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just scanned sheep

  • 04-11-2014 09:35AM
    #1
    newbuild14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭


    Just scanned sheep there, and wondering what way lads divide them up once thats done and how they vary feeding?


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  • #2
    AntrimGlens
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭AntrimGlens


    Triplets (or more), twins and singles. Singles go to the hill or rough grazing, twins go to rough grazing and start to get silage and triplets are housed with silage and a small amount of meal. I mean about a quarter of a pound oad, until 6 weeks before lambing.
    I presume as you've scanned now you've probably quite a bit of grazing and grass left, so this shall dictate what you need to feed etc. Do you house and I presume they're suffolk or continental X and would need a bit more attention that later lambing ewes.
    How did they scan out?


  • #3
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Cran


    Triplets, Twins and Singles then body score them, anything thin goes into the other group so thin single goes with the twins, thin twin with triplets and small group of thin trips separate to get some oats on top of standard feed. Singles go to some deferred grazing with feed blocks, others get certain amount of ewe nuts outside.


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