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Sheep / Re: Ewe nuts for wether short term

« Last post by Richmond on September 08, 2025, 08:26:33 am »

I think they'll probably come to my call tbh, but just wanted to rattle something for extra encouragement.
Thanks for all your suggestions and advice everyone, much appreciated.

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Sheep / Re: Ewe nuts for wether short term

« Last post by SallyintNorth on September 07, 2025, 12:55:43 pm »

Thank you both. We have pigs so I think I'll rattle some pig nuts to call them in but offer them coarse ration to actually eat. I don't think our local feed supplier does sugar beet nuts; at least I've never seen them there but can ask.

I'm not sure it's necessary that the feed in the rattled bucket be nuts per se.  Shaking the coarse mix in a bucket will work just fine, unless maybe they're half a mile away across a wild and windy terrain, I guess.

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Sheep / Re: Ewe nuts for wether short term

« Last post by Bywaters on September 06, 2025, 04:28:44 pm »

I had a month old castrated pet lamb die of urinary calculi. And it was on proper lamb creep with ammonium chloride and had rock salt in the pen. So it does happen and when it does it’s catastrophic 


Perhaps I'm missing something - how did not having "male" feed contribute ?
All deaths are not good, but at a month old and a wether, that wouldn't have had anything to do with the question of can a wether / tup lamb come to harm if given sheep nuts / non tup mix

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Sheep / Re: Ewe nuts for wether short term

« Last post by twizzel on September 06, 2025, 10:55:56 am »

For what it is worth, surely, if ewe mix (or tup mix for that matter) was so dangerous to feed to wethers or to the wrong sex, there would be a huge warning label on the sacks ?

My opinion is that the danger - such that it is - manifests itself over long term, rather than a coupld of weeks before slaughter so, I wouldn't make life any harder than it is and feed them all the same grub

I had a month old castrated pet lamb die of urinary calculi. And it was on proper lamb creep with ammonium chloride and had rock salt in the pen. So it does happen and when it does it’s catastrophic 

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Wildlife / Re: Swallows'25

« Last post by doganjo on September 06, 2025, 10:37:58 am »

Still loads of them at our dog field yesterday, flying in and out of the kitchen. Central Scotland

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Sheep / Re: Ewe nuts for wether short term

« Last post by ZacB on September 06, 2025, 06:24:30 am »

Lamb finisher as a suggestion?

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Sheep / Re: Ewe nuts for wether short term

« Last post by Bywaters on September 05, 2025, 12:58:45 pm »

For what it is worth, surely, if ewe mix (or tup mix for that matter) was so dangerous to feed to wethers or to the wrong sex, there would be a huge warning label on the sacks ?

My opinion is that the danger - such that it is - manifests itself over long term, rather than a coupld of weeks before slaughter so, I wouldn't make life any harder than it is and feed them all the same grub

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Sheep / Re: Ewe nuts for wether short term

« Last post by Richmond on September 05, 2025, 11:57:48 am »

Thank you both. We have pigs so I think I'll rattle some pig nuts to call them in but offer them coarse ration to actually eat. I don't think our local feed supplier does sugar beet nuts; at least I've never seen them there but can ask.

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Sheep / Re: Ewe nuts for wether short term

« Last post by Twotwo on September 05, 2025, 10:48:54 am »

You could get some sugarbeet nuts .. they would be safe and rattle in the bucket well