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Any point in Ad lib feeding 30kg lambs?

  • 13-12-2016 07:00PM
    #1
    eorna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭


    Is there any point housing and ad lib feeding 30/32 kg lambs? ChX. Have a handful of them here wondering if to fatten or store


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  • #2
    IH784man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭IH784man


    I have noticed that lambs on grass and meal often do very well when they get high maize content ad lib meals


  • #3
    Green farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,004 ✭✭✭Green farmer


    The way prices are at the minute wouldn't incentivise throwing money at them. I'd be tempted to lock em away cheaply and get the uplift next April instead.


  • #4
    kk.man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,462 ✭✭✭kk.man


    Its the chicken and egg scenario...they say price will be under pressure for a while...30kg is probably a bit light to feed add lib in an un certain market...if you have fodder supplies I would house them give them silage n some meal then in another six weeks you will have stronger lambs and a better idea of where price is going.


  • #5
    roosky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭roosky


    Have a few of there lad my self, took the decision in November to let them off with my replacement ewe lambs who are run dry for the winter, ill have a look at them in feb and see are they still screws !


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