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Does anyone use sawdust in the little pens once they've lambed in there big groups? Have spoken in the past of doing it but discounted for various reasons. Couple folk have mentioned it recently so thought I would ask. Cheers
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A bit expensive and a bitch to clean out ,but it does work ,
I seem to remember reading about someone using pine shavings as lambing pen bedding, which apparently have a disinfecting effect too. Even though I have my own straw, I was considering trying some (if I can find a source) in my few pens.
Edit: This stuff.....
http://www.stockmaxshavings.com/sheep/
Did you get a price @neilo
Around £6 poundSeen the pine shavings for £9.50 per 20kg, but that was from a horsey place so one would assume it could be got for less.
Never heard of it for bedding sheep before though, might give it a try in the sick bay come lambing.
We use pine shavings, find them very effective and handy to distribute from the plastic clad bale. , we paying about 4.30 a bale as we buy by the pallet. We have around 70 pens so the extra cost is absorbed by the ease of use.
How much will you use at lambing time? Got about 60 pens to bed up
What's it like when your getting to the end of lambing or do you clean out after each ewe?We lamb around 1300 all inside over about 2 months and use roughly 4- 5 pallets. 240ish bales .. not cheap I know but we have vet students and they find them easy to handle.