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<blockquote data-quote="yellowbelly" data-source="post: 3635090" data-attributes="member: 42308"><p>I'd say you'd need two 8' double sided feeders.</p><p></p><p>750kg barley @ £120/te...................£90</p><p>240kg soya @ £350/te???...............£84</p><p>10kg mins/vits @£17.50/25kg...........£7</p><p>per tonne...(18% protein)..................£181</p><p></p><p>We are currently using a whole barley/protein pellet mix to get an 18% ration that works out at £160.50/te</p><p></p><p>If you're still feeding the ewes on that barley/soya mix, all the better, as the lambs will start nibbling at it alongside their mothers.It encourages them to eat it.</p><p>Get the creeps out ASAP - the sooner the better as it will be a while before the lambs start to take it in any quantity.</p><p>Don't put too much in the creeps for a start - they like it fresh. Keep increasing daily as they eat more. By about 5 or 6 weeks they could be eating 0.3kg(0.75lbs) a day. FCR will be really good and growth rates from the ewes milk, the creep and the really good spring grass will be in the region of 0.4 - 0.5kg of DLWG.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">WARNING</span> You are now entering into a high input system!!!!!</p><p>The success of this scenario hinges on the price of NS lambs in May/June. This is <span style="color: #ff4d4d">NOT ALWAYS</span> enough to make it worthwhile - it certainly wasn't in 2016<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p><p>It's anybody's guess where it will be this year - a lot of hoggs still to come to flood an already depressed market (from now until well after a lot of springers will be ready), Brexit fallout, exchange rates, NZ/Aussie imports, etc, etc. Welcome to farming's equivalent of Gamblers Anonymous<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />. Creep feeding lambs needs a warning attached to it, just like in the betting world.................</p><p>......................................[ATTACH=full]490416[/ATTACH] </p><p>IMHO 40kg lambs in May need to be worth over £100 (ie more than 250p/kg LW) and look like this............</p><p>[ATTACH=full]490420[/ATTACH] </p><p>Best of luck [USER=17508]@Nithsdale Farmer[/USER] - we're all going to need it<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yellowbelly, post: 3635090, member: 42308"] I'd say you'd need two 8' double sided feeders. 750kg barley @ £120/te...................£90 240kg soya @ £350/te???...............£84 10kg mins/vits @£17.50/25kg...........£7 per tonne...(18% protein)..................£181 We are currently using a whole barley/protein pellet mix to get an 18% ration that works out at £160.50/te If you're still feeding the ewes on that barley/soya mix, all the better, as the lambs will start nibbling at it alongside their mothers.It encourages them to eat it. Get the creeps out ASAP - the sooner the better as it will be a while before the lambs start to take it in any quantity. Don't put too much in the creeps for a start - they like it fresh. Keep increasing daily as they eat more. By about 5 or 6 weeks they could be eating 0.3kg(0.75lbs) a day. FCR will be really good and growth rates from the ewes milk, the creep and the really good spring grass will be in the region of 0.4 - 0.5kg of DLWG. [COLOR=#ff0000]WARNING[/COLOR] You are now entering into a high input system!!!!! The success of this scenario hinges on the price of NS lambs in May/June. This is [COLOR=#ff4d4d]NOT ALWAYS[/COLOR] enough to make it worthwhile - it certainly wasn't in 2016:banghead: It's anybody's guess where it will be this year - a lot of hoggs still to come to flood an already depressed market (from now until well after a lot of springers will be ready), Brexit fallout, exchange rates, NZ/Aussie imports, etc, etc. Welcome to farming's equivalent of Gamblers Anonymous:eek:. Creep feeding lambs needs a warning attached to it, just like in the betting world................. ......................................[ATTACH=full]490416[/ATTACH] IMHO 40kg lambs in May need to be worth over £100 (ie more than 250p/kg LW) and look like this............ [ATTACH=full]490420[/ATTACH] Best of luck [USER=17508]@Nithsdale Farmer[/USER] - we're all going to need it:LOL::LOL::LOL:. [/QUOTE]
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