Extended Info:
Purchase at your own pace without missing out on multiple purchase discounts. Discounts are applied retrospectively, so as you reach each purchase milestone—4, 8, 12, 20, and 40 feeders – all of your current and previous purchases are discounted at the same level.
Note: Discount program amounts include all grain and hay feeder purchases. Creep panels, creep gates, roofs, and other accessories or attachments are not included.
Extended Info:
Purchase at your own pace without missing out on multiple purchase discounts. Discounts are applied retrospectively, so as you reach each purchase milestone—4, 8, 12, 20, and 40 feeders – all of your current and previous purchases are discounted at the same level.
Note: Discount program amounts include all grain and hay feeder purchases. Creep panels, creep gates, roofs, and other accessories or attachments are not included.
Extended Info:
Purchase at your own pace without missing out on multiple purchase discounts. Discounts are applied retrospectively, so as you reach each purchase milestone—4, 8, 12, 20, and 40 feeders – all of your current and previous purchases are discounted at the same level.
Note: Discount program amounts include all grain and hay feeder purchases. Creep panels, creep gates, roofs, and other accessories or attachments are not included.
An on-farm experiment found that a mob of spring drop ewes carrying twin lambs that were supplemented into lambing and then their offspring up to weaning produced considerably more meat compared to another mob that had no supplement.
| Duration: | Total: Ewe feeding: Lamb creep feeding: | 135 days 40 days 95 days |
| Quantity: | 97 ewes in the supplement group and 99 ewes in the control group | |
| Scanning: | All ewes scanned with twins | |
| Ewe age: | 3 and 4 year old | |
| Ewe breed: | Merino | |
| Ram breed: | Merino | |
| Lambing period: | 1/8/14 to 4/9/14 | |
| Diet: | Supplement group: Ewes: 300 grams/day of Triticale Lambs: 200 grams/day of Triticale Control group: No supplement Both groups: Continual access to pasture higher than 1200kg/DM | |
1. Calves per feed input which was increased from 25 calves to the commercial application of 50 calves per feeder
2. The outputs used the calculator from www.advantagefeeders.com.au/calculating-return-on-investment
3. The outputs includes the costs associated with filling, monitoring and depreciation.
Mac Fraser, the experiment operator had the following observations throughout the experiment:
“On the 2/08/2014 we had an outbreak of Campylobacter confirmed and it was recommended to get them off the feeder, which we did.
Two weeks later on the 16/08/2014 we decided to recommence the trial as the Campylobacter had settled down after injecting mobs with antibiotics. It has been a trying year but the trial has shown us the great benefit in creep feeding twin lambs.
We have also used the feeders to supplement ewes in autumn. Ewes that were on the feeders scanned at 147% while ewes without feeders scanned at 112%.”
| Twin control | Twin creep fed | |
|---|---|---|
| Ewe number | 99 | 97 |
| Lambs weaned | 138 | 154 |
| Weaning rate | 139% | 159% |
| Average birth date | 15/08/2014 | 15/08/2014 |
| Estimated birth weight (kg) | 4 | 4 |
| Average weaning weight (kg) | 22.4 | 27.0 |
| Weaning date | 2/12/2014 | 2/12/2014 |
| Age at weaning (days) | 109 | 109 |
| Daily weight gain to weaning (g/day) | 168.8 | 211.0 |
| Weight of lambs/ewe (kg) | 31.2 | 42.9 |
| VALUE OF LAMB/EWE ($2.50/kg) | $78.06 | $107.16 |
| Triticale consumption (kg) | 0 | 3870 |
| Total cost of Triticale ($250/tonne) | $0.00 | $967.50 |
| Cost of Triticale/ewe | $0.00 | $9.97 |
| Depreciation expense/ewe* | $0.00 | $3.40 |
| Filling cost/ewe** | $0.00 | $1.24 |
| TOTAL FEEDING EXPENSES/EWE | $0.00 | $14.61 |
| TOTAL VALUE LESS FEEDING EXPENSE/EWE | $78.06 | $92.55 |
*This is calculated by multiplying the depreciation rate of 15% by the investment of a feeder ($2,200) and dividing it by 97 ewes. This also assumes that the feeder is used only for this application throughout the year.
**The feeder was filled twice, taking one hour to fill both feeders each time at $60/hour to fill.
Lambs that were creep fed with Advantage Feeders averaged a weight of 27.0kg at weaning while the lambs in the control mob average only 22.4kg.
With an estimated lamb birth weight of 4kg, the creep fed mob grew 25% faster.
The weaning rates were substantially different. The supplement mob achieved 159% while the control group were at 139%.
The experiment shows that the creep fed group grew considerably faster than the control group and were more profitable in both the pre and post weaning periods. The creep fed group weaning rate was 20% higher than the control group and daily weight gain to weaning was 43gram greater. From these results the recommendation is to continue on with this new feeding program.
We conduct on-farm trials to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of our products. Each trial provides practical, evidence-based insights that guide our work and support informed decision-making.

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