Growing Tups

[DH_]

I’m think ahead for lambing time, I breed pedigree Jacobs and I need to find a way to grow my tup lambs more as they just weren’t big enough this year I was wondering if there any tips on how to grow them from lambing in February to sale in early August. I’m going to keep them in for the first week or 2 after there lambed to learn them to eat meal and was wondering if there’s anything else I can do or feed them.

 

[Lincs]

I’m think ahead for lambing time, I breed pedigree Jacobs and I need to find a way to grow my tup lambs more as they just weren’t big enough this year I was wondering if there any tips on how to grow them from lambing in February to sale in early August. I’m going to keep them in for the first week or 2 after there lambed to learn them to eat meal and was wondering if there’s anything else I can do or feed them.

Adlib creep feed from 10 days old until sales day

 

[Hill Ground]

Adlib creep feed from 10 days old until sales day

But you will need to find new customers every year, because no-one will come back for a second one!!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

A lot of Scottish Farmers take the Red Clover Chicory Ryegrass Seed Mix for Tups

 

[Lincs]

A lot of Scottish Farmers take the Red Clover Chicory Ryegrass Seed Mix for Tups

I would of thought they would prefer a hard wearing mix so it lasted longer around the creep feeder

 

[Man_in_black]

I’m think ahead for lambing time, I breed pedigree Jacobs and I need to find a way to grow my tup lambs more as they just weren’t big enough this year I was wondering if there any tips on how to grow them from lambing in February to sale in early August. I’m going to keep them in for the first week or 2 after there lambed to learn them to eat meal and was wondering if there’s anything else I can do or feed them.

Genetics & recording & culling

 

[andybk]

catch 22 , feed hard , grow lambs on feed , but will melt with new owners , take them steady ,not big enough to attract interest ,
Many of these pure bred lambs are fed from day one, often indoors ,(many wont show a profit over and above a few headliners ) other option is to sell shearlings, steady first year let rumen develop , and push hard the second for sales if you must

 

[gatepost]

Don't turn out until may, then into tyfon/clover, in at night with access to only expensive ram mix no forage, is how I've been told, anyhow that's not to mention, recipient milk sheep, and a milk bar etc, then look forward to show success and a string of disappointed customers? I certainly have a rather embarrassingly long list of abject failures, when presented with a grass diet to live on! and an ever increasing list of blacklisted flocks.

 

[andybk]

catch 22 , feed hard , grow lambs on feed , but will melt with new owners , take them steady ,not big enough to attract interest ,
Many of these pure bred lambs are fed from day one, often indoors ,(many wont show a profit over and above a few headliners ) other option is to sell shearlings, steady first year let rumen develop , and push hard the second for sales if you must

to add clean first year leys with clover( as above ) or catch crops , but remember lambs although will look the part will have limited resistance to cocci / worms when sold .