The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: luckylady on June 01, 2012, 11:10:06 pm
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If our pet lambs come across some dried horse poo they have a good munch on it. When our mare had her foal the foal used to eat her poo, presumably to get the right bacteria from it for a healthy gut. Could this be what the lambs are seeking to do? Should I be discouraging this or leaving them be? I hasten to add that we do poo-pick our paddocks but its impossible to get every scrap.
Would appreciate opinions. Thank you. :)
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Perhaps it's the same reason as our dogs do.... Just to laugh at us yelling at them as they run past with a mouthful, just far enough not to be put back on a lead!! ::)
Or perhaps someone with a reasonable answer will come along soon :innocent:
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Thanks Mammyshaz - its good to get the lighthearted replies too. ;D ;D ;D
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Horses have much less efficient digestion systems than ruminants so I'd expect theres good eating in some of that sh*t