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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 6698902" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>As above, you can’t begin to formulate a diet without having at least a rough idea of forage quality. Scrap the (straight?) molasses if you are intending feeding oats (or any cereals) through feeders, and find a way of feeding protein (& particularly DUP in late pregnancy). </p><p></p><p>You can get a protein balancer to go with the cereals in the feeder, but will obviously need mixing beforehand, and I’ve no idea if those pellets lead to sh*te building up in the slot (restricting intakes further). Obviously you’ll be cleaning that out of the slot every day anyway (& not counting the time & inconvenience of doing so). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Be sure to monitor just how much they are actually eating too, rather than just having someone top the feeders up whenever. Lambing time is too late to find out that you’ve ‘saved’ a fortune on feed because they haven’t taken any, leaving you with thin ewes and no milk. I’ve heard of several places that have seen just that....... reduced their feed costs though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 6698902, member: 348"] As above, you can’t begin to formulate a diet without having at least a rough idea of forage quality. Scrap the (straight?) molasses if you are intending feeding oats (or any cereals) through feeders, and find a way of feeding protein (& particularly DUP in late pregnancy). You can get a protein balancer to go with the cereals in the feeder, but will obviously need mixing beforehand, and I’ve no idea if those pellets lead to sh*te building up in the slot (restricting intakes further). Obviously you’ll be cleaning that out of the slot every day anyway (& not counting the time & inconvenience of doing so). ;) Be sure to monitor just how much they are actually eating too, rather than just having someone top the feeders up whenever. Lambing time is too late to find out that you’ve ‘saved’ a fortune on feed because they haven’t taken any, leaving you with thin ewes and no milk. I’ve heard of several places that have seen just that....... reduced their feed costs though. [/QUOTE]
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