A new venture for me keeping store lambs .I ve got some charrolais/texels on some diary ground with an abundance of good grass in front of them.what sort of daily weight gain should I expect and would i need give them some corn to finish them?
Store lamb growth rate
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- Southwest Scotland
What are their weights at the moment
- Location
- East Sussex
You need to tell us what weight they are to start with and what was their mother.
If they weigh around 35kg and out of decent sized ewes then you can expect over a kg per week.
If they are small Lleyn or Welsh then probably half that.
You shouldn't need any corn!!
I reckon they were around 35kg plus when I got them 4 weeks ago ..they are out of texel cross commercial type ewes
- Location
- The North
how long you keeping them?
if you really want good gains i would use a injectable wormer (i use cydectin LA with my gimmers but long withdrawl) and give them multi vits, at least then you have ticked 2 reasons why the weight gains may not be as expected!
at this time of year or perhaps another month depending on ground conditions/location i would also consider fluking them.
if you really want good gains i would use a injectable wormer (i use cydectin LA with my gimmers but long withdrawl) and give them multi vits, at least then you have ticked 2 reasons why the weight gains may not be as expected!
at this time of year or perhaps another month depending on ground conditions/location i would also consider fluking them.
I ve already wormed them..are multi vits another type of drench?
- Location
- The North
yes not really expensive and i think there well worth it just to top them up especially if you want them growing fast, i do my lambs at first worming in spring with them and am certain it has improved growth rates early on and you tend to get less later on failing to thrive if you give them every month or so.
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I m not sure about the need to fluke but I ll look at that too..I keen to do the best for them
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Why an injectable particularly? The ai in them is no different to that in a drench, but the long tail-off in the likes of Cydectin LA is fantastic for fast tracking worm resistance.
I don’t let any sheep onto the farm without a quarantine drench of Zolvix/Startect, and the same would especially apply if I was to buy in store lambs.