Feeding and Management

Provide adequate pen and bunk space.  Provide free access to clean water.  Ewes that require more than 500 g of grain mix per day must have the grain mix split into two to three feedings/day.  This helps ensure that all ewes get the required amount of grain as well as avoiding grain overload.

     Better quality hay allows for lower grain feeding levels. The hay crude protein must range between 11 and 18%.  Allocate better quality hay to those ewes with multiples to save on grain feeding and help meet nutrient requirements.  Ewes with multiples fed poorer quality hay, cannot milk well and maintain good body condition.

     Always feed hay to appetite and have free choice access to Shur-Gain Premium Sheep Mineral or Trace Mineral Salt for Sheep with High Vitamin E and High Selenium at 15 to 30 g/head/day and additional salt free choice.

Custom Ewe & Lamb Rations                       Percent crude protein in the grain ration

•                                                            15% Ewe Ration     16% Lamb Creep     18% Lamb Creep
• Shur-Gain 34% Ewe & Lamb Supp (200)200                     200                       200
• Corn                                                               300                     320                       310
• Barley                                                             450                     400                       355
• Soybean meal                                                 ----                       30                         85
• Molasses                                                         50                       50                         50
• Total                                                            1000 kg             1000 kg                1000 kg