PortaTrough™ 3
Heavy-duty 3 ft feeders used to provide grain, minerals, salt or water to animals. Portable for easy movement and stackable for storage.
- Excellent all-purpose trough for small barnyard animals. Also works well for providing feed or water to waterfowl.
- Compact size allows PortaTrough™ 3 to be used in a small pen of show lambs or goat kids
- Won’t crack if water freezes in it
- Easy to clean
Need a larger trough? See PortaTrough™ 5.
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Benefits
- Feed or water sheep, goats, livestock guardian dogs, ducks, geese and poultry
- Difficult for animals to tip over
- Stackable (up to 10) for easy movement and storage
- Side handle allows it to be inverted with a toe to tip out water or ice
- Shallow water depth allows waterfowl to bathe their heads and necks
- Rounded inner base discourages sheep and goats from standing in the feeder
Specs
- 4.5 gallon capacity
- Base: 34"L x 12.25"W
- Top: 32.25"L x 10"W
- Depth: 5.25"
- Made of polypropylene
Common Questions
- Do sheep or goats overturn them?
- Rarely, unless the animals have horns. (Our goats have hooked the side hole on occasion.)
- Can animals step in them?
- We designed the PortaTrough with a slick surface and convex base so sheep and goats seldom step/stand in them.
- Do they fill up with water?
- They can. We drill a hole into the bottom of troughs intended to be used outside as feeders or mineral bunks.
- What happens when ice forms in the trough?
- The rounded base allows ice to expand upwards as it freezes. To remove ice—lift trough, tip over and tap on the bottom with your foot.
- Do they freeze down into mud?
- Yes. But a quick jar on the side with a boot heel usually frees them.
- Are PortaTroughs unbreakable?
- They don't break easily, but like most things they are breakable. We've proven that driving over them with tractors will break them—though ATVs rarely do. Cattle and horses do them no good. They are sheep, goat and waterfowl resistant.
Listed below are recommended optional components or related items. Your particular situation may require alternative recommendations. Please call and talk to our consultants if there are any questions at 800-282-6631.
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Feeding Orphan Lambs and Kids
Shepherd's Choice® Lamb Starter, 30 lbs
Item #621700 -20% protein mini-pellet starter ration for lambs and goat kids. Highly digestible, energy packed and medicated for optimal nutrition.
$28.00 -
Feeding Orphan Lambs and Kids
Shepherd's Choice® Kid Starter, 30 lbs
Item #621701 -20% protein mini-pellet starter ration for lambs and goat kids. Highly digestible, energy packed and medicated for optimal nutrition.
$28.00 -
Treatments
Sheep Trace Mineral Premix, 5 lbs
Item #780232 -A fortified free-choice trace mineral premix for sheep. Provides critical micro-minerals for maximum flock health and immunity.
$16.00 -
Treatments
Goat Trace Mineral Premix, 5 lbs
Item #780301 -A complete, free-choice trace mineral premix for goats. Contains additional copper with no added molybdenum for better milking production.
$16.00 -
Treatments
Lamb Finisher Trace Mineral Premix, 5 lbs
Item #780230 -Fortified trace mineral premix for starter, grower and finisher lamb feed rations to maximize health and immunity.
$8.50 -
Treatments
Kid Finisher Trace Mineral Premix, 5 lbs
Item #780300 -Formulated specifically for goats destined for market. Maximize gains for a better return at sale.
$8.50 -
Treatments
Sheep/Goat ADE Premix, 1 lb
Item #780234 -A vitamin premix for livestock. Contains Vitamin A, D, E, and Calcium. Added to sheep and goat rations to maximize flock health and immunity.
$7.80 -
Buckets and Troughs
Round Bucket without lid, 3.5 gallon
Item #564500 -All-purpose round buckets for chores on the farm. Carry water, feed or minerals to livestock and poultry. 1 gal, 2 gal and 3.5 gal capacities.
$8.50 -
Buckets and Troughs
Square Bucket without lid, 4 gallon
Item #564800 -An inexpensive way to easily feed orphan lambs and goat kids. Use on the farm to carry livestock feed, minerals and water to barnyard animals.
$16.00 -
Books
From The Feed Trough
Item #986110 -A collection of articles from livestock nutritionist, Woody Lane. In depth, informative and very helpful knowledge for livestock producers.
$32.00
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Elyse C from California
We have a large and 2 small troughs. They are easy to move, clean, and suit our sheep perfectly for water and feed.
Cynthia M from Texas
My ram lambs still try to stand in it. The short one is long enough for my 4 ram lambs to feed at once.
Matthew D from Florida
I use this feeder for my 3 chickens and two ducks, and it works well enough, although it does have some faults.
Some things I DO like about it is it's deeper than I thought, It would work well for water but I use it as a kind of trough. It's also very heavy, I can imagine it might be hard for small hogs and sheep to knock around.
What I DON'T like about it is it's VERY overpriced, after all it's only a piece of warped plastic, you guys need to lower the price to maybe 29.00 bucks, not 40. That was my two cents.
Mike & Becky L from Texas
Love these troughs! Had been using dog pans to feed. What a lot of work that was. Now I just empty the bag of feed into the troughs and walk away. No need to pick up pans. What an easy way to feed. The troughs are sturdy and they have a nice foot hole so you can dump out any rain water without even bending over to do it.
Ann P from Washington
I bought this for all of our wild critters that we feed. The handle makes it very easy to carry, it is deeper than I thought, but it is working out really well. I do have concern about rain since it is outside, but we will see what happens. Very sturdy. The squirrels have not been able to tip it over! The cutest thing so far has been one of the wild bunnies sitting it the trough eating. SOOO CUTE!
