Store Lambs

White Clover · 20-01-2021 11:05pm

memorystick wrote: »

No. It’s dry bedding. My plan is to buy in cattle and I don’t like small cattle on slats. I’d over 100 in it last winter and a few minutes has it done.

I get you now. A fine job, a lifetime job no doubt.

Kevhog1988 · 21-01-2021 10:41pm

Hi all,

I'm looking at putting up a cheap and cheerful shed for finishing stores indoors next yr. Few questions:

For a 40ft x 20ft shed how many stores would I be able to keep max.

Have seen sheds online with slats 2ft off the floor rather than a thank. Anyone done something similar and if so would ye reccomend?. Would be less labour intensive than bedded sheds.

memorystick · 23-01-2021 12:54pm

kk.man wrote: »

Ah ya brought them in. They won't cost you as much as you think for 4 weeks.

Will I give them good hay or silage?

kk.man · 23-01-2021 3:25pm

memorystick wrote: »

Will I give them good hay or silage?

IMO if you have good hay why waste it on store lambs and it hard enough save/make.
Silage would help put up the kgs faster plus hay is a maintenance feed most of the time.

memorystick · 23-01-2021 5:04pm

kk.man wrote: »

IMO if you have good hay why waste it on store lambs and it hard enough save/make.
Silage would help put up the kgs faster plus hay is a maintenance feed most of the time.

The silage is good but they’d waste more of it than eat it. I gave a bale of hay to 53 today. Any guesses how long it will last. They’re getting 50 kgs of a good ration every day.

Tileman · 23-01-2021 7:21pm

memorystick wrote: »

The silage is good but they’d waste more of it than eat it. I gave a bale of hay to 53 today. Any guesses how long it will last. They’re getting 50 kgs of a good ration every day.

About 4 days if they are all eating from it. Could get 8- 10 days if they are not use to hay and only sone are picking at it.

Jjameson · 23-01-2021 10:13pm

Honestly If you haven’t a do outside for joggets your as well in the mart with them.

kk.man · 24-01-2021 1:00am

Jjameson wrote: »

Honestly If you haven’t a do outside for joggets your as well in the mart with them.

That's true to some degree but in a rising market and plenty of fodder it does pay for up to 6 weeks I have found.

Kevhog1988 · 24-01-2021 1:24am

kk.man wrote: »

That's true to some degree but in a rising market and plenty of fodder it does pay for up to 6 weeks I have found.

What weight per day would you be giving them in the 6 weeks.

kk.man · 24-01-2021 6:07pm

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

What weight per day would you be giving them in the 6 weeks.

I feed no more than 0.3kgs in a single feed twice per day. Others say different but I found any increase was offset by deaths, maybe I'm doing something wrong but that's my rule of thumb.

Kevhog1988 · 24-01-2021 6:35pm

kk.man wrote: »

I feed no more than 0.3kgs in a single feed twice per day. Others say different but I found any increase was offset by deaths, maybe I'm doing something wrong but that's my rule of thumb.

How much would they eat per day if it was ad lib

wrangler · 24-01-2021 6:45pm

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

How much would they eat per day if it was ad lib

I had them eating 1.25 kg ad lib in October to get rid,

Robson99 · 24-01-2021 11:46pm

Ad lib here once Xmas comes. Only way to finish them

Kevhog1988 · 24-01-2021 11:55pm

I see pets making 35 euro on adverts/donedeal. Some money for a day old lamb.

charolais0153 · 24-01-2021 11:55pm

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

I see pets making 35 euro on adverts/donedeal. Some money for a day old lamb.

Asking or getting

Kevhog1988 · 25-01-2021 1:47am

charolais0153 wrote: »

Asking or getting

Getting, one on adverts asking 35 and sold within 20 mins. Without even listing breed or sex. Madness.

razor8 · 25-01-2021 9:32am

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Getting, one on adverts asking 35 and sold within 20 mins. Without even listing breed or sex. Madness.

I’d be worried about a lot of pet lambs going to inexperienced homes this year. With lock down people might be willing to purchase to keep children occupied

Dinzee Conlee · 25-01-2021 10:26am

razor8 wrote: »

I’d be worried about a lot of pet lambs going to inexperienced homes this year. With lock down people might be willing to purchase to keep children occupied

Having said that - I was planning on getting a few again, for exactly that reason - something different for the kids...
(We dont lamb any more, so dont have any small lambs of our own)

wrangler · 25-01-2021 12:28pm

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Having said that - I was planning on getting a few again, for exactly that reason - something different for the kids...
(We dont lamb any more, so dont have any small lambs of our own)

Yea, but you'd know how to mind them, I've seen some meeting sad lives. we wouldn't sell them here on principle

Kevhog1988 · 25-01-2021 12:58pm

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Having said that - I was planning on getting a few again, for exactly that reason - something different for the kids...
(We dont lamb any more, so dont have any small lambs of our own)

I usually get a few every year. Especially with herself at home at the moment i was looking but hard to see the sense in paying over 20 for a pet lamb.

Dinzee Conlee · 25-01-2021 5:19pm

wrangler wrote: »

Yea, but you'd know how to mind them, I've seen some meeting sad lives. we wouldn't sell them here on principle

ha - I think I would, and then somedays Wrangler you'd wonder do I...

Jjameson · 26-01-2021 12:33am

Wait a while a get a middling jex calf for 30€!

Kevhog1988 · 26-01-2021 12:39am

Jjameson wrote: »

Wait a while a get a middling jex calf for 30€!

I think I'd have more chance of getting the lamb to 42kg lol

Zomoradi · 26-01-2021 3:41am

intense jate

memorystick · 26-02-2021 2:02am

Does anyone here chop beet for hoggets? I’ve had mine in since Christmas due to rain but moving forward was thinking of chopping beet next year along with the ration. I’m paying €10 per bag and they get 2 each. Just wondering if fodder beet would be a good option. Thanks

memorystick · 03-01-2022 8:26am

Stupid question. How long would a bale of silage last 60 lambs on meal? I’d rather feed hay as less waste and sheep are more picky with silage. If they’re on meal, is hay good enough anyway? Thanks

wrangler · 03-01-2022 8:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118409187#Comment_118409187

If you were giving the lambs .5kg meal/day, I'd guess the silage would be rotten before they'd finish the bale

memorystick · 03-01-2022 9:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118409192#Comment_118409192

Is hay good enough for fattening lambs with meal? Baled silage is more finicky. I’d imagine you’d want at least 100+ to be feeding out of a bale per day.

wrangler · 03-01-2022 9:47am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118409241#Comment_118409241

If you want to fatten them you'd need to be feeding a kilo/day of meal and at that level you'd only need a small bit of roughage to keep their stomachs right, be it hay, silage or straw. hay can make them potbellied if fed too much and silage needs to be perfect quality to be any addition.

If you're feeding a kilo/day, they need to be built up slowly to that level and given in two feeds

memorystick · 03-01-2022 12:37pm

If building up slowly, how does a creep feeder work? Do you just fill feeder and leave in? I genuinely don’t know. I was thinking of buying those green plastic sturdy ones from Glanbia. They’re about €380.

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