[Jacob-list] Feeding loose mineral mix

[Heather Fogel]

Sue,

We found these plastic, rectangle buckets that screw onto a 2x4, at the farm
supply store.  We hung them high enough they don't get pooped in, and low
enough so that they can eat out of them.

Heather Fogel
www.littleshadyacres.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <stonecroft235 at juno.com>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 5:12 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Feeding loose mineral mix


> I have been feeding a loose mineral mix to my sheep in a rubber pan which
> I have in the center of an old rubber tire inside the barn.  It works
> fairly well - the tire is supposed to keep the sheep from dumping the
> mineral out of the pan and having it indoors keeps it from the elements.
> However, my system is not perfect and it does get dumped, pooped in,
> urinated in, etc.    I was wondering how the rest of you feed a loose
> mineral mix to your sheep -- we are small, so I don't need something for
> hundreds of sheep - I need something that would work for 2 dozen sheep.
> Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>
> Sue Martin
> Stonecroft
> Lititz, PA
>
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