Out wintering on rape

getoverit11

Have ewes out on rape for the next month or so, would they need mineral supplementation, is it low in any minerals?

Thanks.

IH784man

Protein as far as I can remember from reading other topics on it here
Edit:Actually I think it's beet I'm thinking of

charolais0153

Is it iodine, that might be kale actually

IH784man

http://www.nadis.org.uk/bulletins/feeding-lambs-on-rape-and-kale.aspx If that helps

sheepfarmer92

Id bolus for iodine and the usual mins to be on the safe side, finish lambs on rape last 3 years here and have to bolus

cattle man

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

Id bolus for iodine and the usual mins to be on the safe side, finish lambs on rape last 3 years here and have to bolus

What bolus you use I done lambs I have on redstart with a 8 week bolus but there isn't huge amounts of iodine in it couldn't find a bolus with high levels

sheepfarmer92

cattle man wrote: »

What bolus you use I done lambs I have on redstart with a 8 week bolus but there isn't huge amounts of iodine in it couldn't find a bolus with high levels

I used tracesure bolus this year, used small mayo healthcare bolus before that, didnt find mych difference between the two, hows ur lambs doing on the redstart? We had interval this year, lambs just didnt do as good as other years on it

cattle man

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

I used tracesure bolus this year, used small mayo healthcare bolus before that, didnt find mych difference between the two, hows ur lambs doing on the redstart? We had interval this year, lambs just didnt do as good as other years on it

I used Mayo health care.
On it 4 weeks this Saturday weather has been ideal for them I have offered them .5kilo of ration in a creep feeder also as I want to stretch the crop.
I am putting 2 bags a day into feeder to 100 lambs and most days there's some left so they won't eat much more anyways.
Have about 50 to kill off it next Monday so will be interesting to see how they kill.
I have more lambs to go onto after these are killed.
All lambs were 40kg plus going onto it.

cattle man

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

I used tracesure bolus this year, used small mayo healthcare bolus before that, didnt find mych difference between the two, hows ur lambs doing on the redstart? We had interval this year, lambs just didnt do as good as other years on it

Could I expect 45% kill out off it I never killed lambs off a crop before all ram lambs

sheepfarmer92

cattle man wrote: »

Could I expect 45% kill out off it I never killed lambs off a crop before all ram lambs

Yea you should be getting round 47 48 % killout with the half kilo of meal aswell, we had 20 acres of rape here but it didnt last long so had to start feeding lambs afterwards, we put in chicory along with the rape and grass so should be good feeding for ewes and lambs nxt spring

getoverit11

Anybody graze ewes on rape, will have them out until the middle of Jan, then they will be housed. Don't want ewes to become massive. Any tips/pointers appreciated.