Testimonials

I initially purchased my 3800HD feeders during the drought in 2018 to take the backache out of filling and hauling meal. Consequently, I found them an excellent way to train calves and keep feed fresh, while keeping the correct volumes fed to large groups. Based on the success of these feeders I purchased the 150HD model as a calf feeder to feed bigger batches of younger calves on milk. Farming is a labour challenged environment and the grain feeders give me the peace of mind of not having to trough feed daily. Once filled, I know that the feeders will continue to provide a constant source of feed for many days. Not only does it take away the chore of daily feeding but the stock are much more pacified than with trough feeding. The overall health of my herd is now excellent. The animals are more docile and the feeders have removed feed stress completely. I have never had better replacement stock! In summary, Advantage Feeders are a great way of managing concentrate feeding on grass and an excellent management tool to stretch grass. The feeders as a calf feeder also give our young stock a great foundation for the future. Advantage Feeders are now essential on my farm going forward.

We first used the Advantage Feeders (previously 3IN1FEEDERS) in a bad spring to feed ewes. We found that as a result of having the feeders permanently in the paddock, there was no pushing or shoving at a trough. There is no waste of feed on the ground and every ewe got a fair share. Consequently, we found that all the stock are very relaxed and it cut down the workload as the feeders only need to be filled every third day. It does sounds strange, but the stock does seem to do better on the controlled access to feed that these feeders offer.

“The big advantage for me is the labour saving element. I can fill my feeder once per week and then I only have to check on the stock, instead of feeding daily. The calves have flourished on the feeder and the issue of weaker stock is eliminated as all stock have equal access”. Tommy is using the 1800HD model, which holds up to 1 tonne to feed up to 76 dairy calves, 1kg per day of a calf nut.

We purchased a Mobile 1800 Feeder in spring 2017 to use with our Pressure flock, (Triplet rearing ewes and ewe lambs rearing twins as well as any problem stock are all run together). We set up the feeder so the ewes could get 0.5kg/day of whole barley for 5 weeks post lambing and as the feeder has a division in it we were able to lower the creep panel and set up the second side to creep feed the lambs with a highly palatable starter creep. This works very well for us with many triplet ewes able to wean over 100 kgs of lamb at 12 weeks. Post weaning we also use the feeder to supplement soya hulls (Digestible Fibre) to our finishing lambs on Rape and Redstart at 0.1-0.2 kg /day which also works very well for us. In the Autumn/Winter period, the feeder is used to supplement in lamb ewe lambs at grass with 0.2kg of whole grain/day, and post scanning the triplet ewes at grass are also supplemented using the feeder, which we then move into the shed for them pre-lambing. This allows us to do only 1 mix/day with the Diet feeder. So unlike a traditional creep feeder, we can regulate the intake and this means that our Advantage Feeders (previously 3IN1FEEDERS) works virtually all year round for strategic supplementation. Being so impressed with it, we purchased a second feeder to help in the summer drought last year.

“We are extremely pleased with the grain feeders. No wastage and great for the goats because they can’t climb into them. Best feeders we have ever had and the palm kernel flows through them nicely.”

“Over the past few years I had been feeding my ewes 3 times a week for 5 months of the year. My Advantage Feeders Grain Feeders allow me save this expense. They also give me the flexibility of putting stock in containment areas with out the down-side of feeding them daily due to the lick restriction of the dual adjustment system.”

“My Advantage Feeders Grain Feeder is a key component of my lamb finishing system: it’s big enough to not need frequent filling; there is minimal waste; I can easily see how much feed has been eaten and relate that to measured weight gain by viewing the volume scales. Plus they’re good people to deal with.”

“I chose Advantage Feeders because they were the best value for the size of them and the adjustment system was the most advanced going around. The functioning of the lid makes checking the feeding outflow easy. We bought 8 of them in flat-pack form and they were straight forward to assemble with the manual.”

“I am running around 4000 ewes in drought times. I wanted to feed the sheep faba beans and thought the feeders were a good way to regulate the supply over weeks with no need to go out every few days. I found they work well with the sheep not using them when other feed is available, and starting again when they are short of feed; at the moment (5/08) a 46 bag feeder full of faba beans is lasting 600 ewes around two weeks (was one month) I got rid of the seconds from seed cleaning no effort this year! The lick feeding design of the troughs work very well. The sheep have kept condition and I am hoping they keep their lambs better as feed is scarce.”

“I had several other self feeders before I bought some Advantage Feeders Sheep Feeders and only used them for finishing lambs. With the double adjustment system of my new feeders I can also put them with my ewes and make them work like hell just to get a bit when they are on dry feed.”

“The regulation system on our Advantage Feeders has meant that we know our sheep are getting the right amount of nutrition. This year we plan to increase the lambing percentage in our twin bearing ewes by placing Advantage Feeders with them to reduce mis-mothering associated with trail feeding.”

“We can see a lot of potential with the Advantage Feeder feeding a pure lupin ration to keep a protein source available while utilising stubbles and dry feed.”