Hiya, What's that saying, third time's the charm? ;-) Well.. let's see!!
I posted this:
I was wondering, as I was looking at my fluffy looking flock... are they fluffy? or are they fat???
The breakdown: 4 ewes are of unknown age... probably 3-5 yrs 1 ewe is a 2 yr old 3 lambs will be 1 in early February 2 lambs will be 1 in mid April 1 lamb will be 3 months old on the 8th
How much is "enough"?? How much are "y'all" feeding your flocks?
My current batch of hay is 3rd cutting....they eat almost EVERYthing. Very few stalky, weedy pieces that they drop & ignore.
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I am in Michigan's lower pennisula. About mid-way between Lake Michigan & Detroit. I'm just a bit east of the the "lake affect" snow area...where they reaaaaallly get dumped on, snowflake wise.
Right now.. we have maybe 4-5 inches or so on the ground. Last week, we had none :-) but we had mud. As I have 4 house dogs, I prefer snow to mud :-)
My small flock has a good sized brand new pole barn to live in. It has one light (no electricity wired to the barn as of yet) & one heated 75 gal rubbermaid water trough.
The flock was wandering around the fields as late as last week eating stuff... but since the snow, they're not.
According to the site that Carol posted http://www.case-agworld.com/cAw.IU.framescore.html
I'd guess my sheep are 3s working on 4s. I am only guessing, I didn't actually go out & try to feel spines or traverse processes ;-)
Some of the ewes might be pg as they are living with a ram.
I refer to my flock as 'stomachs with legs' as they always seem to VERY interested in food. ;-)
I think they'd go with a wolf who offered them a pail of corn ;-)
I give the flock grain very, very, very rarely. On suuuuper cold days (which we really haven't had yet) & for treats & as bribes when I wish to catch them up.
So...
How much should I be feeding them? (They are currently at 2.5 bales every other day). Oh.. and there's a small donkey living with them.
THANKS in advance!!! :-)
Diane
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