[Jacob-list] bummer lamb
Lynette Frick
lynettefrick at gmail.com
Mon Jan 29 23:24:11 EST 2007
>
> Although I do raise sheep I don't have experience with bummer lambs, just
> bottle calves. Your best bet would be to freefeed the lamb your alfalfa and
> give it small bottle feedings around 6 times a day, fewer large feedings
> will scour the lamb. It should have free access to a pan of water at all
> times.
At what age should I wean the lamb?
We weaned our natural fed lambs at 45 days last year but for a bottle lamb
> just like with the dairy calves, you probably shouldn't go by days but by
> consumption, the lamb should be eating sufficient dry feed to sustain
> itself before you wean it completely. After about 50 days you could start to
> taper the bottle feedings, not increasing the amount per
> feeding and reducing the number of feedings. If the lamb starts to lose
> weight gradually bring it back up on the bottle feedings again and later on
> start the weaning process over. We supplemented our lambs with minor amounts
> of grain because we wean alittle early, but grain would probably help a
> bottle lamb keep up (we give our calves free choice COB)
When can/should I move from my living room back to the flock since he will
not have the protection or warmth of a ewe?
My suggestion on this would be after he is really going strong and healthy,
> if you want to move him outside just make sure he has a nice non-drafty
> place to stay by himself. I would wait to reintroduce him to the flock until
> you wean your other lambs and introduce him into the lamb group instead.
> Since he doesn't have a mommy or friend if you introduced him directly back
> into the flock he would probably get beet up pretty bad, just like any other
> new sheep.
I hope that helps
Lynette Frick
IDEAL FARM
www.idealjacobsheep.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/jacob-list/attachments/20070129/228ade57/attachment-0001.html
More information about the Jacob-list
mailing list