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What is ment by the term "flushing"?

  • 22-09-2013 04:34PM
    #1
    shy_boy
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    What is ment by the term ""flushing""?


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  • #2
    rancher
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    shy_boy wrote: »
    What is ment by the term ""flushing""?

    Flushing is when ewes are put on a rising plane of nutrition before mating.....supposed to increase conception rates and litter size


  • #3
    shy_boy
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    rancher wrote: »
    Flushing is when ewes are put on a rising plane of nutrition before mating.....supposed to increase conception rates and litter size

    Would that mean that they would be on a restricted diet, before flushing?


  • #4
    rancher
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    shy_boy wrote: »
    Would that mean that they would be on a restricted diet, before flushing?
    Yes, but you can't let them get thin either,
    Weaned ewes are ideal to graze out paddocks after the lambs, lamb thrive suffers hugely when you make lambs graze out paddocks completely


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