Creep feeding can distort the production record on the cow and the performance information on the calf.

Creep feeding makes the weaning changeover easier because calves are already started on feed.

Creep feeding piglets rarely actually increases their weaning weight, but it does produce pigs who eat better later in life.

Creep feeding is commonly used in foals to supplement the mare's milk and reduce stress on both the mare and the foal.

Creep feeding is a method of supplementing the diet of young livestock, primarily in beef calves, by offering feed to animals who are still nursing.

For younger or lightweight lambs, creep grazing or creep feeding on supplements (as practised in Britain) can be a very effective tool for rationing scarce feed.

Creep feeding is used almost exclusively in situations where animal prices are high, feed costs are low, offspring is born in the spring, and the animals are purebred.

Creep feeding calves may not always be economically desirable; farmers must be cautious not to over-invest in creep feed for calves, as an overfed, "fleshy" calf fetches a very low price at market.

For example, for rapidly growing lambs on low-protein feeds, soybean meal can be an important supplement to ensure adequate protein intake, and partly because of its palatability, soybean meal is often recommended for use in starter rations when creep feeding lambs.

However, the study by Lambert et al. (1996) demonstrated that high growth rates of cashmere bearing kids could be maintained over the weaning period, from at least 6 weeks of age, by continuous creep feeding of an 18% CP and 13 MJ ME/kg DM concentrate.