Our Goat Feeders
Your goat herd is growing, and you’re looking for your next goat feeder! If you’re considering a new goat feeder or saliva lick feeder – or maybe you’ve never considered a lick feeder at all! – you’re in the right place.
We are America’s exclusive distributor of Universal Feeders, an Australian livestock feeder manufacturer with long history serving sheep and goat farmers like you.
With a Universal Feeder, you can simplify work on the farm, reduce feed waste, and increase output in your farming operation, all while improving feed efficiency and increasing stock capacity.
A durable Universal Feeder from Lost Creek Wholesale can give you flexibility in providing free choice feed to lambs and kids or be used to supplement adult sheep and goats via the Universal Feeders controlled saliva lick feeding system with just a few simple adjustments to the feeder based on your herd’s needs.
Universal Feeders controlled feeding system allows your livestock to only eat a small portion of their daily ration at a time. It works by only allowing access to the grain or feed that will stick to their tongue. As the sheep, goat, or cow eats, its tongue becomes dry and the feed will no longer stick to its tongue and after a few minutes the animal will leave the feeder. Livestock can not consume their whole ration for the day in one licking session, but will need to make multiple passes at the feeder through out the day. This is where another great benefit of a saliva lick feeder comes in, having the grain ration incorporated into their diet in these small amounts through out the day makes for a more stable rumen environment and better forage utilization.
This saliva lick system reduces wasted feed by preventing gorging or overfeeding and ensures that your entire herd has access to feed when they need it, 24/7.
Universal Feeders are highly adjustable and customizable, and the saliva lick system can even be converted to a standard Ad-Lib feeding system using the Ad-Lib Accessory or creep feeder with the addition of creep gates.
Saliva Lick Feeding or Ad-Lib Access With Our Goat Feeder
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Benefits of a Goat Feeder From Universal Feeders
Universal Feeders goat feeders have been tried and tested by pioneers in the goat farming industry. This Australia-based feeder manufacturer was started by farmers who recognized a need for quality, durable feeders for ruminants (including goats) of all sizes. What better place to pioneer these unique goat feeders than Australia. When you buy a Universal Feeder, you get time-tested features and decades of industry excellence all built to with stand the harshest environment of the Australian Out Back
As you know, goats are prone to overeating, frequently exacerbated by “routine” feeding cycles where feed is only available once or twice a day. Additionally, bully animals crowd out younger or smaller animals during routine feedings, meaning that feed and nutrition may not be distributed properly across the herd.
With a Universal Feeder saliva lick feeder, this issue is resolved entirely, allowing animals to eat only what they need before returning to pasture to graze. Because they can access food at any time, goats have less pressure to gorge themselves when feed is available.
With less pressure at mealtime to eat what they can, research has shown that ruminant herds with saliva lick feeders experience less stress at the same time that nutrition improves. The process enhances rumen development and better forage utilization.
Take one more thing off your workload with a continuously available food source for your goats rather than timely feeding needs throughout the week.
Research has shown that animals with a saliva lick feeder tend to grow more efficiently and to larger size through optimized rumen development and pasturing, meaning greater topline potential. Additionally, reduced feed waste saves substantial costs in goat-raising and makes for significantly better feed conversions.
Our Goat Feeder Options
The Original Feeder
The Universal Feeders’ Original Feeder lets farmers control their livestock’s daily intake of grain or pellets. Easy to adjust and built to last, this Australian goat feeder can be used as a saliva lick feeder for precise nutritional needs or as an ad-lib feeder allowing animals to feed at any time.
The Ultimate Feeder
The newest Universal Feeders’ feeder, the Ultimate Feeder is faster and easier to adjust without tools, allows for lower and more accurate feed rates (for smaller animals), and reduces possible corrosion points in the feed trough compared to competing feeders.
Goat Feeder Accessories
Feeder Restrictor Guard
The Restrictor Guard can be used to achieve lower feeding rates by restricting grain width without affecting the flow of feed. In some instances, it also stops some animals from bridging the grain over the lick area. The Restrictor Guards for the Ultimate Feeder have a swing-away design to make cleaning the feed area easier.
Ad-Lib Feeder Attachment
The Ad-Lib attachment allows feed to flow freely into the trough and is ideal for feedlots. It is designed to increase the trough height to minimize feed waste. The Ad-Lib Attachment has two height options to make it low enough for smaller kids.
Get Started With a Universal Feeder Today
If you’re interested in the benefits of creep feeding with a lick feeder, or becoming a distributor yourself, get in touch and learn more today by calling Lost Creek Wholesale.