Is it ok to graze ewe lambs intended for breeding on stubble turnips? Or would it be a bad idea, teeth wise?
Or would it be a bad idea, teeth wise?
dont worry there not yours.Hope not Iv got 1400 ewe lambs here on turnips at the minute for somebody
i don't quite know what you mean, lambs (baby ) teeth will actually fall out at about 12months old or so anyway its natural ..... like yours didWon’t take any harm at all. If their teeth come out as ewe lambs on turnips they are as well culled anyway!
I wouldn’t graze single bearing ewe lambs on turnips but it’s a perfect diet for twins and triplets. Lambs can get to big with the singles, same as with mature ewes.Thanks all for confirming...growing for the first time this year and I've had them on but an 'old-timer' saw and said it was a big no-no and to get them off
Sorry, I was thinking of their Hogg teeth. but thinking about it now, it’s unlikely they will be on turnips when the Hogg teeth come through!i don't quite know what you mean, lambs (baby ) teeth will actually fall out at about 12months old or so anyway its natural ..... like yours did
Just finished 400 lambs on sugar beet tops and bulbs no problem with teeth. Just need mineral drenching and Heptavac before they go on. Had growth rates of 550g per day nearly fell off my chair!Think you might be confusing turnips with sugar beet @JR27. We used to be told super beet were too hard for sheep teeth.
To be fair the sugar beet tops where smashed to bits but there was plenty of bulb left, they lifted it and I was grazing for a month after that, there was pretty much no leaf left by the time i got to the last paddock. I'm not going to lie i got pretty nervous that they wouldn't do on it but had no other feed, did offer them silage as well at one point but they just jumped on top of the bales and used them for playing as appose to eating them!!The two biggest problems with sugar beet land is modern machines smash the tops to nothing and if it before first wheat then it won't be available for long if the land can be worked. With turnips before maize or spuds there is no rush to get off.