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  • 27-03-2014 10:47pm
    #1
    WellKiiid??
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭


    I did my work experience with a man who had a few sheep on the side of his beef and tillage!! Shoulda asked him these questions at the time but sure anyway :)

    1) What would a ewe kill out at?

    2) What would a hogget kill out at?

    3) He was feeding concentrates to the lambs in the morning but by the next morning the feeders would be empty! Im wondering if this is the right way or should the feeders always be full? Do most sheep farmers let the feeders run out or do they have an ad lib diet??

    Cheers :)
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  • #2
    Future Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭Future Farmer


    WellKiiid?? wrote: »
    I did my work experience with a man who had a few sheep on the side of his beef and tillage!! Shoulda asked him these questions at the time but sure anyway :)

    1) What would a ewe kill out at?

    2) What would a hogget kill out at?

    3) He was feeding concentrates to the lambs in the morning but by the next morning the feeders would be empty! Im wondering if this is the right way or should the feeders always be full? Do most sheep farmers let the feeders run out or do they have an ad lib diet??

    Cheers :)

    Haven't been round sheep much in a while...

    Depends on breed of you and the ground she is off of (mountain, hill, lowland), for example Texels would kill-out a lot higher than hornys both % and actual weight (45%-55% which is the same for lambs, hoggets, ewes etc.) (ewe weight 65kgs - 110kgs).

    You could give lambs ad lib meal, but how much would this cost? Grass is cheaper (I could eat steak everyday but I'd be broke!).


  • #3
    WellKiiid??
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭WellKiiid??


    Future Farmer wrote: »
    You could give lambs ad lib meal, but how much would this cost? Grass is cheaper (I could eat steak everyday but I'd be broke!).

    Fair enough! But would it pay when killing them? Would you get them away a bit earlier and would the price be higher at the start when there is only a trickle of lambs? I have no clue tbh!


  • #4
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭Cran


    WellKiiid?? wrote: »
    Fair enough! But would it pay when killing them? Would you get them away a bit earlier and would the price be higher at the start when there is only a trickle of lambs? I have no clue tbh!

    adlib about 500 lambs each winter, would say far more economical than feeding certain amount of meal once they hit about 38kg or so...


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