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Topic: Calf Creep Feeder

Posted By: Tbone95
Subject: Calf Creep Feeder
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2020 at 7:32am

Would anyone be able to provide a sketch, marked up photos, any information on building one? Or.....anybody in Michigan want to sell one?

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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2020 at 8:28am

https://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/our_offices/departments/biological-ag-engineering/extension/building_plans/calf" rel="nofollow - - https://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/our_offices/departments/biological-ag-engineering/extension/building_plans/calf

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https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/aben-plans/5763.pdf" rel="nofollow -

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Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2020 at 8:34am

A fella I knew was moving and I picked up 15 panels for 500.00 including a number of ride through gates. Handy to have and easy to handle when you change things up including putting 4-5 around the burn pile to keep everyone out of it, slide em' back 30-40 feet before I burn and just slide em' back in-place the next day.

Used some to add to my pen system with one ride through gate that allows them to enter the pen system when they want and their curiosity get's them used to entering same for vaccinating/worming, just shut the small gate attached at the sweep and they can then be run through the alley and pile up in the shute/headgate for working them.

Two each 15' deep at 12' width at the fence allows for a trough feeder at the fence for feeding.

The entry is a 12' with ride through gate. I left the gate frame in-place & used a sawzall to remove the lower laterals while keeping the overall gate frame in-place that they just walk over as at ground level. Ground off any sharp edges on laterals removed and drilled one removed lateral pc. for adding chain link fence loop adapters (any box store) to each end so one could be reinstalled/adjusted for a height limiter to keep anyone over 500# out. Adjusts easy and when I get some newborns dropping and want to stop the bigger calves that are due to switch to liquid feed exclusively, slide space bar down and re-clamp at the height I need for little ones that tend to start on 1/4" creep at 3 weeks old.

Works good, been in-place for years with lite chains used for closing gates or holding them open, just leave chains short as they will put excess chain "tails" down their throat sucking on them.

Helluva lot cheaper than creep feeders from the feed store, panels are adjustable, easy to move and can be used for multiple options elsewhere.

Works for me!

Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2020 at 9:10am

Go to salvage yard & buy an old Gleaner E 40 bushel galvanized grain tank - for cheap? Leave its unloading auger inside & mount a 110v electric motor & drive belt to its big drive pulley. If a thumper mechanism can be added to auger shaft, it would assist moving caked-up grain & make a very distinct sound. Drop cord electricity from chore shed(100-200’?). Plug in the cord each chore time & allow unloading auger to run as needed ~ 5-10 seconds. Calves will get smart to sound of it running & know it’s time to creep feed. Mount grain tank inside a custom fence frame on skids that only allows small calves to enter/exit it. Build a cap or tarp to keep rain out of grain tank. Build a trough that small calves can easily reach that grain tank auger dumps grain into. Keep grain tank filled as needed.

Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2020 at 11:52am

Feed a lot of feed in home made self feeders for range cows. In the good old days when salt was cheap it was used to limit consumption.

But anyway used standard 2 x 4's on edge to to hold up feed bin off the bottom of the bunk. I believe the opening was about 16 inches wide between the sloped sides. But cows have longer tongue than a calve would have. With all the salt in the feed we used all wood,but steel would work as well or better. Pictures are hard for me but if you want I will try. But cannot help on the panels to limit it to calves.

Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2020 at 1:33pm

Thanks guys. I have a line on one that a guy doesn't have cows anymore. If that falls through, I'll figure something out. Sadly, I might buy one too, as I really don't have a bunch of time. Should have been doing this in the winter.