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a dog house made out of wood and red paint on the outside, sitting in grass

The lambs are now two weeks old, the initial hurdle passed. All five appear to be thriving. Annie is doing remarkably well in feeding and mothering her triplets. Both ewes are getting extra hard feed and ad lib hay but as the grass grows they are beginning to show little interest in either. As an extra precaution we have started to feed the lambs creep. Not something we have done before but then we have never had triplets before and realistically we don't have enough land to support 7 sheep…

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two lambs and a goat in a fenced off area with hay on the ground

I have a revised post of a "homemade creep feed gate" that I posted on 4/26/2017. This is our homemade creep feeder, it has worked out well for our first attempt at making one. If I were to make another one, I would just make it bigger, more room for the lambs when they are in it also if the ewes attempt to put their head through, with it larger in diameter they wouldn't be able to reach the feed pan. The slots in this one are large enough that some of the ewes can get their heads in, but I…

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a wooden bench sitting in the middle of a field next to a wire and wood fence

I've been away from my Blog entirely too long and hope I have not lost my readers because I do enjoy your comments and am thrilled when I can offer something helpful. Today is going to be extremely helpful for you goat owners and maybe sheep owners too. I have found a plan and have built four of these feeders for our goats. It is the most wonderful, awesome, beautiful hay and grain feeder in the world. Almost 0, yes that is a zero waste of hay. In the five plus years I have owned goats there…

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a wooden bench sitting in the middle of a field next to a fence and barn

In answer to a question about the hay feeder for the goats– The origin of this setup was the creep feeder that my cousin picked up at an auction earlier this year. I had some metal roofing material that had been left here by the previous owners, a feed trough, and some spare wood, and...Read More

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