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firemansam

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Staffordshire
sheep treats?
« on: December 12, 2012, 01:35:55 pm »
At the moment I feed sheep mix as a treat to bucket train my 6 new sheep. Is there anything better/cheaper for instance would oats be better?

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2012, 05:49:55 pm »
Oatcakes - mine go mad for oatcakes.

Ladygrey

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Basingstoke
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2012, 06:53:33 pm »
Mine love stale bread :)

Chris H

  • Joined Oct 2011
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2012, 07:10:11 pm »
Digestives
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Sylvia

  • Joined Aug 2009
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2012, 08:18:47 pm »
Oh yes, digestive biscuits or doughnuts!!!!

Ladygrey

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Basingstoke
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2012, 09:19:54 pm »
Custard creams and pink panthers are popular aswel...

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2012, 09:23:45 pm »
 :D

Mine get sultanas but the discussion about them (or the mould on them) being highly poisonous to dogs has got me worried.

Mind you, they and the chooks haven't seemed to come to any harm and I eat the same ones and am also fine. Well, nothing that can be blamed on sultanas  ;)

SteveHants

  • Joined Aug 2011
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2012, 10:32:46 pm »
I use beet - but only in moderation. They go mad for it.

firemansam

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2012, 10:07:21 am »
I meant more of something to half fill a bucket and feed them into a pen, digestives would cost a fortune!!!!

cleopatra

  • Guest
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2012, 10:55:10 am »
i feed sheep crunch but if im training them to a bucket i use the ewes nuts as they give a better rattle in the bucket and can be heard from down the park. but they actually prefer the crunch so i take both.

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2012, 01:05:51 pm »
You can certainly feed oats, barley or wheat as straights. Whether in the long run they would provide all the necessary nutrients you'd have to work out against what else they get.

The strange thing is that sometimes "human" food really is cheaper than dedicated animal feed. I make my own wild bird feed from lard, porridge oats and some mixed bird feed... That's cheaper and they like it better and waste less than if I fed just the bird seed. (And I have less wheat growing in my garden!)

SteveHants

  • Joined Aug 2011
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2012, 01:58:48 pm »
I meant more of something to half fill a bucket and feed them into a pen, digestives would cost a fortune!!!!


Pelleted bet is cheaper than nuts or coarse mix - its why I started using it...

Mel Rice

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2012, 04:24:22 pm »
mine have oats with 1/3 nuts(sheep) to give a rattle ....now they are in I use less nuts !!!!!

firemansam

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2012, 05:18:05 pm »
I have been told not to feed them any mix as there is plenty of food in the paddocks for the few sheep I have. And only to give have or a litttle mix if we have snow.
So what I need is something cheap that they like, then if needed I can add some mix.

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: sheep treats?
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2012, 05:25:03 pm »
Well then - see what you can get cheapest! Friends of mine feed mainly barley, as they grow it themselves, and only add the appropriate mix when absolutely necessary.

 

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