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Cheviot cross

  • 28-12-2016 12:01AM
    #1
    Dylan collins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭


    i have a few cheviot lambs i want to try and put weight on to make them look in prime condition however my farm is not on the best of ground is there any way i can fatten them up


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  • #2
    White Clover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭White Clover


    Dylan collins wrote: »
    i have a few cheviot lambs i want to try and put weight on to make them look in prime condition however my farm is not on the best of ground is there any way i can fatten them up

    Unless you're giving them meal you won't fatten them. Even on the best land in the country at this time of year you'd need to be feeding them.


  • #3
    Dylan collins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Dylan collins


    there getting intensive lamb nuts is there anything else i can do


  • #4
    White Clover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭White Clover


    Dylan collins wrote: »
    there getting intensive lamb nuts is there anything else i can do

    I'm presuming they're dosed, mineraled, etc. ? Other than that, a dry lie and plenty feed.


  • #5
    Dylan collins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Dylan collins


    they r aye there up to scratch on all that what is hay like if i give them hay would it make any difference


  • #6
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    Dylan collins wrote: »
    they r aye there up to scratch on all that what is hay like if i give them hay would it make any difference

    I find a bit of hay good, to slow down the grass going through them. But if they getting meal, this should do a similar job...

    I have a few lambs that I'm feeding. They were on ok grass, getting around 0.4kg - 0.5kg ration / day and they putting on about 1.2kg / week, weighed em there yesterday.
    Some of em still have a bit to goes to factory weight yet though...


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  • #7
    IH784man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭IH784man


    Cheviot lambs want to be at 50kg and well fleshed to kill well at all,bad killing sheep,what weights are they at?


  • #8
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    IH784man wrote: »
    Cheviot lambs want to be at 50kg and well fleshed to kill well at all,bad killing sheep,what weights are they at?

    +1 ya need to put your hand on them and squeeze the tail to see how fit they are


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