Inventions that make the work of grazing management easier

 

Figure: Simple mineral feeder made out
of old car rubber. A wooden block is
in the middle to prevent the feeder is
overturn by grazing animals.
Figure: Simple currycomb made of wooden post
hardened with old car rubber and concrete. Canvas,
soaked in repelent, is wraped around post to rub
by animals.
Figure: Simple currycomb for small ruminants, but diferently
fixed.
Figure: Currycomb in action on pasture.
Figure: Drinking trough. Simple to make, movable
around the pasture and easy to clean. Out of order
at the moment.
Figure: Drinking trough for hilly areas.
Figure: A ewe and a lamb in plastic tunnel during the winter.
Better use black foil then transparent foil. A lamb might
get hurt while trying to escape.
Figure: Feeding place during sheep outwintering.
A round bale of hay is surrounded with concrete (iron)
mesh (openings 10x15 cm) and a roof.
Figure: A bale of hay. Note: scattered hay is laying on
wooden lattice. There is no mud around the bale.
Figure: Feeding system made of two channels and anchored
with two wooden posts. Animals can approach from both sides.
Easy to move.
Figure: Kindergarten for lambs during the winter. Note: four
iron meshes and two feeders, all easy to move around.
In the back, adjustable opening for entering the lambs.
Figure: Easy access to fill the feeders with grains.
Figure: Simple, plastic offset, mounted on the netting's post.
It can be used as a grounding (-) or extra hot wire on the
out side of the eletric netting. Excelent additional protection
when soil are frozen and snow is laying on the ground.
Figure: Simple way how to teach stray dogs and other predators to avoid the electric netting.

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Outwintering sheep in Slovenia