Feeding lambs

eorna

Anyone started feeding lambs yet??

sea12

eorna wrote: »

Anyone started feeding lambs yet??

No but might start picking out ones over 49 kg and give them a bit to help finish them quickly. Gave allot left and good grass starting to go quick.

rangler1

sea12 wrote: »

No but might start picking out ones over 49 kg and give them a bit to help finish them quickly. Gave allot left and good grass starting to go quick.

39KG surely, I was killing them at 45-46kg to get 21kg until the last load

sea12

rangler1 wrote: »

39KG surely, I was killing them at 45-46kg to get 21kg until the last load

Fecking smart phone. It was meant to say 40 not 49. Fat fingers.

Would love to have them 49

rangler1

sea12 wrote: »

Fecking smart phone. It was meant to say 40 not 49. Fat fingers.

Would love to have them 49

3 or 4 weeks meal at 40kg does a great job on them if you need it, improves KO and grade, growth rate slows after that.

sea12

rangler1 wrote: »

3 or 4 weeks meal at 40kg does a great job on them if you need it, improves KO and grade, growth rate slows after that.

Yep that's my plan. Going to seperate the lambs into 2 groups. 40 and over feed for a few weeks. 40 and under back to grass.

In producer group. Factory pays 5 cents on. U grade so hopefully pays off

rangler1

sea12 wrote: »

Yep that's my plan. Going to seperate the lambs into 2 groups. 40 and over feed for a few weeks. 40 and under back to grass.

In producer group. Factory pays 5 cents on. U grade so hopefully pays off

Did it last year from 38kgs, KO went up 3%, but they were eating a kilo a day in a creep feeder, too many to trough feed

eorna

Started feeding here.. Every year end up with too many lambs in oct/ nov and hard to fatten with grass scarce and ewes mating.. So trying to feed early see how it goes.. Expensive i know but with store trade poor, have to get them moving and with grass in the ground should be easier.. See how it goes..

supersean1999

Started feeding What im going to feed 10 days ago. Started them off slowly. All eating now. But two lambs have died yesterday. both got lazy and started to stagger at the back legs and died v quick. Iv a feeling Ill need to vaccinate . I know Its hard diagnose over the screen but have Ye seen this much. Decent lambs fleshy 40kg apx

rangler1

supersean1999 wrote: »

Started feeding What im going to feed 10 days ago. Started them off slowly. All eating now. But two lambs have died yesterday. both got lazy and started to stagger at the back legs and died v quick. Iv a feeling Ill need to vaccinate . I know Its hard diagnose over the screen but have Ye seen this much. Decent lambs fleshy 40kg apx

...A lab is the only way to find out for sure, you'd wonder about the ration though
if it was mine, I'd vaccinate, but then I'm over cautious

supersean1999

rangler1 wrote: »

...A lab is the only way to find out for sure, you'd wonder about the ration though
if it was mine, I'd vaccinate, but then I'm over cautious

Its a ration i Use a lot id be thinking If it was the ration it Would affect more. Iv them on decent grass Not recently manured and They were gradually risen in meal. I Think Ill vaccinate and cut back grass and meal until vaccination kicks in. Is that 3-5 days

rangler1

supersean1999 wrote: »

Its a ration i Use a lot id be thinking If it was the ration it Would affect more. Iv them on decent grass Not recently manured and They were gradually risen in meal. I Think Ill vaccinate and cut back grass and meal until vaccination kicks in. Is that 3-5 days

Always wait till I lose one before I vaccinate, don't have to do it every year, but have often lost a few due to being away, weekend,etc but even when I'd have lost 3or4 It would stop as soon as I'd put in the vaccine, so it must work in a few days.
Would always go to the lab, not easy if you're working, but I'd have them vaccinated before the results come back, if it was pulpy kidney or braxy they'd phone the same day,the other diseases take longer

supersean1999

Cheers Its Damn annoying wont be the bad one that does Either

eorna

When feeding lambs ad lib should one offer them very good grass or middle of the road grass will do them (as they are getting basically all the mutrients from meal)?? Or does it make any difference??

rangler1

eorna wrote: »

When feeding lambs ad lib should one offer them very good grass or middle of the road grass will do them (as they are getting basically all the mutrients from meal)?? Or does it make any difference??

Probably makes no difference,
If you put in creep feeder, the feckers will stay eating meal all day, ours eat kilo aday when they get used to it.