kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
I have quite a high scanning % this year so trying to think of the best way to rear orphan lambs rather than panicking at the start of lambing.
I have always reared them on milk powder on a shepherdess ad lib feeder. Ad lib creep and barley straw before moving on to a grower pellet. I always seem to have a few (usually the biggest, best looking ones) blow up on me and die overnight. What's the best way to avoid this?
Do folk turn them out at weaning (do you even wean?) Or is it best just to keep them motoring and sell them as early as possible from the shed?
Thanks in advance!
I have always reared them on milk powder on a shepherdess ad lib feeder. Ad lib creep and barley straw before moving on to a grower pellet. I always seem to have a few (usually the biggest, best looking ones) blow up on me and die overnight. What's the best way to avoid this?
Do folk turn them out at weaning (do you even wean?) Or is it best just to keep them motoring and sell them as early as possible from the shed?
Thanks in advance!