Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets
Product Details
New! Premier’s Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets include everything you need to feed milk replacer to orphan lambs and goat kids.
Improvements:
- ✔ See-through bucket design
- Transparent plastic allows for easy monitoring of milk levels. Sloped floor ensures all of the liquid is used by the animal.
- ✔ Easier to clean!
- The teat unit remains attached to the bucket, while the nipple and flow control pin can be quickly removed for washing
- ✔ Easy to read measurements
- Printed ink rulers are visible from the inside of the bucket to provide at-a-glance precision
Need to customize? We offer DIY accessories for building your own bucket feeders.
Instructions/Diagrams:
Teat Assembly and Cleaning 
Specs
- 2 gal Round Bucket, 1 Teat Unit (Item #565825)
- Dimensions: 12" x 11" x 9.25"
- (1) Flat-back Latex Teats
- 2 gal Round Bucket, 3 Teat Units (Item #565826)
- Dimensions: 12" x 11" x 9.25
- (3) Flat-back Latex Teats
- 2.5 gal Square Bucket, 2 Teat Units (Item #565827)
- Dimensions: 12.25" x 11.5" x 9.5"
- (2) Flat-back Latex Teats
- 2.5 gal Square Bucket, 4 Teat Units (Item #565828)
- Dimensions: 12.25" x 11.5" x 9.5"
- (4) Flat-back Latex Teats
Orphan Feeding Kit includes:
- New! Flat-back Bucket
- See-through buckets hang flat against the side of a pen or a wall, so they’re more stable. The sloped floor ensures all of the liquid is used by the animal. And the removable lid protects milk from barn pests including birds and rodents. Holes are pre-drilled, saving time.
- New! Easy Clean Bucket Teat Units
- The unit itself remains on the bucket, while the nipple and flow control pin can be quickly removed for washing.
- Flat-back Latex Teats
- Soft latex teats are easier than rubber teats for small lambs and kids, but they are less durable. We use natural latex teats to get orphan animals started and then switch them over to rubber teats (sold separately).
- Premier Bucket Holder
- Welded wire bracket holds buckets securely. Drops easily into place on wire panels or 1" wood planks.
Do you have cattle? Orphan Calf Bucket Kits are also available.
Need to customize? We offer DIY accessories for building your own bucket feeders.
How to Use
Tips
- What is the right height for a bucket teat?
- Position the teats as high as a normal mother’s teat, about 9"–12" above the ground.
Why so low? When a young ruminant stretches out its neck to nurse, their esophagus elongates and forms a groove that carries the milk into the 4th stomach (the abomasum).
If the neck is not stretched, the milk falls into the first stomach instead of the fourth. But the first stomach is intended for grass and hay. It doesn’t digest milk well. A first stomach with too much milk enlarges to form a “potbelly”—and the lamb/kid can’t thrive.
Position the teat(s) about 9"–12" above the ground so the lamb or goat kid must stretch its neck to nurse.
Bucket teat units are an essential tool for raising orphans and bottle babies. - Milk temperature—warm vs. cold?
- Mother’s milk is warm, but it is produced constantly in only small amounts—so lambs can’t take too much at one time. Orphan buckets supply milk in large amounts. If the milk is warm, healthy orphans consume too much. Warm milk spoils rapidly. So we use warm milk only for newborns. Then we switch to cold milk.
- How do I keep the milk cool?
- During warmer weather, we like to freeze water in plastic soda bottles and drop them into buckets. Cold milk forces lambs and goat kids to self-regulate their intake. (They become chilled and stop drinking.)
Keeping the milk cold also reduces the risk of spoilage.
- Do I need any special tools?
- No. Hand strength is all that is required to install the teat units.
Precautions
Do NOT leave empty bucket feeders in the orphan pen. Lambs and goat kids will chew on nipples (in an attempt to feed) and damage the teats. A habit that is not easily reversed.
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Metal Bracket (for wood) for Feeding Buckets
Item #565822 -Replacement parts for Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets that have worn out or broken.
$4.00 -
Teats and Nipples
Teat Protection Collar, each
Item #565831 -Shields the teat so only one orphaned lamb (or goat kid) can feed at a time, preventing stronger animals from pushing the weaker ones away.
$2.45 -
Feeding Orphan Lambs and Kids
Shepherd's Choice® Lamb & Kid Milk, 25 lbs
Item #780002 -Veterinary-formulated milk replacer that provides total nutritional requirements for baby lambs and goat kids.
$72.00 -
Feeding Orphan Lambs and Kids
Shepherd's Choice® Kid Milk, 45 lb bag
Item #780004 -Veterinary-formulated milk replacer with citristim that provides total nutritional requirements for goat kids. 50 lb bag.
$123.00 -
Teats and Nipples
Red Rubber Teats
Item #565200 -Attach nipples to Bucket Teat Units to fed orphan lambs and goat kids. Rubber is more durable for sharp-toothed orphans than latex.
$2.10 -
Teats and Nipples
Flat Back Latex Teat (with washer)
Item #565818 -Soft latex teats are a good choice for newborn lambs and goat kids. Flat-back design fits Premier’s bucket teat units and mountable teat feeders.
$2.20 -
Teats and Nipples
Natural Latex Teats
Item #565300 -Latex teats for nursing lambs and goat kids using bucket teat units. Best for weak animals, or newborns under 10 days of age. Easy to clean.
$2.10 -
Teats and Nipples
Red Latex Teats
Item #565400 -Latex teats for nursing lambs and goat kids using bucket teat units. Best for weak animals, or newborns under 10 days of age. Easy to clean.
$2.10 -
Teats and Nipples
Dairy Kid Latex Teats, long
Item #565815 -Elongated latex nipple for dairy goat kids or other livestock accustomed to nursing from a longer teat. Easy to clean.
$2.20 -
Teats and Nipples
Dairy Kid Long Teats, rubber
Item #565817 -Orphan dairy goat feeding teat with elongated rubber nipple. Mimics size and shape of dam’s teats. “Flat-back” design for use with bucket teat units.
$2.20 -
Teats and Nipples
Calf Teat
Item #565700 -Fits onto Premier's bucket feeding units for a milk source to bottle and bucket calves.
$2.10 -
Buckets and Troughs
Whisk
Item #623000 -Heavy duty, stainless steel whisk. Use to whip eggs or mix milk replacer for lambs or kid goats.
$7.00
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Buckets and Troughs
Premier Bucket Holder
Item #564700 -Hanging bracket for securing round buckets and square buckets to wire panels or a 1" wood plank.
$4.50 -
Teats and Nipples
Flat Back Latex Teat (without washer)
Item #565818X -Soft latex teats are a good choice for newborn lambs and goat kids. Flat-back design fits Premier’s bucket teat units and mountable teat feeders.
$2.10 -
Teats and Nipples
Bucket Teat Unit, red/blue
Item #565500 -Turn any bucket into a milk feeder. Attach a rubber or latex teat for animals to nurse. Use with orphan lambs, goat kids and calves.
$3.50 -
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2 Gallon Round Bucket, 1 hole
Item #565813 -Replacement parts for Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets that have worn out or broken.
$13.50 -
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2 Gallon Round Bucket, 3 holes
Item #565814 -Replacement parts for Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets that have worn out or broken.
$15.00 -
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Lid for Transparent Round Bucket
Item #565816 -Replacement parts for Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets that have worn out or broken.
$5.25 -
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2.5 Gallon Square Bucket, 2 holes
Item #565819 -Replacement parts for Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets that have worn out or broken.
$19.00 -
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2.5 Gallon Square Bucket, 4 holes
Item #565820 -Replacement parts for Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets that have worn out or broken.
$21.00 -
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Lid for Transparent Square Bucket
Item #565821 -Replacement parts for Lamb ‘N’ Kid Orphan Feeding Buckets that have worn out or broken.
$5.25
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Melissa M from Missouri
I really like this bucket. I have the square style with 4 teat units. My only complaint is that one of the teat units significantly leaks, no matter how much adjusting I do with it, and no, I’m not over tightening. Easy to clean and overall it’s a nice unit.
Alma M from Iowa
This is a good product, it just is not better than the previous bucket Premier used to sell. There are slots in the top of the bucket that the flies get into and then are in the milk. I covered my slots with packing tape. Then the lid on my previous style bucket stayed on extremely well. This lid will come off if the kids start fighting around the buck. I put in 2 full 20oz bottles filled with water to help weigh down to the bucket to help prevent spillage.
Brenda A from South Dakota
Love many features of the new bucket. Love the ease of cleaning. Love being able to see the milk level. Bonus — the ability to clip the bottom of the bucket to keep it from tipping.
Do not like the two oval holes both front and back. Not sure what they are there for, but it’s too easy to dump your milk out when hanging it up and forget it if it tips over. My recommendation would be to not have these 4 holes. I can see no benefit.
If wind is blowing and dusty, you have dirt in your milk. There are two round air holes in addition to these oval holes which would be adequate for air holes.
Haven’t tried the rolled-collar nipples — my lambs prefer them over the thicker nipples.
Karen B from Idaho
These buckets are working really well for feeding Nigerian Dwarf goat kids. I like the snap-on lid because sometimes the little monsters will jump up onto it. The kids figured out the nipples quickly though all they’d had before were Pritchard teats. We bought the slightly smaller, rounder bucket because the square ones were out of stock. I use a short double-ended snap strap to hang them from dog kennel panels and a bucket hanger (shaped like a long skinny C) to hook into the bottom slot and hook on the fence to tilt the bucket more forward to help them get down to the last of the milk.
I do wish this rounder bucket had square places on the sides like it does on the front and back, so that I could add more nipples to the sides and more kids could drink at once. I assume there’s too much curve to do that without leaking.
Nicole L from Virginia
I am very happy with this bucket. The design is genius and it has worked well for my three bottle lambs. It is easy to take apart and clean. I would recommend this for anyone who is raising multiple bottle babies.
