Any of ye getting good weights on grass?

arctictree

Just wondering if any of ye lads are getting good weights on grass alone? I'm struggling to hit 48Kg. A neighbour of mine says that he always has to feed to finish.

I kept a field back this year and just put the weathers on it yesterday. I'm hoping to add a few kilos in the next few weeks.

Username John

arctictree wrote: »

Just wondering if any of ye lads are getting good weights on grass alone? I'm struggling to hit 48Kg. A neighbour of mine says that he always has to feed to finish.

I kept a field back this year and just put the weathers on it yesterday. I'm hoping to add a few kilos in the next few weeks.

Nope - fecking disaster of a year for grass and lambs putting on weights...

I am only sending away some lambs this week, normally I'd have a good few sent off by now... and even the few I will be sending have gotten meal...

Arrow in the Knee

I find the only way to keep putting weight on lambs is to keep moving them onto fresh grass every couple of days or they won't thrive. (Creep graze)

Move the electric wire every couple of days and that should help but yeah lambs hanging around this time of the year wouldn't be good thrivers anyway.

Cran

Find putting on weights, but not killing out well

Green farmer

Glad to hear I'm not the only one lads. They were thriving well up to a month ago, actually thought they might finish from grass alone, then the thrive stopped completely. going to start meal over next day or so . Only about top 10 % of lambs out gate so far this year. 1st April born lambs here.

hedgecutting eddie

Very same here so bought 2 tonne meal 3 wks ago and have meal ad lib to 120 lambs a lot of them over 50 kg s now , a old man was sayin that if u have sheep
On one field this year don't graze with sheep following year , easier said than done

Username John

Going to get rid of a good few of mine this week as stores. Ewes need the grass more. Feeding em is too decking awkward...
Prob should have done it a few weeks ago...

rangler1

hedgecutting eddie wrote: »

Very same here so bought 2 tonne meal 3 wks ago and have meal ad lib to 120 lambs a lot of them over 50 kg s now , a old man was sayin that if u have sheep
On one field this year don't graze with sheep following year , easier said than done

Are you able to get paid up to full weight, 50kg are good lambs...too good if you're only getting paid to 22 kg deadweight.
weighed lambs last week, only gaining 1kg/wk
The lambs that went to the factory averaged 20.92 and averaged 45.5kg live and all fatscore 3, so happy enough but will have to start meal after the next weighing

Birdnuts

Username John wrote: »

Nope - fecking disaster of a year for grass and lambs putting on weights...

Sums up my own situation too and I'd say its the same for most in Western Counties.

sea12

Green farmer wrote: »

Glad to hear I'm not the only one lads. They were thriving well up to a month ago, actually thought they might finish from grass alone, then the thrive stopped completely. going to start meal over next day or so . Only about top 10 % of lambs out gate so far this year. 1st April born lambs here.

Snap
Very same here green farmer. Going to get rid of a batch as stores to reduce the load and meal feed the rest

hedgecutting eddie

arctictree wrote: »

Just wondering if any of ye lads are getting good weights on grass alone? I'm struggling to hit 48Kg. A neighbour of mine says that he always has to feed to finish.

I kept a field back this year and just put the weathers on it yesterday. I'm hoping to add a few kilos in the next few weeks.

Sell per head to factory or mart