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Sheep wasting Silage

  • 20-11-2020 1:42am
    #1
    Ashill5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    Looking for tips or the best feed barriers to minimise sheep pulling through silage onto slats!


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  • #2
    orm0nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,275 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    We have tombstone barriers here and find them good.


  • #3
    Westernrock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭Westernrock


    orm0nd wrote: »
    We have tombstone barriers here and find them good.

    Who did you get the tombstone barriers from? Are they any better at keeping lambs from coming out of pens?


  • #4
    wrangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,334 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    Ashill5 wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Looking for tips or the best feed barriers to minimise sheep pulling through silage onto slats!

    I was on a farm in England where they had 2inch by 2inch mesh on wooden frames left down on the silage , ewes had to pull it through the mesh, it's about the best I've seen for reducing waste


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,192 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bit late now,but get it chopped going into the bale.....its in circa 3 inch bites then


    Biggest issue,is restricting ewes to stop over-eating and prolapses etc


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