Baymule
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He’s a ram. He acts like a ram. He does stupid things like a ram.
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Ridgetop
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He needs to be in a pen with a traditional hay feeder without access to the round bale feeder. Of course, that means you will eed to peel off sections of hay to feed in a standard feeder.
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Margali
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I lured him out by banging feed can around. Trapped him inside shed and fixed hay bale feeder. I had a section of 32" tall pig fence I use for jugging free. I turned it on end and clipped across the gap. Queue stink eye. Ha!
Plan is to put him in ram pen once I get fencing done. It will have spot for haybale cradle as well. I need to get several of a better design. I have a plain hay ring but sheep won't eat hay out of it.
Plan is to put him in ram pen once I get fencing done. It will have spot for haybale cradle as well. I need to get several of a better design. I have a plain hay ring but sheep won't eat hay out of it.
Ridgetop
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Bad Mr. Snickers! No biscuit!
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Margali
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I went ahead and ordered ear tags for this year's lambs in QFlex 1.5 size. That is size OK6 have. They are also a little cheaper which helps since only come in runs of 20.
GWR2302 Cinnamon hasn't had any issues with her tag yet but it's gigantic.
GWR2302 Cinnamon hasn't had any issues with her tag yet but it's gigantic.
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Margali
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Next challenge and big expense will be pulling and running blood for Scrapie Codon 171. I don't think people locally will buy a registered ram without knowing codon. It's $18 / sheep plus shipping, sigh.
Ridgetop
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I showed DH that Advantage Hay Cradle feeder and he really liked it. We don't have a front loader on our larger tractor so no hay forks. The hay cradle would be easy enough for us to use without hay forks. I wrote to the guy closest to us near Dallas for prices. Have to see what the cost is. The hay cradle looked easy to use and tow around too.
The specs said that one hay cradle with a round bale will feed 100-150 sheep. I looked at the bar spacing, and I think it will feed about 30 all eating at the same time if they have access to all four sides. Depends on the price since I am also checking on some pin together feeder panels that I could put around a round bale. They are 5' with angled bars and cost $155 each, 10' panels are $275. Using a couple of the 10' panels i could roll the bale out for the sheep to eat through the panels. I could also cut pieces of stock panel and clip those together. I will have to see how it goes when we get back there.
The specs said that one hay cradle with a round bale will feed 100-150 sheep. I looked at the bar spacing, and I think it will feed about 30 all eating at the same time if they have access to all four sides. Depends on the price since I am also checking on some pin together feeder panels that I could put around a round bale. They are 5' with angled bars and cost $155 each, 10' panels are $275. Using a couple of the 10' panels i could roll the bale out for the sheep to eat through the panels. I could also cut pieces of stock panel and clip those together. I will have to see how it goes when we get back there.
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Baymule
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When the sheep undercut the bale, I pull it off the top and fill in the hole. This just adds to time and work. They can’t reach the middle so I have to drag hay to them. It take about 7-10 days to eat a 4x5 bale. My little tractor won’t lift a bale very far off the ground, just enough for me to place ii in the cow panel enclosure. This bale holder is interesting.
Ridgetop
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These slanted bar feeder panels are made to pin together either around hay bales or stacks, or be part of a fence line where you drop the feed on the outside of the fence. It keeps animals from trampling over the feed. The longer length panels are designed to be attached end to end to create a feeding alley where you pour the feed or hay next to the panel from outside the pen. If you wanted to feed by unrolling a hay bale you could use these longer panels to keep the sheep from trampling the feed by using them as part of your fence and unrolling the bale on the outside. You would have to go along ech day and rake the scattered hay closer to the fence line. The panels are similar to a fence line feeder without the bottom tray. I had some of the fence line feeders from Sydell and liked them a lot. They were not designed for hay rolls though. Sold them when the kids sold off the dairy herd. Sold a lot of good equipment that would have been handy now. LOL
I plan to get the 5' panels since the bales are 5' wide. Shaul's will also custom make the panels to your specs so if you wanted shorter panels so they would wrap around a round bale they would do that. I have not priced them yet since I need to save up some more $$$ for the gates and slanted panels. I will be coming back to California to visit family and for my knee surgery so no rush to order them now.
Here is a list of a few places:
Shaul's Manufacturing here on the west coast in northern CA. They have 4' wide and 10' wide. I will be buying 5 more 5'gate panels for jugs so if you can't find them closer i can pick up with mine and bring to TX. They are 1 hour north of Wes Patton so we usually pick them up when going to Wes' place. You have to order a couple of weeks in advance since Shaul makes everything once you order. They are a small family operation.
Premier 1 has what they call Big Bale panels which are pieces of what look like 24" pieces of heavy gauge stock panels with reinforced holes cut in them. I didn't like them much, although by removing a panel at a time as the bale gets eaten off gives you the opportunity to shovel up the hay into a smaller and more compact stack. Better for the big square bales I think, and easy to duplicate with heavy duty stock panel.
Sydell in S. Dakota has the slanted bar feeder panels as well. The com in 5' and 8' lengths. The panels are slightly more $$ but shipping would be less. Sydell often has a display at the larger livestock shows do if you contact them they can give you their show schedule and you can order for pick up at the show site. This avoids shipping charges.
Lakeland has similar panels in longer lengths - 6', 8', 10'. They didn't show prices. Shipping on orders over $2000 is free. under $2000 is $99.00. (Lakeland is where @SageHill got her turntable.)
Our friend and neighbor has a sheet metal shop and I am going to call and see what for what price they could/would make these panels. Might be able to get them made here cheaper ot at least for the same price andnt have to drive to northern California for pick up.
I plan to get the 5' panels since the bales are 5' wide. Shaul's will also custom make the panels to your specs so if you wanted shorter panels so they would wrap around a round bale they would do that. I have not priced them yet since I need to save up some more $$$ for the gates and slanted panels. I will be coming back to California to visit family and for my knee surgery so no rush to order them now.
Here is a list of a few places:
Shaul's Manufacturing here on the west coast in northern CA. They have 4' wide and 10' wide. I will be buying 5 more 5'gate panels for jugs so if you can't find them closer i can pick up with mine and bring to TX. They are 1 hour north of Wes Patton so we usually pick them up when going to Wes' place. You have to order a couple of weeks in advance since Shaul makes everything once you order. They are a small family operation.
Premier 1 has what they call Big Bale panels which are pieces of what look like 24" pieces of heavy gauge stock panels with reinforced holes cut in them. I didn't like them much, although by removing a panel at a time as the bale gets eaten off gives you the opportunity to shovel up the hay into a smaller and more compact stack. Better for the big square bales I think, and easy to duplicate with heavy duty stock panel.
Sydell in S. Dakota has the slanted bar feeder panels as well. The com in 5' and 8' lengths. The panels are slightly more $$ but shipping would be less. Sydell often has a display at the larger livestock shows do if you contact them they can give you their show schedule and you can order for pick up at the show site. This avoids shipping charges.
Lakeland has similar panels in longer lengths - 6', 8', 10'. They didn't show prices. Shipping on orders over $2000 is free. under $2000 is $99.00. (Lakeland is where @SageHill got her turntable.)
Our friend and neighbor has a sheet metal shop and I am going to call and see what for what price they could/would make these panels. Might be able to get them made here cheaper ot at least for the same price andnt have to drive to northern California for pick up.
