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March 24, 2021 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

Spring Is a Great Time To Get Your Kidding and Lambing Equipment

When it comes to running a sheep operation, people can lamb on pasture in the spring, or earlier if you lamb in a barn, often depending on your livestock situation. Some operations have several lambing seasons in a given year, especially if their market demands support it.

Whether your operation involves sheep or goats, DS-Livestock and Equipment are here for your livestock needs so you can successfully maintain your production goals. You want to be able to utilize the best times to mate your livestock and for them to reproduce in good health. Supplying your animals with the nutritious feed their metabolism needs to survive and thrive is key to your operation’s success.

Our high-quality, hot-dipped galvanized sheep and goat handling equipment are both reliable and affordable. We have been helping livestock operations maintain their facilities with quality products. We offer your animals equipment to hold their feed, clean water, fresh hay and dry pens with bedding and access to necessary health care. You’ll need access to your animal’s hoofs, administer vaccines and check for lice and worms especially as the weather warms.

Our team at D-S Livestock and Equipment here in Frostburg, Maryland invites you to check out all of our livestock handling equipment so you can maximize your production and revenue. Keeping your livestock investment healthy and thriving helps to ensure your bottom line. No matter where your operation is located, here in the United States or on another continent, we can ship your equipment around the world while also offering in-house financing, per your needs, including the following:

-Feeders
-Handling systems and their components
-Lambing and kidding creeping
-Loading and hauling equipment
-Open bar panels and doors
-Show equipment
-Solid panels and doors
-Weighing equipment
-Work tables and stations

For more information, we invite you to reach out to our team at 800-949-9997 today. We are happy to send you a catalog showing all of our sheep, goat and cattle livestock handling equipment, in Frostburg, MD. We look forward to meeting all of your livestock handling equipment needs for the years to come!
January 27, 2021 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

D-S Livestock Equipment Provides Resources for Sheep, Goat and Cattle Operations

At D-S Livestock Equipment online, we provide equipment and resources to support your cattle, sheep or goat livestock operation. Our equipment has helped many livestock operations around the world with quality equipment needs. Our equipment is one of the only providers of hot-dipped galvanized equipment available. What does this mean for you? You don’t have to worry about paint or rusting of the equipment.

Due to our high on-site inventory, we can turn around your order quickly and hassle-free at competitive prices that are affordable to help you reach your financial needs. Best of all, you don’t have to wait long for your order.

D-S Livestock Sheep Goat Cattle Handling Equipment

-Feeders
-Loading & Hauling
-Open Bar Panels & Doors
-Solid Panels & Doors
-Handling Systems
-Handling Systems Components
-Show Equipment
-Weighing
-Work Tables & Stations
-Chutes
-Headgates
-Panels & Doors
-Crowding Tubs
-Calf Table

Our goal is to supply the highest quality materials at the lowest possible prices whether your operation is in the United States, Canada, Japan, Africa, Costa Rica, or elsewhere. Our facility in Frostburg, Maryland, is pleased to work with you to get your equipment, wherever you are located.

We accept all major credit cards (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, & VISA), along with purchase orders. checks or cash. We are also proud to offer financing, including Buy Now Pay Later Options/No Payments for 90 Days. Our in-house financing is powered by QuickSpark Financial.

If you prefer, you can request a FREE catalog of our livestock equipment products for cattle equipment, or sheep and goat equipment​.

Our experienced team has more than 30 years of experience in the livestock equipment industry, which means we can answer your questions so that you get the right equipment for your operational needs. If you have any questions, please reach out to our facility in Frostburg, Maryland, by calling 800-949-9997 today. Contact us today to learn more!
October 20, 2020 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

It’s Time To Get Your Lambs and Goats Ready for the Winter Lambing and Kidding Season

Winter season is around the corner and farmers who work with goats and sheep need to make sure that lambing and kidding season progresses properly to reach anticipated production goals. Successful breeding means taking advantage of the best times to mate and give birth so that the animals have access to the nutrition they need to thrive.

Lambing/kidding season includes the months of September/October where they will give birth five months later. At this stage, your animals need to have the necessary support to ensure the survival of the lambs and kids. This includes preventing the animals’ exposure to health problems and access to optimal feed.

If you are a commercial producer, having the right kind of facilities to support winter kidding is essential. Providing proper feed, clean water, hay that is fresh and pens that are dry with bedding and providing needed health care. Checking the does once a month or more before kidding means checking hoofs, providing vaccines and making sure there are no lice and worms. And finally, making sure the does and kids are protected from the harsh winter weather effects, depending on your climate.

You’ll likely need to provide extra care for these animals during the winter to protect them from the cold and keep them warm. Sufficient feed will stoke their metabolism for needed body heat. Your successful livestock operation depends on your animal’s thriving under your care.

At D-S Livestock and Equipment, we have all the handling equipment you may need to care for your animals and keep them healthy for maximum productivity. We ship around the world and offer in-house financing as needed. We offer high-quality, hot-dipped galvanized sheep and goat handling equipment:

  • Feeders
  • Lambing Creeping & Kidding Creeping
  • Loading & Hauling
  • Open Bar Panels & Doors
  • Solid Panels & Doors
  • Handling Systems
  • Handling Systems Components
  • Show Equipment
  • Weighing
  • Work Tables & Stations

If you need sheep, goat or cattle livestock handling equipment, give our D-S Livestock Equipment operation in Frostburg, MD a call at 800-949-9997 or request a catalog.
January 30, 2018 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

Quality Feeder Stations Can Help with Early Season Herd Expansion

The spring and early summer period of the year is often a time of frenetic activity for sheep, goat, and cattle operations throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Accommodating for an increased number of head, new births, and seasonal herd separation can often require for moving animals to special pens and locations.

Having quality feeders available can reduce stress for cows, nannies, ewes. This further help minimizes stress in the relationship between the mother and her calf, kid, or lamb. To answer these important concerns, D-S Livestock Equipment offers several different high-quality feeders.

Our 16-Inch Hay/Grain Feeder is designed to provide hay and grain for a single animal. It is ideal for lambing and kidding jugs. The feeder hooks fit over bars up to 1 ¼ inches.

Both the 18-inch and 36-inch Hay Baskets are the strongest baskets you can find. They are made of 1/2-inch, 3/8-inch, and 5/16-inch solid round. Baskets are 6 inches at the bottom and they can hook onto as a bar as big as 1 ½-inches. Baskets stack together for easy hauling and storing.

The 50-pound Self Feeder includes a lid and can be hung on a fence or rail up to 1 ½ inches wide. This unit can feed between 8 to 15 lambs or kids.

Our 125-Pound Self Feeder is free standing and has four adjustable legs. The unit includes a lid and easy carry handles. The capacity allows you to feed between 20 to 35 lambs or kids.

The Outside Creeper Feeder is designed to resist the pervasive nature of rain. The grain trough is 36-inches from the entrance with 36-inch high overhang. It has skids allowing it to be easily moved by pulling it with a small tractor or ATV.

Our 4-foot and 8-foot adjustable grain feeders are good for your small lambs and kids, as well as feeding adult sheep and goats. The feed trough and the top rail can be adjusted up and down. The unit includes a trough that is 4-inches deep and 8-inches wide.

If you have a goat, sheep, cattle, or other livestock operation in need of quality feeders you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to a representative at D-S Livestock Handling Equipment.
November 8, 2016 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

Advantage of Hot-Dipped Galvanized Steel

Here at [practice_name] in [city], [state], we’re proud to be one of the few livestock equipment manufacturers in the country offering hot dipped galvanized products to our consumers. We know how important it is to have products that work like they’re supposed to, which is why we offer this service.

However, not everyone is aware of the advantages of hot-dipped galvanized steel products. Let’s look at what some of them are.

Less maintenance

If you’re tired of constantly checking all your steel equipment for rust, removing the rust, and checking for structural support, then you should consider galvanized equipment. It requires far less maintenance than traditional steel products – you don’t have to paint it, and there’s no rust! That saves a ton of work in the winter and spring so you can focus more on your livestock and less on your equipment.

Complete protection

Even if you use a rust-resistant paint or other product to protect feeders, doors, and chutes in the best shape possible, it’s almost impossible to protect every nook and cranny of the metal. With hot-dipped galvanized products, however, every inch gets covered in the protection which ensures that you don’t have to worry about the integrity of your essential livestock products.

While the initial cost for these products may be higher, they pay off in the long run by being less of a headache for you to deal with. If you’re interested in hot-dipped galvanized livestock products, or want to know more, call us today at [phone].
May 15, 2016 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

The Winning Diet of A Show-Worthy Sheep

Raising sheep that are show-worthy isn’t the easiest task. It requires special attention to the sheep that you think can make it big on the show circuit.

Luckily, we have a few tips (and more than enough equipment) to help you raise show-worthy sheep. Let’s take a look at a few basic tips for raising show-worthy sheep.

Energy is important
A big part of a winning sheep’s diet is high-energy food sources. Things like carbohydrates, fat, and excess protein in your sheep’s diet will give it more energy, which helps you raise the best-looking, award-winning sheep.

Protein
This is frequently the most expensive part of a sheep’s diet, but if you want to win any of the livestock sheep shows, you’ll need to make sure your sheep get the protein they need. The most common protein supplement for sheep is soybean meal. Our feeders here at [practice_name] are protected from rain and have a 36-inch long trough. It can hold 300 pounds’ worth of grains to feed your sheep.

Salt
Another important aspect of a show-winning sheep’s diet is salt. Salt is an important mineral for regulating the functions in the bodies of sheep, and help maintain the sheep’s skeleton. Low salt totals can result in rickets or a delicate skeleton. Neither of those issues will provide you a show-winning sheep.

Raising a show-winning sheep takes hard work, but with the help of your products here at [practice_name] we’ll help you raise the wining sheep you want.
July 24, 2015 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

Raising Sheep for Beginners: What You Should Know

Managing livestock can be quite the task, especially if you aren’t sure where to start or what you need to consider. If you are new to raising sheep, don’t worry. We are going to give you three essential things you can do to ensure you have a successful business and flock.

Feeding your flock a balanced diet

Like any other animal, your herd is going to need to be fed regularly. Sheep particularly have a larger stomach chamber, requiring a healthy and bountiful diet. Sheep that maintain a diet of dry hay and grain will need more water incorporated into their diet than those that don’t.

Generally you’ll want to feed your sheep grains and forbs. Forbs are similar to weeds that are covered in clover and alfalfa. If you’re on a budget, grass and shrubs are also a great option.

Shelter your sheep

Your adult sheep generally can cope with different types of weather, but having a place for them to take shelter, dry out and escape harsh winds or sun can give you healthy sheep for the future. Make sure your shelter has a soft bedding to absorb water or urine.

Take proper care of your sheep

Your sheep constantly need to be cared for. Make sure your herd is vaccinated regularly. Periodically trim the hooves of your sheep to prevent lameness.

When looking for the right equipment to run and manage your sheep, consider D-S Livestock Equipment. From feeders to handling systems, we have you covered. Give a call today at [phone]!
July 15, 2015 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

Your Guide to Livestock Equipment: Goats

If you are new to livestock equipment, you may need to know a thing or two about the essential equipment pieces to help make your goat business run properly. Here at D-S Livestock Equipment, we are prepared to give you an in-depth look at basic equipment pieces you will need to run a successful business.

Feeders

Like any other animal, it is important to feed your goats. There are several different types of feeders out on the market, from bale feeders, hay baskets, to troughs. Our recommendation would be a combination feeder, where you have the ability to feed your goats hay and grain in one equipment piece.

Located in an area that rains a lot? Not a problem, there are several feeders that offer protection from the outside elements.

Handling Systems

Handling systems can go from very basic to extremely complex. Depending on the size of your business, you will want to choose a system that is right for you. These systems contain components that will allow you to sort, deworm, inspect or tag your goats without harming the animal or you.

Weighing

Weighing your goats is important for your business because it helps record the health of each goat. When you know the weight of a goat, you have the ability to calculate medication dosage, balance food rations and monitor any weight gain.

Work Tables

Having work table is essential for your goat business. Many times it can be difficult to handle, flip and keep a livestock animal still. We provide work table and station options for you so you don’t have to worry about that. Most work tables will secure the animal upright, allowing the goat to be flipped without any complications.

So no matter what your decision is, it is important to always have the safety of you and your animals in mind. Please give a call at [phone] today! We will make sure you have the best for your business.

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