2022 Waiting on Lambs Journal

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Ross' OEBSR CoR arrived!
Scanned a copy and put the BSSBA application in the mail.
Waiting until he's a year old to do open registration with NABSSAR.
Then he'll be triple registered!

 

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Working on getting all new pics of the ewes.
So far, just one mature ewe-

Then, all of the soon-to-be-yearling ewes-

 

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Started the daily alfalfa + VitE today.

And more flipping of the hay. Planning a new feeder system, but, I think I've previously come to the same drawings. Lol


Center is where a bale is kept & I unroll it. Then toss the big flakes into a bunk. The feeder is like a fenceline feeder with bottom blocked & slats so they can't easily fling hay. Then boards splitting each area, so just one sheep can fit and poke its head through one of 2 slat spots.
Hopefully, the drawings will make sense.



I should add, the rams are happy with their corner feeder in the barn. They gobble up w/e I give them. Lol

 

[Alaskan]

Yes, I see... your current feeder dies have big holes.

With my goats I put a pallet leaned away from the barn wall... the slats on the pallet were pretty close together, but not close enough... I then secured a deep sea fishing net over the pallet... that setup worked pretty well.


Great sheep photos.

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

Would a key hole front be easier? Certainly less wood I'd think. You could put the keyhole whatever height you need.

I'd like to build a modified version of the premier1 hay bunks. Using a bit more wood could easily make a shorter opening for them to access the hay and harder for them to throw it on each other.

I also made round bale feeders from cattle panels. They get very little hay on each other now, mainly the neck which is just about unavoidable.
Not the greatest video but here it is.

katie lunemann on Instagram: "Cattle panel to round bale feeder #sheep365 #sheepfarmer #charactercrossbreed #farmher #hay #diy"

6 likes, 4 comments - girlwalkswithgoats on March 16, 2020: "Cattle panel to round bale feeder #sheep365 #sheepfarmer #charactercrossbreed #farmher #hay #diy".

www.instagram.com

 

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Would a key hole front be easier? Certainly less wood I'd think. You could put the keyhole whatever height you need.

I'd like to build a modified version of the premier1 hay bunks. Using a bit more wood could easily make a shorter opening for them to access the hay and harder for them to throw it on each other.

I also made round bale feeders from cattle panels. They get very little hay on each other now, mainly the neck which is just about unavoidable.
Not the greatest video but here it is.

katie lunemann on Instagram: "Cattle panel to round bale feeder #sheep365 #sheepfarmer #charactercrossbreed #farmher #hay #diy"

6 likes, 4 comments - girlwalkswithgoats on March 16, 2020: "Cattle panel to round bale feeder #sheep365 #sheepfarmer #charactercrossbreed #farmher #hay #diy".

www.instagram.com

Keyhole was an idea, but several people mentioned sheep/goats suffocating when another rams it off its feet. But, maybe if it's really large, to fit double the # of sheep, that problem would go away.

 

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Forgot about Sassafras.

 

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Need to get a pic of Evangeline standing...lol

 

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