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Calcium supplemeting ewes
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<blockquote data-quote="hendrebc" data-source="post: 4699402" data-attributes="member: 70166"><p>Apart from having to correct trace elements i havent seen any downsides to feeding less hard feeds but we are breeding for sheep that suit forage rearing. If anyrhing they do perform better on forage but this teeth thing has been a real pain in the arse. Im 99% sure its calcium after speaking to the vet about it just not sure how to sort it out </p><p> The ewe lambs usually do much better for their whole lives after lambing. Same performance as the biggest ones but obviously smaller so ear less. They are always well looked after after they have lambed as ewe lambs and apart from this year when we had a shockingly slow spring i dont think they have suffered at all from it. </p><p>But i do stress the size difference is as much to do with the ewes being a different type of lleyn as it is that they have reared as ewe lambs. I ised to run all big muley type lleyns and they never really took the ram very well as ewe lambs even if they had the chance the smaller type im breeding now are much more fertile but arent as big. Even the ines that dont rear as ewe lambs dont grow to be very big compared to the muley type ones i had before. </p><p>Id assumed that the losing teeth was genetic (whuch still might be a factor) and i could keep culling for it and would sort itself out that way but it seems prertt obvious to me after looking at everything that calcium deficiency is in play somewere making things worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hendrebc, post: 4699402, member: 70166"] Apart from having to correct trace elements i havent seen any downsides to feeding less hard feeds but we are breeding for sheep that suit forage rearing. If anyrhing they do perform better on forage but this teeth thing has been a real pain in the arse. Im 99% sure its calcium after speaking to the vet about it just not sure how to sort it out The ewe lambs usually do much better for their whole lives after lambing. Same performance as the biggest ones but obviously smaller so ear less. They are always well looked after after they have lambed as ewe lambs and apart from this year when we had a shockingly slow spring i dont think they have suffered at all from it. But i do stress the size difference is as much to do with the ewes being a different type of lleyn as it is that they have reared as ewe lambs. I ised to run all big muley type lleyns and they never really took the ram very well as ewe lambs even if they had the chance the smaller type im breeding now are much more fertile but arent as big. Even the ines that dont rear as ewe lambs dont grow to be very big compared to the muley type ones i had before. Id assumed that the losing teeth was genetic (whuch still might be a factor) and i could keep culling for it and would sort itself out that way but it seems prertt obvious to me after looking at everything that calcium deficiency is in play somewere making things worse. [/QUOTE]
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