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Questions for Feeding & Nutrition
- I have been feeding my flock an 18% calf starter with minerals. The feed is mixed locally and does not come with a tag listing ingrediants or mineral...
- I have read several different articles on feeding ewes during gestation, there seems to be mixed opinion on feeding good-quality alfalfa hay as a sole...
- I am currently feeding 2 adult ewes, each with new offspring. What is the necessary feeding and watering requirements for adult ewes?
- I'm doing a paper about "Consequences of a lack of carbohydrates on sheeps", and I haven't found information. Please guide me, the paper is due May,5....
- Can you feed dry red/white clover?
- Twice now, we have had sheep that we were feeding rolled barley and hay respond by going off feed and becoming very lethargic. One was a ewe and one ...
- I STARTED FEEDING LARGE BALES OF HAY. HAY IS GOOD QUAITLY BUT HAS SOME SPOTS OF MOLD, I UNDERSTAND, THAT EWES SHOULDN'T EAT MOLDY HAY WHAT WILL BE THE...
- Regarding grass species: We are planning a move to a farm in Central IL that currently is being planted with crops. We will be moving our flock of 7...
- I have a mouflon sheep that is 12 years old, and is being treated by a vet for not eating or drinking. We are force feeding her 1 1/2 cups twice a da...
- Is red clover hay satisfactory feed for pregnant ewes?
- I raise dorsets, and have a nice pen of month old dorset lambs. I was wondering if anyone has any advice on a implants or supplements to give the la...
- How much water does a 100 to 125 pound lamb require daily. And should we add electrolytes or suppliments to their water for health.
- pregnancy toxaemia in ewes. I need causes and treatment.
- I will be putting sheep on a new pastures this spring, there is a lot of crown vetch on some of the pastures will this harm the sheep?
- We have been adding about two to three gallons of canola oil taken from a deep fryer from a local resturant into our grinder mix ration. It seems to h...
- I feed my Rambouliet sheep spent barley grain from a brewery after they are done making beer with it. Basically it's had a lot of the sugar leached o...
- Does anyone have experience feeding pelleted alfalfa to sheep? When factoring labor, waste and feed consistency, it seems the pellets may have some a...
- When taking replacement ewe lambs weighing 50-90 lbs off of self-feeder how many pounds per head a day and at what percentage of protein should i feed...
- We have a suboptimal field of soybeans. I was wondering if we could cut, bail and feed the soybean plants (before beans are present) over the winter....
- Been having a difference of opinion with a friend that perhaps you could clear up. I believe I read that feeding alfalfa hay to ewes prior to breedin...
