Creep Feed Buckets For Foals

[Anastasia]

Does anyone know of an online store for creep feed buckets you get for foals?? Trying to search without much help. Our local stockest has them for £50 each, but wondered whether I could source them a bit cheaper.

 

[StaceyTanglewood]

what do they look like ??? ill have a look

 

[soph21]

whats one of them thn??!! just out of interest.

 

[Anastasia]

They are like ordinary clip on feed buckets but they have metal bars across them so that only foals can get their noses in, to stop their mums eating their feed.

Aha........found this one:
http://www.futuresporthorses.co.uk/Future_shop.htm

Scroll down the page and you will see what I am meaning, plus they are cheaper.

 

[StaceyTanglewood]

oh i see what you mean now - i may get one for my baby mum keeps eating hers if she isnt quick enough !!

 

[soph21]

what a good idea!!! that playball is cheap for £20!!!

 

[Michelle73]

You must have greedy mares. Our foals used to just have little bits of mothers feed.

 

[Anastasia]

Our foals normally eat out of their mums buckets also. But we are buying in special foal feed, so dont want the mums eating it, want the foals to get it.

 

[Michelle73]

In those instances we used to feed the mother and stand and hold the foals feed seperately. In fact, I don't think our foals thought they were horses, I think they were very humanised and mum used to shout at me "Get out of that stable and let the foal bond with its mother. You are not its mother!!!!"