Feeding ewe rolls to lambs?

[steveR]

I have got 1/2t or thereabout of ewe rolls left over.

They are in a steel container and in good sealed bags, but experience is that they don't keep that well until next year!

Herself suggested that I feed them to the lambs, along with the creep pellets. Has anyone managed to do this successfully?

If I was still milling and mixxing, they would have gone through a hammer

 

[M-J-G]

Possibly too high in mag for male lambs

 

[michael N123]

Just feed the ewes on the floor and lambs might pick at it no point wasting it

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Just finished feeding ours to some young cattle
Seemed to be OK with them

 

[andybk]

be ok mixed in , and your not that intensive and not to long

 

[steveR]

be ok mixed in , and your not that intensive and not to long

Think I will try an odd bag in , and see what they make them

Just finished feeding ours to some young cattle
Seemed to be OK with them

Plan B...

 

[daithi]

I lost a ram lamb last week with a blocked urethra. I put it down to extended feeding of the ewes due to poor weather

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

As above lost two or three hogs with blocked urethras ( not my proudest moment) after feeding ewe pellets. From memory after doing the research, it's the high levels of phosphate in ewe feed which calcifies and causes the problem in male sheep.

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Don't know if you have cattle but I've often fed them with ewe rolls or pellets with no problems

 

[Skintagain]

Keep them to flush a few ewes of put a bit of meat on something

 

[steveR]

Ordered some more creep, and will blend it a bit and see what they make of the rolls...

 

[neilo]

I wouldn’t be overly concerned about the lambs eating a few rolls, as long as they aren’t entire males on high intakes. They’d be pinching a bit if you were feeding them to their mothers anyway.

I suspect you’ll find they bridge in creep feeders though, blocking them, and the creep pellets, from running.

I’ve always been happy enough to leave any surplus in the bin, until next year if needs be.

 

[steveR]

I wouldn’t be overly concerned about the lambs eating a few rolls, as long as they aren’t entire males on high intakes. They’d be pinching a bit if you were feeding them to their mothers anyway.

They are entires... But not big quantities being consumed, However with the warning about problems, I will keep them in the container I think, and have enough creep on order to take me through until the end of the month.

 

[Big Ambitions]

I wouldn’t be overly concerned about the lambs eating a few rolls, as long as they aren’t entire males on high intakes. They’d be pinching a bit if you were feeding them to their mothers anyway.

I suspect you’ll find they bridge in creep feeders though, blocking them, and the creep pellets, from running.

I’ve always been happy enough to leave any surplus in the bin, until next year if needs be.

Entire lambs are less susceptible than wedder lambs, however still not ideal. Ewe lambs aren’t a massive problem, as long as they don’t choke and die