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<blockquote data-quote="Al R" data-source="post: 5535964" data-attributes="member: 7565"><p>Exactly.. I have a very mixed farm as [USER=441]@Poorbuthappy[/USER] saw a few weeks ago, from cliff land which could be classed as mountain land to other parts of the farm where you can keep 10 ewes/acre all year organically. </p><p></p><p>[USER=8724]@Ysgythan[/USER] </p><p>Farms/land varies. Years vary too.</p><p>This year we had a freak snow/frost so lost all of our grass in March when lambing meaning we fed ewes after lambing for the first time ever. </p><p>We were then hit by a drought. Meaning we had to wean 3 weeks early, feed silage to ewes for 5 weeks in the summer.</p><p>This year we had to cobble together 6 creep feeders to fatten lambs over 35kg at weaning. With creep at over £420/t it wasn’t cheap but we’re down to the last 20 entire ram lambs left from over 350. </p><p>I never want to HAVE to buy creep again although this year it has saved us and the cost has added £2.50/lamb when dividing throughout the whole lamb crop and not just the ones on it in feed alone without time of having to feed them daily.</p><p></p><p>Last year I put singles in a shed on straw and fed them silage only. Straw and silage cost was 85p/week or I could’ve had them outside on good grass at 45p/week. A live lamb at the end meant more to me than a monster dead lamb from if it’d been on grass. </p><p></p><p>If you have to creep all of your lambs every year then your overstocked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Al R, post: 5535964, member: 7565"] Exactly.. I have a very mixed farm as [USER=441]@Poorbuthappy[/USER] saw a few weeks ago, from cliff land which could be classed as mountain land to other parts of the farm where you can keep 10 ewes/acre all year organically. [USER=8724]@Ysgythan[/USER] Farms/land varies. Years vary too. This year we had a freak snow/frost so lost all of our grass in March when lambing meaning we fed ewes after lambing for the first time ever. We were then hit by a drought. Meaning we had to wean 3 weeks early, feed silage to ewes for 5 weeks in the summer. This year we had to cobble together 6 creep feeders to fatten lambs over 35kg at weaning. With creep at over £420/t it wasn’t cheap but we’re down to the last 20 entire ram lambs left from over 350. I never want to HAVE to buy creep again although this year it has saved us and the cost has added £2.50/lamb when dividing throughout the whole lamb crop and not just the ones on it in feed alone without time of having to feed them daily. Last year I put singles in a shed on straw and fed them silage only. Straw and silage cost was 85p/week or I could’ve had them outside on good grass at 45p/week. A live lamb at the end meant more to me than a monster dead lamb from if it’d been on grass. If you have to creep all of your lambs every year then your overstocked. [/QUOTE]
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