With the breeding season only around the corner, it’s a critical time for farmers to analyse their ewes’ condition. Ewes should be examined 10 weeks pre-breeding, and any ewe not up to the task ...
Blowfly is the main external parasite traditionally affecting sheep in the late spring and summer months and can occur quickly and with devastating results in warm, humid weather.
Symptoms:
The ...
We at Drummonds have always focused on manufacturing high performance, highly palatable ewe and lamb rations. The key to any good ration offered to sheep is to keep it simple, consistent in quality ...
Tim Keady (Teagasc) touched on the causes of lamb mortality in the first week of life – neonatal mortality. Referring to research carried out in Athenry, he said: “52% of neonatal mortality ...
Colostrum performs three very important roles in new born lambs.
It provides an easily digestible source of energy and nutrients
It provides maternally derived antibodies which will form the ...
Ewes fed indoors on roughage require additional energy and protein in the form of concentrates during late pregnancy. The length of the concentrate feeding period and the daily concentrate ...
Sheep
Grassland:
Assess cover in early September and target to have 20 days grazing ahead, building up to 30 days in early October to bank up grass supplies.
Chemical fertiliser can be applied ...
For the ewe ‘energy’ is the fuel that enables her to produce viable lambs. A ewe’s energy requirement almost doubles in the last eight weeks before lambing. In months 4 + 5 of pregnancy 85% of ...
