Testimonials - Advantage Feeders

“Graham Farms purchased Advantage Feeders’ with mineral attachments and we are loving them. The goats are keeping excellent body condition and I can control how much they eat each day. The convenience and advantage of not having to measure feed and haul it to the goats every day have been amazing.”Graham FarmsPleasant Plains, Arkansas

“Advantage Feeders were the tool we had been looking for! We own and manage a Red Angus herd near Harrison, AR., and manufacture livestock supplements, ‘Preferred Livestock Products’ in MO. We were considering a TMR process for our bull and heifer development when we were introduced to Advantage Feeders. The TMR option required an expensive equipment investment and a lot of daily labor. We started with the Advantage Feeders on the bulls. Utilizing the restrictive mode of the feeders, we could dial the bulls in at the desired level of feed intake through the development period without any expensive or undesirable intake limiters. The bulls looked great, and even some of our customers and other breeders asked what we were doing differently. As the feeders did all the feeding work, we started utilizing the system in our breeding program. This allowed us to give timely supplements at a rate down to 2lbs per head daily! After seeing how we can regulate consumption, the next use of the feeders will be creep feeding. We are adding creep gates to some of our feeders. Looking forward to seeing those results!”Michael WatkinsWatkins Cattle Co, Harrison, Arkansas

“I like the flexibility of the Advantage Feeder. We use it to supplement first calf heifers and control creep feed calves. Liquid feed is a common energy choice in our area, but it can be very expensive. Also, hand feeding is not much of an option with our labor resources. Using an Advantage Feeder, we can control feed intake while using less expensive dry feed ingredients. The feeder can be easily adjusted to change feed intake needs through different stages of production, gestation, calving, and post calving. Checking heifers during calving is easier because they are not so worried about their next meal, as they can just take care of business. As the calves grow, the feeders are used to control creep feed. In summary, the mothers are in good condition to breed back, and the calves can be earlyweaned and fit in with the calves from the mature cow herd.”Bo RooksFloral City, Florida

“We use our Advantage Feeders to supplement our cows and heifers in the Winter. They have been a really good tool for me, especially when I need to be away from the farm for the day.”Jim AndersonCarthage, Mississippi

Durability The Ranch is close enough to the coast that everything rusts. Advantage Feeders are made from Galvanized Steel with Stainless Steel troughs and are weather tight. During Hurricane Harvey, they had to shovel out thousands of pounds of feed from other feeders, but Advantage Feeders kept the feed dry inside, and they only had to remove the feed from the trough. Versatility It works as a creep feeder for calves just as well as it does supplementing bred cows in a drought. They aim for 1-2% of body weight per day, but it’s all adjustable. It works with all feed types, from whole corn to their meal feed with cottonseed and DDGS. Less Aggression at the Feeder Calves don’t fight at the feeder. There isn’t an urgency to be the first because they learn there is a time limit for those in front. Calves don’t fall off when weaning because they’ve learned to use the feeder. No Limiter Needed We mix all of their feed on the farm, and the limiter eats away at feeders and the feed wagon, mixing equipment and augers. Advantage Feeders limit feed intake without the use of a caustic limiter.Robert MartinCattle Co, Texas

Early in 2018, my husband and daughter began talking about a new type of self feeder they had seen in a farm ad. That feeder was an Advantage Feeder. They seemed very excited about the feeders and wanted to give one a try. At the time we were a bit hesitant because we used a texturized feed for our 80 plus herd of Boer goats, and we refused to stop using a feed that had been working so well for us. We shelved the idea for a while until we saw on Facebook that a fellow goat producer had switched from a pelleted feed to the same feed we used. I immediately got in contact with that individual and found that the texturized feed worked very well in the Advantage Feeder. Needless to say we were very excited at the prospect of adding a time and labor saving feeder to our farm. I was referred to Marty Overholt, a 3 in 1 Feeder dealer from Ohio, who quickly returned my message. After a few phone conversations, my daughter and I met Marty to pick up our new 1200 HD feeder which will hold 800 pounds. We had the feeder in the pasture with the brood does before the next day was over. Before placing this feeder in the pasture, feeding was a nightmare! As any Boer goat breeder knows, those does have the innate ability to find the most tender part of a leg and can always seem to rake a horn across the back of a thigh. My daughter and I were constantly covered in bruises from the twice a day feeding. To make matters worse, there were those "bully" does who were constantly running from one feeder to another just to keep the less dominant does from eating. We always had the "fatties" who took all the feed, and the "skinny minis" who never managed to get enough to eat regardless of how much we fed. We were feeding over 50 pounds of feed to this group each day, and while some does looked outstanding, others looked like our Midwest winds would blow them into the next county. To make matters worse, we battled pregnancy toxemia and ketosis since we had no way to separate the dominant does who always ate too much from the does who could not get enough to eat. Everything changed when we installed the Advantage Feeder! All of our brood does now are at an ideal weight. We do not have does who are too fat or too skinny. We are well into our kidding season, and, unlike other years, we have had no kidding problems; the majority of the does who have kidded thus far this year have done so completely unassisted! This kids were vigorous and up within 7-10 minutes, ready to eat! We certainly attribute this to the change in eating habits the 3 in 1 Feeder has enforced in our herd! And have I mentioned ease? The Advamtage Feeder has cut the chore time in half! Instead of slogging through all weather, we simply check the feeder to be sure it is flowing freely and go on about the day. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WASTE with this feeder! Previously, we used feeders that hung on the fence. When the does begin to jostle for position, inevitably one would hit a feeder and spill the feed. Sometimes more than one feeder would be spilled during the course of one meal! This excess waste did have a monetary effect on our feed budget. Now, we put several bags of feed in the feeder, and those does will stand out in any weather (rain, snow, sun, whatever!) so they can eat. They almost seem to have a time schedule, and there are goats at that feeder 24 hours a day! They cannot spill the feed, and they cannot flip it out with their noses. It has saved us a lot of money! We loved our big feeder so much, we recently purchased a 200 HD to use with our weanlings. We had been using a homemade feeder, and they could stand in it and rake it out with their noses...but not anymore! The goats learned to use the feeders very quickly. We could not be happier with the purchase, and for the size and efficiency of the product, the price is VERY reasonable! If you are in the market for a more efficient feeder or have simply been toying with the idea of making your feeding day easier, we would certainly recommend talking to Marty Overholt to get your own Advantage Feeder!!Doug, Karla, Hannah & Noah Darr

Here at Liberty Farms and 4-J Farms we have had the pleasure of purchasing two of the 1200 HD Advantage feeders. We use these feeders to feed around 120 head of registered and commercial boer goats. Since buying these feeders we have seen a tremendous amount of growth and improvement in both herds. We have found that the smaller goats, who would typically get pushed out of the way when bucket fed, actually have a chance to eat at the feeder. This allows the smaller goats to gain more weight and grow to their full potential. Every goat gets an equal amount of time at the feeder without being pushed around by the more dominant goats. We usually feel the feeder up once every few weeks. This saves us a lot of time every day since we do not have to feed the goats by hand. We could not be happier with these feeders or with the customer service that we have received. Anytime anyone asks us about these feeders we are so happy to share our amazing experience with them in hopes they will too buy a feeder.Tucker WestLiberty Farms, Georgia

I got this feeder in October right before kidding season. My does have kept their weight on, produced plenty of milk for their kids, the kids even figured it out, and it saves me a lot of time and labor hand feeding every day!!!! I love my little Advantage Feeder so much, that I am planning on getting another one in the future. These feeders are awesome!!!! The kids in this picture are just coming 8 weeks old and still with their dams. They all take turns in the feeder. We have saved a lot of time, money, and feed by using this feeder.Melissa JacobsHawk Shadow Farms, Missouri

Graham Farms purchased an Advantage Feeders 200HD and 1800HD with mineral attachment in December 2018, and we are loving them. The goats are keeping excellent body condition and I can control how much they eat each day. In our 1800, we use 2 different mixes. One is a pellet and one is a whole grain mix both flow very well. The convenience and advantage of not having measure feed and haul it to the goats every day have been amazing. We have much more time to spend watching and observing the herd doing our other farm chores. It’s much easier to find someone to watch our stock when we are away and gives me peace of mind knowing they are fed while we are gone.Graham FarmsMyotonics, Arkansas

Our new Advantage Feeders have been a great addition to our farm. It is an equal opportunity feeders. Since it is a “Lick feeder” and depends on the saliva production to get the grain stuck to the tongue, and all goats of the same age have basically the same size tongue and ability to product goat spit; feed intake is limited regardless of dominance or age. The goats will lick and eat until they get “cotton mouth” with grain no longer sticking to their tongue. They then leave the feeder to browse and get a drink of water. The bottom line is, the bossy goats get just enough grain, no more or no less, before their tongue dries out and they leave the feeder to the more timid goats. The end result is a more uniform feed ration. The more aggressive goats are not over conditioned and the more timid goats are not under conditioned. Both of which are associated with pregnancy complications. It is a well built and well engineered product, that works as advertised.David GilliamGillliam Boer Goat Farms, Tennessee

Okay folks, I am going to say I was a sceptic! Brian wanted this feeder so I agreed but secretly didn’t think it would work. Today, while Brian is at work, I went to the barn to feed the pens, and secretly to feed the rest of the herd (Brian would kill me but I thought maybe they are starving) I made sure I got enough individual buckets. Filled them up with 1 cup each (a snack). Guess what? They didn’t want the feed! What? Okay Brian, I publicly admit it, the feeder is the real deal! No more fighting, no more work separating, no more individual buckets….oh well, more time for snuggles! Love my goats! If interested and in the area contact Brian, so he can get you on the next shipment and save $$$ on shipping! — feeling shocked at H & C Boer Goat Farm.

Brooke HardyH&C Boer Goat Farm

"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."Mick Cameron

“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.”Graham Holdaway

“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.”Scott Barr

“We use Advantage Feeders in our prime lamb production business in two different ways. Firstly they are used to back-ground lambs then we incrementally increase the quantity of feed output (by way of a simple adjustment on the feeders) up to ad lib feeding of grain. Secondly we use them to supplementary feed our lambing ewe flocks. These feeders are an ideal size and they minimize the need to use a trailer feeder therefore our sheep are much more settled.” Peter and Wendy Bessell-Browne

“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.” Perry Corker

“Advantage Feeders have allowed me to reduce my labour inputs while increasing my production from my ewes. The information and service provided has been exceptionally good.” Adrian Veitch

“I think the Advantage Feeders products are exciting and revolutionary. I have all my ewes running on them. I value having the peace of mind knowing that our ewes are constantly accessing a safe feed source with low labour requirement.""Michael Page

“Advantage Feeders have changed the way we run our sheep. We are able to set the feeders up for exactly what the sheep require and know they are getting the correct rations for two to three weeks at a time while getting on with other seasonal jobs like seeding and harvest. The feeders have also stopped the wastage involved with trail feeding and contamination in our grain crops”Cameron White

“My grain feeders from Advantage Feeders are used to virtually eliminate mis-mothering. We have also been using the feeders for weaners with the following benefits:

They cannot gorge themselves on the grain,
There is no wasted feed,
As they hold over 2 tonne of grain, the time saved over trail feeding is very welcome during seeding, and
With feed available to them at all times they are maintaining their condition much better.”

Bill Flint