06/16/2026
Every decision costs money, especially when it comes to feed. Greater lamb age and weight differences and extreme sudden heat 🥵 changed my mind about creep feeding this year.
I bought a creep gate a few years ago and am glad to finally be using it. Nothing else here is fancy.
The lambs now have a relaxing place to eat as much as they want or get away.
☺️ It improved the flock dynamic. We are more calm, now, and should gain better. So glad I did it. Lambs are in and out all day long.
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70% of us are using this 40% of the time.
- Brian Fantana, Lead Ram Lamb
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Wish I'd done this sooner - like, 5 years ago.
- Slothy Shepherdess
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What's in it?
Because I started this late in the lambing season for some of my lambs, I fed in this corner for a week, then fenced it in during a night feeding. The lambs were conditioned to come to this corner for hay whenever they saw me approach. They challenged the creep gate to get to the food, and figured it out. Sheep are not really that smart...you have to help them out. Bless their little hearts. 💕 The fence is fortified bc some of the more aggressive ewes try to break in. Maybe some breeds don't, but Icelandics certainly have it in them. Super fun.
