I was talking to him today, they're hoping it'll be nearer than five years ago even though that's what was up on the presentation last night.
It's not confirmed yet
They wou be scanned in January and then fed meal accordingly for 8 weeks before lambing. I'm just looking to maintain them over the winter up to that point.
Good quality silage should be alright for maintaining them until scanning
Just silage on its own? No need for anything else?
yes If the silage is good ie 70% DMD and the ewes are in good condition
The advice is then to introduce meals at six weeks out from lambing but we'd be giving the triplets extra feed from scanning,
You could always throw in a few mineral licks/give some mineral doses.
What would be the best type of nut to feed ewe lambs over the winter and how much a day would you feed? They’re on grass now which will be gone in two weeks and then ad lib average silage.
.25kg/day (half a pound) of a lamb finisher around 14%P should be adequate if they're not in lamb, they'll thrive on in march when grass comes so they d0n't need much. Don't forget the vaccinations
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/e20m-sheep-improvement-scheme-opens-for-applications/
Would levafas diamond be a good dose to give to ewe lambs this time of year? Have a batch of 25that about 8/9 are very **** behind..where they are they are tricky to get in and I have help Thursday so getting a fecal sample tested won't be feasible... land is wet in spots but would not have had sheep on it for years
Just submitted the application there on line,
Very straight forward
Reference number here for the SIS is 178,
I haven't had more than seventy plus twenty ewe lambs since 2017
Is this to replace the sheep welfare scheme?,do it auto renew from it?
You have to apply in agfood, its just a matter of picking your options and choosing a year to buy a genotypes ram
Whats the difference with summer and winter dip?
Have you to automatically do a new application? Or is it just a rollover if ya were in it before? Looking at it there this morning and I'm not sure
Everyone has to apply again.....
The label according to our merchant
Gonna show my ignorance here,but deos yourself or anyone else know anything about genotype rams?
And what to look out for
Basically the breeder of the rams is likely to be in lambplus to have genotyped rams, they have to be class 1, 2or 3 scrapie genotype
If you're a lowland sheep farmer the ram must also be a 4 or 5 star replacement or terminal
I have a reasonable idea about the stars,but what is the difference between class 1 Vs class 3 genotyped
Genotype 1 - 3 is resistant to scrapie, genotype 4 and 5 are not,, the desk drivers were trying to link scrapie to Mad cow disease at one stage and genotyping was used to identify the scrapie resistant sheep. Buying 4 and 5 star rams is much more important and relevant
Would think the genotyping piece is to add high accuracy of figures into the mix, last time they put the recorded 4/5 star rams into a scheme accuracy on a lot of ram figures were so low they often weren't 4/5 star few weeks later and created a lot of noise. Genotyped rams will have 60%+ accuracy on figures so shouldnt move as much
Can anyone advise. Looking to get into sheep what are the requirements for a flock number, how do I get one, and how do I go about starting up. Thanks
Anyone using those plastic clip together calf/sheep pens for lambing?
They look like a good job from donedeal anyway
I bought light lambs. 25/30kg. Started them on meal and haylage. Going shearing and dosing them next week as will be kept indoors.
Question is would you Heptavac P them or will the be ok?
You need minimum amount of land. Think it's 2ha. A holding pen and isolation pen. I used corrugated iron and few stakes or gates. Got it no issue
Solway ones from recycled silage wrap? Have them here 4/5 years, brilliant wouldn’t go back to gates highly recommend them.
+1 here too, they need to be 5 by 5, the ad I saw on donedeal seems to be 5 by 3...... maybe I read it wrong, it's not that clear
yeah your right it says 5ft (1.5m) by 3.3ft (1m), works out at 1.5m2.
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