Home mix feeding for sheep.

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Bob12

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Mixed Farmer

• Sep 19, 2021

• #1

What home mixes are people mixing for feeding to ewes pre and post lambing?

 

Ysgythan

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Ammanford

• Sep 20, 2021

• #2

Sugar beet nuts
Bog standard Wynnstay ewe rolls
50:50

 

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deere 6600

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

South Lanarkshire

• Sep 20, 2021

• #3

whole oats beet pulp soya

 

yellowbelly

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Livestock Farmer

Location

N.Lincs

• Sep 20, 2021

• #4

Whole barley and prorein balancer.

 

spin cycle

Member

Location

north norfolk

• Sep 20, 2021

• #5

midland feeds mixed pellets 50/50 whole barley or home'ndry treated whole barley

 

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Bob12

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Mixed Farmer

• Sep 20, 2021

• #6

deere 6600 said:

whole oats beet pulp soya

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What rate are you mixing that at?

 

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Bob12

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Mixed Farmer

• Sep 20, 2021

• #7

Do you ever have any problems feeding barley? I’d sheep get acidosis once on barley and been nervous to feed it again.

 

MJT

Member

• Sep 20, 2021

• #8

Whole oats , whole barley , soya and molasses

 

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Bob12

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Mixed Farmer

• Sep 20, 2021

• #9

MJT said:

Whole oats , whole barley , soya and molasses

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What rate do you mix it at?

 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Dumfries & Galloway

• Sep 20, 2021

• #10

MJT said:

Whole oats , whole barley , soya and molasses

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I use rolled grains over whole, because it takes molasses better (although I am trying to put on as much as I can)


Rolled barley - or wheat
Dark Maize grains - or Wheat grains depending on availability
Beet Pulp.
Fully vit/mineralised molasses.

Mixed at 16%

 

MJT

Member

• Sep 20, 2021

• #11

Nithsdale Farmer said:

I use rolled grains over whole, because it takes molasses better (although I am trying to put on as much as I can)


Rolled barley - or wheat
Dark Maize grains - or Wheat grains depending on availability
Beet Pulp.
Fully vit/mineralised molasses.

Mixed at 16%

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I’m only putting the molasses in to dampen dust and help the soya stick to grain a bit better really so don’t put much in.

 

spin cycle

Member

Location

north norfolk

• Sep 20, 2021

• #12

Bob12 said:

Do you ever have any problems feeding barley? I’d sheep get acidosis once on barley and been nervous to feed it again.

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for fattening lambs ..start mine off gingerly with beet pulp/barley on a low rate cos some will gorge whilst others won't eat....in other words if i go full rate straight away some of them will eat to much....the pulp is good for rumen and switching over

now use home'n dry treated which is alkali and a lot less dangerous

decent hay to start then switch to straw as roughage