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Creep gates

farawaygrass · 2017-05-14 12:12:10

Hi all. I am trying to reduce grazing groups on the farm. I have one group of sheep at the moment and their lambs are getting creep, in one of them green Cormac creep feeders. Anyhow, I was thinking of moving them with the yearling cattle as they are getting the best grass regularly, but the cattle would knock over the…

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farawaygrass

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Hi all. I am trying to reduce grazing groups on the farm. I have one group of sheep at the moment and their lambs are getting creep, in one of them green Cormac creep feeders. Anyhow, I was thinking of moving them with the yearling cattle as they are getting the best grass regularly, but the cattle would knock over the creep feeder to get the nuts. I was thinking If I could get four creep gates and make a pin around the creep feeder itself that would work. Anyone do anything similar or any other suggestions?

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#2 14-05-2017 01:56PM

DJ98

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Put one strand of electric fence around the feederif its placed close to where it can be connected

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#3 14-05-2017 02:09PM

orm0nd

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we just use a temporary electric fence

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