Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 51

2008-04-19 Thread Mary Swindell
David, I am paying $10.29 per 50 lb. bag of 14% all stock feed at Rural King. The price is a crime! As for weaning, I wean at 3 months if I'm selling the lambs. If they're staying here longer, I take the ram lambs off at around 3 - 3.5 months. If there are a girl/boy twin set, I will often

Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 51

2008-04-19 Thread Cecil Bearden
I buy bulk corn gluten pellets that are cost to 20% protein. They cost me about $135 per ton . I feed 3ea 5 gal buckets to 80 ewes and 60 lambs during the cold and wet weather. They do very well on it. They can get too much and get the runs. It is very digestible. Cecil in OKla What's