How this farmer improved a small stock feeder to make it automatic
Everything on Dirk du Plessis’ farm near Koppies in the Free State province of South Africa is focused on saving labour – one of the plans he has made is to build a feeder that can be automatically refilled. There are no frills in the workshop on the farm Verdeeld,…
A corrugated-iron roof over the supply pipe prevents the creep feeder from getting wet, and a divider below the sheet and above the pipe prevents the sheep from climbing over the pipes and damaging the structure and contaminating the grain with manure.