the kind of thing a lot of people would have lying around is more what I meant...
I know a few people on here have said the same...

rangler1

Username John wrote: »

They are the kind of thing a lot of people would have lying around is more what I meant...
I know a few people on here have said the same...

Yea, the last few years farmers were selling the lambs as stores, the store trade was so good they didn't need to be feeding the lambs if they didn't want to.
However after the poor prices for hoggets this year, buyers mightn't be fighting over store lambs and farmers would have to go to the ditches to root out the creep feeders to finish them themselves to ensure a proper price

DJ98

Username John wrote: »

They are the kind of thing a lot of people would have lying around is more what I meant...
I know a few people on here have said the same...

Are they no good of a creep feeder, or are you just talking about creep feeders in general?

Username John

DJ98 wrote: »

Are they no good of a creep feeder, or are you just talking about creep feeders in general?

Just in general...

But as rangler said, maybe more lads will be keen to start using em now again...

I won't be rooting mind out anyways...