I reared up 6 orphan lambs from a few days old last year, only one didnt grow very well due to a problem in his throught.
I thought as calves in dairys are usually out straight onto once or twice per day feeding, then I can cut lambs down aswel.
They went straight onto 4 times per day, after a week 3 times per day, then twice then they were fully weaned at 25 days old, they had creep feed from day one plus hay, barley straw and grazing.
I fed them ewe and lamb course mix from 25 days old twice per day, then at around 2 months they had just grazing.
They all went off in october to slaughter apart from the one who didnt grow and the one I kept
They were all lleyn cross texels apart from one mule cross texel whom I kept (and named ben
and is now due to lamb to a charolais lamb end of march.