We're feeding three different feeds here at the mo, and would like to try to rationalise that.
Our regular supplier is Mole Valley, who do not seem to offer a feed suitable for both species, and male sheep too.
Anyone in N Devon / Cornwall know where we might get something?
We've got Dexter sucklers, Jersey house cows, one of whom is working very hard at the moment feeding two calves, breeding and store Zwartbles sheep, breeding and keeping fleece sheep, including several wethers and a Shetland tup.
Only Hillie the hard-working Jersey needs feeding, but we give the others nibbles for keeping them tame, and a couple of the Zwartbles had a hard year so are getting a bit extra.
If I were still in Cumbria I would be getting Jim Peet or Tarff Valley 'all stock' mix, which is suitable for cattle, sheep, even pigs. And is safe for male sheep. Then I'd get Carrs' dairy nuts for Hillie.
My experience with a hardworking dairy cow is that they must have the dairy feed; a beef feed or an all stock blend just goes into making more milk, it doesn't help them to keep condition on their backs while producing milk. So I was hoping for an 'all stock' feed, safe for male sheep, which everyone except Hillie could have.