Hi folks,
I’m currently feeding ewes outside on the ground with sugar beet pulp pellets, which I think are great, they love them and do well on them.
Nearer lambing I have been moving on to an 18% ewe roll, which has done the job, but I have some problems with it:
1. The ewes don’t like it as much, they spend a lot of time going from bit to bit on the ground being very picky and standing on/wasting plenty in the process(watched one sniff 7 rolls before eating one last year), and don’t really forgive me for the change, they never seem satisfied on it.
2. The birds for some reason don’t like sbp, maybe it swells too much inside them or something, not that they get too much of a chance anyway as the ewes hoover it up completely. What every gull and corvid in the vicinity does like, however, is premium ewe rolls! They turn up in a flock and descend as soon as I leave. I really want to be doing as little as possible to be attracting the crows as I get real problems with the ravens especially come lambing.
Is there an obvious protein solution to add to their diet in this situation? A block/bucket or something that could be added to the sbp that could be fed on the ground? (Don’t have troughs)(700 ewes, on 5 in 1 Mayo bolus)
Any constructive input much appreciated.
I’m currently feeding ewes outside on the ground with sugar beet pulp pellets, which I think are great, they love them and do well on them.
Nearer lambing I have been moving on to an 18% ewe roll, which has done the job, but I have some problems with it:
1. The ewes don’t like it as much, they spend a lot of time going from bit to bit on the ground being very picky and standing on/wasting plenty in the process(watched one sniff 7 rolls before eating one last year), and don’t really forgive me for the change, they never seem satisfied on it.
2. The birds for some reason don’t like sbp, maybe it swells too much inside them or something, not that they get too much of a chance anyway as the ewes hoover it up completely. What every gull and corvid in the vicinity does like, however, is premium ewe rolls! They turn up in a flock and descend as soon as I leave. I really want to be doing as little as possible to be attracting the crows as I get real problems with the ravens especially come lambing.
Is there an obvious protein solution to add to their diet in this situation? A block/bucket or something that could be added to the sbp that could be fed on the ground? (Don’t have troughs)(700 ewes, on 5 in 1 Mayo bolus)
Any constructive input much appreciated.