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<blockquote data-quote="JockCroft" data-source="post: 8150065" data-attributes="member: 166068"><p>This may sound a silly suggestion, but do your sheep have access to salt. It is an essential often forgotten.</p><p>I have been told by very experienced sheep men that if being fed silage for more than 8 weeks, the rumen needs a salt intake to balance its bugs. Personally don't like feeding silage to sheep, much prefer hay. </p><p>Salt blocks are cheep and easy to hang on a post or put in a tub. Certainly helps to balance body fluids for lambing.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest refined blocks, rather than Rock or Himalayan salt, as these contain unknown quantity's of minerals that could be antagonists that would just wreck essential mineral uptake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JockCroft, post: 8150065, member: 166068"] This may sound a silly suggestion, but do your sheep have access to salt. It is an essential often forgotten. I have been told by very experienced sheep men that if being fed silage for more than 8 weeks, the rumen needs a salt intake to balance its bugs. Personally don't like feeding silage to sheep, much prefer hay. Salt blocks are cheep and easy to hang on a post or put in a tub. Certainly helps to balance body fluids for lambing. I would suggest refined blocks, rather than Rock or Himalayan salt, as these contain unknown quantity's of minerals that could be antagonists that would just wreck essential mineral uptake. [/QUOTE]
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