Grazing Legumes before tupping

[r80dub]

I understand the issues with red clover before tupping. My question is do other Legumes cause similar isuues?
I have a cover crop mix I want to graze to get some condition on ewes before tupping in April.
It's a mix of rye, vetch, sainfoin, crimson clover and stubble turnip.
Will this be safe or not?

Thanks

 

[Henery]

Tipped ewes on herbal ley, lot of red clover, 190% and 2% empty....

 

[Derrick Hughes]

That mix will be fine
Red clover silage is worse than grazing red clover mind, not that you mentioned silage

 

[cotswoldcs]

Tupping in April? What breed of ewes?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Tipped ewes on herbal ley, lot of red clover, 190% and 2% empty.... [emoji848]

Be careful it can build up over 3 years and ewes can go barron for good

 

[Tim W]

I understand the issues with red clover before tupping. My question is do other Legumes cause similar isuues?
I have a cover crop mix I want to graze to get some condition on ewes before tupping in April.
It's a mix of rye, vetch, sainfoin, crimson clover and stubble turnip.
Will this be safe or not?

Thanks

You'll be fine

 

[r80dub]

Excellent that's great thank you.

Hoping that giving them some good grazing will improve scanning% but was a little worried it might have the opposite effect!

 

[r80dub]

Tupping in April? What breed of ewes?

Poll dorset

 

[CopperBeech]

Yer you be fine and actually red clover doesn’t make that much difference.
I believe the estrogen level thing is more accumulative than acute.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Yer you be fine and actually red clover doesn’t make that much difference.
I believe the estrogen level thing is more accumulative than acute.

More questions than answers on the subject thats the problem , on the ibers website it states avoid grazing at mating and its pretty safe , but then others say the effects are accumulative , so would build up if mating or not , its also said that its more of a problem in silage than grazing

 

[Derrick Hughes]

To add there is very little research on the subject a lot of which dates back to the 50ts