The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Young Ed on August 29, 2014, 08:54:46 pm
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due to a lack of grass my woolies are being fed hay whilst i put up a new pen in an area with more grass with in the next 2 days. my question is should i give them a certain amount of hay each day or just offer them hay and top it up when it is low?just asking because as soon as i put any out they immediately crowd round and pig into it
Cheers Ed
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Little and often is best, if that's practical for you. If they have loads in front of them, they tend to pull it out and waste it. If they're ready for it when it arrives, they get on and eat it all up!
Edited to say that of course it is important to make sure that every animal has access to it when you do put it out - which usually means having considerably more room than the number of heads would warrant, as the bossier ones will bully the weaker ones away from 'their' hay. ::)