Author Topic: starting hard feed for kids (Read 2187 times)

maddy · « **on:** May 04, 2013, 09:56:54 am »

Has anyone else worked out a good way for kids to access an area to eat alone without the free for all with mums and last years kids eating it all first.

I am wanting the kids to be able to come and go as they please.

Last year we knocked up a pen but the mums were so greedy they would get themselves wedged into the small cut out door we'd made for the kids.

I know you can probably buy a sheep creep set up but they are abit too pricey.

All of my goats are in a shed together.

jaykay · « **Reply #1 on:** May 04, 2013, 10:08:35 am »

I make a square with wooden hurdles and put the kids' feed inside. One or two of the hurdles I put vertically and the kids, for weeks, can fit through the widest space that would have been at the top of the hurdle - but the older goats can't.

Carl f k · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2013, 11:05:32 am »

i put mum on her milking stand and give the kids a bucket

Dogwalker · « **Reply #3 on:** May 04, 2013, 06:44:10 pm »

I need a way to stop the chickens stealing the food from under the kids noses.

The morning feed is ok before I let the hens out but the evening I can't distact them long enough for the kids to eat and I don't want to wait till late when the hens go in.