Quick question…..
How many days / weeks before lambing would you see a teat appear? Some due to lamb from next week but next to no teat on them yet. Been getting fed 5 weeks pre lambing steadily increasing each week and now at the limit getting 2lb a day split evenly over 2 feeds (morning and...
No reason that I can pinpoint. All clear of worms, got double Heptavac’d, get Vitamin drenched etc.
I’m thinking that it is probably the same as every year or very similar but because I have every weight in front of me in black and white it makes you sit back and look at the results more and...
This is the first year I have took weights at 8 weeks of age and at weaning time so i suppose it will be a lot more beneficial for a comparison from next year etc.
They are all putting on a good daily live weight gain all from .2kg to .45kg per day so happy with that. No matter what I suppose...
Hi everyone
Just interested to see but I have started to wean lambs and they are all 12-14 weeks of age.
What weight should they be at that age on average?
3 batches:
1 batch averaging 35.5kg
1 batch averaging 31.6kg
And the last batch averaging 27.5kg albeit this batch are not even 12-14...
How much meal do people feed ewes post lambing? And what date do they feed them to?
Usually feed 2kg per day (split over 2 feeds) before weaning down to 1 feed and feed til middle of May time.
What’s everyone’s thoughts?
When does everyone house their ewes that are in lamb?
I usually house 3/4 weeks before lambing but tempted to house a bit earlier this year and footbath them once a week / 10 days to try and keep feet problems to a minimum.
Whats everyone’s thoughts?
Thank you i will give this a go. I’m doing it pretty much apart from the footbath part. Vet did say copper sulphate but I was reluctant a bit when I seen them improving and was scared to footbath incase the infection passed to good feet through the footbath.
does CODD not reoccur once cleared up?
Does anyone else seem to be having a problem with sheep feet this year more than normal? Vet has told me it is a bigger problem this year.
Does Footrot reoccur year on year now the ewe has had it or once recovered should it be ok? Or is it now a cull ewe?
Treated with antibiotic spray and...
Texel Mules 192%
Mules 182%
Hoggets 170%
Overall 182%
Down slightly from last year but had a few more younger sheep this year so I suppose that is understandable?
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