Building a Homemade LAMB FEEDER. Forget the bottles!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- This video is about the problems encountered during lambing with orphan lambs that require continual feeding when time is scarce on the sheep farm.
This time saver is a homemade machine which is relatively cheap to manufacture that cuts the workload with feeding these pet or cade lambs.
The major downside to this machine is that feeding these lambs is so easy, it is much easier to keep and rear them which will lead to a big milk replacer bill.....
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Thanks for watching,
David.
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Your cup also solved the problem of the greedier lambs knocking the other lambs off the teat. I used to put warm milk into a pail inside a bigger bucket with a lid to keep any contaminants out, that I drilled holes in to take the feed tubes situated outside the pen and fed to a teat board attached to the pen. Since the lamb replacer contains cereal grains, I found that keeping the milk warm, ( I mixed it warm and allowed it to cool down whilst in use) caused it to ferment. Your system is just the job to prevent that. The feed companies want you to feed warm to use more product but my lambs fed little and often regardless of temperature once they knew what to do. and it took 10 kg of replacer to rear a good lamb on 5 weeks weaning onto creep. Being an ex nurse I was quite fussy about cleaning the pipes frequently. I like the man way to mix, I used a big hand whisk and of course it mixes easier warm. Impressed with you inventiveness. We call them Mollie lambs here in Wales and yes they never were profitable but we felt obliged to rear them well. I think you have a super set up in your shed. I am thinking a slick version of your invention could be a marketing possibility, especially for colder climes.
Thank you Wendy. I like your idea to keep the dirt out of milk...👌
👍👍😁. You are so inventive! I am hooked on your videos.
Welcome to the channel. Good to know you are enjoying the videos...👌
Hey does the milk go thick in the tubes? Iv got something very similar that I made but the milk replacer seems to go thick over night or when the lambs don’t use it for long periods of time. Thanks
No problem with that at all. I have noticed some milk replacers have a lot of solids/sediment that settles out to the bottom. Could be worth trying a different brand of milk powder.
You star!
Hi David quick question where did you get the teat guards. I'm currently making a heat box same as you have. Thanks
Well David. Feeder is a great job. You will find all the bits you need at www.sheepschoolshop.com
Thanks,
David
@sheepschool365 thanks David
Brilliant video would you not pop a lid with a hole in the lid with the cold mix - well done great job .good luck with the lambing 👍👍
Thank you...👌 good idea, no lids around when ya need one...
Hi I thought if it would be good idea that you would insulate plywood box with polystyrene from inside to prevent heat loss,box would be bigger of the thickness of polystyrene and everything would fit inside as you have.I thank to algorytm that show me your channel😁I watch many farmers channels I'm farmer myself and I learned a lot from you guys👍good luck with lambing.
Thank you.. 👌 I had the box insulated but it was taken out over time to make more room for changing teats. Box needs to be much bigger...
Great video as usual!
Excellent job, skills, and saving .
Isn't cheaper to utilize extra colostrum/ milk or even having few milking sheeps/ goats compared to buying milk powder/ formula?
Thanks again and keep up the good work and school lessons
Thank you...👌
Try and foster lambs onto different Mammy's but it can difficult to fool them.. Sheep can be smart sometimes.....😀
Genius! Adding a some sheet insulation to the inside of a bigger box might save a little power. For the next iteration.... Great job.
Hi David, I love your channel. Thanks for sharing .
What brand milk replacer do you use?
Great job. Thanks for sharing. I will have to make one.the teenage aren't as kinn as they used to be for the pets.
As always a very knowledgable video.keep up the good work and keep spreading the sheep gospel😊
Thank you Robert...👌
Your a crafty boy.thanks. Great videos..
Thanks 😁
Hi David, im new to your channel and find you very interesting and as you say every day is a learning day with sheep , just wondering what breed are you working with , i saw your hoggett rams in recent vlog , they dont look like texel , anyway keep the videos coming
Thank you and welcome to the channel! Flock is all purebred Lleyns Plan on doing a video on the breed in the near future..
Morning from Montreal .. absolutely another fabulous beautiful upload and I really appreciate and enjoy watching your super Awesome content vloggs adventure countryside documentary .. keep up a great work .. Merci
Thank you for your kind comments as always...👌
Great video, where did you get the teats with the cups?
I bought them online. Will have a look and see if I can find website..
Great feeder 👍👍👍will be manufacturing one in the next few days your right often advertised lambs and by the time there gone there two week old
Good luck...👌
Could you not put a y in the line so you can use one element and 2 nipples?
Thanks for sharing David. I just did a search to see if I could find those NEW nipples with the cup here in the U.S. but no luck. Can you share the supplier there in the UK? Thanks.
Great video brilliant machine for feeding pet lambs we have a shepherdess feeder but luckily we only have 3 pets at minute so using bottles 👍
Glad you enjoyed. Thank you 👌
Where you get teat with holders . Never seen them before. Good idea and good videos. Thanks
Bought them online over a a year ago and can't remember but I'll try and find the receipt and let you know...
23:41 Is Lamb, a boy or girl⁉️
What are those external teats that you're using? manufacterer? Very cool
Available now www.sheepschoolshop.com 👍
What would be the breakdown of costs for rearing a pet lamb?
I think we would be better off not knowing...😁
Around €80 in my system....
Feeder a great job good luck with the lambing 👍
Thanks 👍
Wil be making one for calves thanks,great work
Often wondered would same system work for feeding calves. Will you let me know how it goes for you?
Great job!
Very good 👍
Ha am the first to text great video as always good man 👌
Thank you Gary 👌
Wered ya get them new teet holders for the outside. Have been looking for them last few years
Great video as usual
Bought them over a a year ago and can't remember but I'll try and find the receipt..
Doing great job ya love ya sheep.and lambs
Would the one coil do the three or do you need separate 🤔
Ideally one coil per teat for 2 reasons. Firstly, the coil will not transfer enough heat to lambs feeding at once. Secondly, if only one lamb is sucking, air can backfeed from one of the other teats. Hope this makes sense?
Great job and interesting to see someone else's take on a homemade feeder.
I made up something along the same lines last year.
The main difference is that I mix the replacer warm every morning and evening and drop a bucket of it into a bigger bucket (that's full of water being kept warm by a similar heater to yours)
They feed ad lib at full temp for about 10 days and then I gradually reduce the temp.
I'm only small time, but it fed 9 lambs last year .
If you can avoid bottle feeding 9 lambs it's a good machine..👌
Hello, Just discover your channel! I feed plenty of pet lambs every year and was wondering, where do you get the cups for the grey lamb teat fixtures please, as I've never seen them! I have the same problem with lambs chewing and destroying the teats as they get older.
Many thanks.
Hi Laura, I will have a look back and let you know.
Hi David,
Do you ever have any problems with newborn lambs that get yellow score in the first day or so?
Generally only see scour in lambs that don't get enough colostrum, not very often. Don't mind seeing that yellow sticky stuff. Think it's a sign they are getting well fed....👍
Love the lamb feeder
Where did you get the t¡ts
You are really good at making things to help you with your farm.
Thank you, that's the stuff I really enjoy!
Is it impossible to milk a U that has lost her lamb or something to replace the milk replacer?
Always try to foster a lamb onto any ewe that lost her lamb and leave the milking to the lamb...👌
Hello, where did you get the screw on teat guards from.
Regards.
Michael.
Also, what age do you move the lambs onto cold milk?
Hello?
Hi Michael, busy lambing...
Bought them over a a year ago and can't remember but I'll try and find the receipt.
Move lambs over to cold teat at about 10 days when they are thriving well.
@@sheepschool365 Moved my 2 pet lambs over to cold milk at the weekend and they are happy on it, plan to move them onto ad-lib later this next week. They are Leicester lambs & are going to be too old to adopt on when the horned ewes start lambing at the end of the month, try not to have pet lambs but these 2 will probably be kept for breeding.