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Features:
• 4 head-holes per panel.
• Folds flat—easy to store and move.
• Adult sheep can’t get inside it.
• Average of 40 ewes per 6-panel feeder is advised.
(Too many ewes will cause fighting for access.)
1200 lb hay bale should last about 5 days.
• More durable than bale feeders made with weak
farmstore panels.
• Adapts to most bale sizes and shapes.(For small
bales use 5 panels; large bales use 6 to 7 panels.)
• Not for use with cattle, horses or horned animals.
• Ships to you by UPS
™
or SpeeDee
™
.
• Typical lifetime of a feeder is 3 to 5 years. Sometimes
longer if used with smaller/lighter animals.
• Hot-dip galvanized.
What diameter round bale is best?
A 6 ft/72" diameter bale usually leaves an 18" center
core. It requires human time and assistance to adjust
both the core and the feeder.
Bales 4 ft in diameter are smaller than most bales in
the Midwest, but they
allow sheep or goats to eat the
entire bale without assistance.
We find the difference in reduced hassle and labor is
so large that the cost for smaller bales is well worth it.
What
not
to do…
1. Don’t use these feeders with cattle, horses, etc.
2. Don’t use with horned sheep or goats. We have tried
this and therefore know that they may get their
heads caught and die.
3. Don’t try to lift the feeder panels with a tractor when
they’re frozen or stuck in a manure pack. They will
bend and break.
4. Don’t try to feed more than 8 ewes per panel. Too
many ewes will fight for access—which results in
poor-doing
or dead
sheep. Buy an additional feeder.
5. Don’t turn starving sheep into the feeder. They are
too aggressive and can injure one another.
Pays for itself in a year!
How does it do this?
Calculating the lost $$ due to wasted hay provides
a picture of the value of a big bale hay feeder.
Assume 40 ewes each eat 5 lbs of hay for 165 days.
Assume hay costs $140/ton (7¢/lb).
Wastage % Wasted Hay $$
Big Bale Feeder
10%
$231
Other Feeders
25%
$577
So, the $346 difference pays for a
Premier feeder quickly!
Big Bale Feeder
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premier1supplies.com • 1-800-282-6631 TIP To eliminate the risk of sheep tipping over an empty feeder and injuring themselves and others in so doing, drive a single steel post into the ground and secure one corner of the bale feeder to it. Having noted this, we admit that we rarely do it. Sometimes the sheep tip over an empty feeder. We know it’s a risk. Our last injury or death in a feeder was 8 years ago.