In a message dated 8/15/04 10:20:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Also, approximately how much > > hay do they eat? Storey's says that sheep eat 5-7 bales each over the > > winter... >> Our 3 lambs (growing), ate roughly 30 bales from September to May of poor quality fescue and supplemented with TSC Sheep formula 1-2 cups each through the colder months. Less than a 50lb bag. There was about 50-60% wasted hay. (stuff they refused to eat and that was after we pulled the briars out--it was full of briars!!) This year I had to buy hay in July because the pasture was eaten down and the fescue seed didn't grow. Timothy/w small amt.alfalfa mixed in, this is from last years cutting brought in from NY. Good quality, still smells great. I'm feeding 6 blackbellies. 3 growing lambs and 3 adults. They are eating about a bale and a half a week. Wasting about 30%. I'm figuring I'll need 60 bales for overwintering this year. Plan on butchering the eldest ram in December/January. I hope our next seeding takes, it's expensive having to feed so much hay! Instead of sheep formula, I plan on giving oats as a grain supplement this winter and using a very small amount to mix the botanical wormer in, once it arrives. Diana =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
