Author Topic: Bottle feeding, which to drop... (Read 3097 times)

plumseverywhere · « **on:** April 08, 2012, 05:25:02 pm »

Hi All, thinking of dropping our lambs to one feed a day at 6 weeks as they are now huge and very healthy and chomping loads of creep and hay.
would you drop the evening feed or breakfast feed? not sure which works best $:-\$

They are in a small confined paddock, we plan to introduce them to the main 'sheep field' when the time is right with Nimble and Tallulah who are a year old. All of them have seen each other through the fencing but we are wondering when is the right time to put them together and how? Have considered putting them in with the big lambs during the day and then returning to the small paddock with the shed at night?

eek, help?!

colliewoman · « **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2012, 08:23:53 pm »

I have always kept the night time feed, because in my funny head I think they like going to bed with a glass of milk and a biscuit

Probably not the most professional piece of advice ever given though!

plumseverywhere · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2012, 07:28:39 am »

that was kind of my thinking too!

gapcap · « **Reply #3 on:** April 09, 2012, 07:36:51 am »

Mine too!!

jaykay · « **Reply #4 on:** April 09, 2012, 09:17:17 am »

That's the way I see it too

But hey, there's something in following instincts, we know how to care best for one sort of little animal (humans), why should lambs be so different.

Ok, to be logical too, I reckon it's easier for them to follow the flock and feed during the day and that they'll sleep better at night with a full stomach.