MILK BAR™ 7 Kid & Lamb Pink Feeder

Please read my previous review- I do love this bucket but you should know that it won't last. I wanted to return the buckets because less than 2 week after purchase, the nipples leaked so bad, I couldn't use them. I contacted Hamby and they explained that they can't accept returns. They suggested that I monitor the buckets because goat teeth are sharp and they can chew holes in the nipples if the bucket is empty and they aren't being fed. I can understand that. Hamby also offered to send me replacement nipples so I could give this method a try. I was pleased. We burned through those 30 nipples in less than a month. Do your math- those nipples are not cheap. I found them on line for 40.00 a 10 pack but if you're going through nipples each week - well it's just not worth it. We've got 31 kids on these buckets currently and only allow the ones who can do it very well to use them- that's not progress, that's cultivating your kids. We still have to bottle feed the ones who can't do it and we have to stand and monitor those who can. You have to pull that bucket immediately! Because you can't return the buckets- you're stuck. You are effective agreeing to purchase new nipples constantly. It's a self licking ice cream cone - don't buy the cone!!

How many of these things have you tried? Me? Literally every other one on the market! This one actually works! I just got mine today- I ordered two because I have 12 month old kids and 12 born in the last week. We started with the younger group- slight learning curve... we had to hold their mouths on there same as you would to get them onto a bottle. They work differently than just a hollow nipple. I can pinch just like I was milking a goat and it squirts. Babies picked it up right away. Older kids were harder because they're more stubborn and used to the bottles, but after we held them over the nipples long enough, they finally sucked and wham! we're on it! My only concern is the bigger ones drinking too much and not leaving enough for the smaller goats who have to eat last. Solution.... I ordered two more buckets today! It is very easy to clean. Warm soapy water and a couple of quick pinches to the nipples and it's done. The one thing I wish I could change... the spacing of the clips that hang over the pen. They are slightly off and I had to slip a 1 x 3/4 inch piece of wood through the sides to allow the bucket to then hang over it instead of the side of the pen. Five stars for the first bucket that didn't leak, that didn't have straw like tubing that was so darn hard to get young animals to consistently suck until they actually got something, and one that holds enough milk that 7 goats can actually call that a meal when it was empty! Love it!!

Love it!! I raise high quality Nubian milk goats. currently I have 14 babies which I bottle feed. After they get 2 weeks old they start bouncing off of me, my head chewing on my hair and in general having a good time. This feeder has Saved Me!! Thanks so much for saving me from a unique hair cut, haha..And a lot of time, it is really great

Ut work wonderful...