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1/30/2024 0 Comments Spring 2024 All our ewes are looking well. We have been feeding them hay and haylage throughout the winter, we will start feeding grain in the last trimester of their pregnancy, at the beginning of March. Due date, April 15th 2024. We do have in-10/22/2023 0 Comments Autumn 2023It has been a good year for our sheep, we weaned an average of 2.4 lambs per ewe. They have been grazed all summer , the grain for the ewes having been eliminated at turnout although although hay was still provided. Lambs were provided with creep feed of whole grain (a mix of oats and wheat) I was very pleased that the ewes with triplets were able to feed all their lambs, no bottles! What a relief! By mid September, we started feeding haylage to the ewes, which they rally enjoy. Grass is just not so palatable in the fall, although it has been much more plentiful this year because of the wet conditions. We are hoping to introduce the rams soon, but want to shear the ewes first. we are aiming for the first week of November for the ram's entry.
2/23/2023 0 Comments Preparing for lambing. Our sheep are due early April. So we have upped their rations as they are now in their third trimester. half a pound of oats daily and ad lib hay is no longer enough. We are also shearing them very soon, as their fleeces ar |
This is Elisabeth (Bzikot) co-owner of the British Milk Sheep flock described above. I look after them, feed them , check their progress and generally look after their wellbeing.Archives
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