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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Garvie on February 05, 2012, 01:30:57 pm

Title: ewe feeding
Post by: Garvie on February 05, 2012, 01:30:57 pm

hey guys

i am doing an essay for a class at college and its about sheep. the breed am using are Lleyn sheep but the feeding info i have been given is for a 75kg ewe would it work if i just halfed the quanities i was given?

thanks x

Title: Re: ewe feeding
Post by: shep53 on February 05, 2012, 03:20:50 pm

I think you will be supprised if you weighed a llyen ewe, modern  llyens have texel blood in them and are far bigger   maybe 65-70kg ave

Title: Re: ewe feeding
Post by: Garvie on February 05, 2012, 06:21:53 pm

ye i relised my mistake like 5 mins after posting this stupid me mucked a shetlands weight with a llyen haha darn these late nights partying and having to write a essay the next day haha

Title: Re: ewe feeding
Post by: deepinthewoods on February 05, 2012, 06:32:15 pm

god help us all ;)

Title: Re: ewe feeding
Post by: Garvie on February 05, 2012, 06:36:48 pm

its fine am still the student and it was a ceilidh so explains it all haha

Title: Re: ewe feeding
Post by: shep53 on February 06, 2012, 07:27:51 pm

 :notwell: :thumbsup:

Title: Re: ewe feeding
Post by: Garvie on February 06, 2012, 10:26:51 pm

sounded about right we got another tomorrow night its gonna b messy haha