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Author Topic: Should I provide mineral lick for wethers  (Read 1756 times)

Terry T

  • Joined Sep 2014
  • Norfolk
Should I provide mineral lick for wethers
« on: April 27, 2018, 05:05:27 pm »
I have 3 hebridian wethers less than a year old which I plan to keep as lawn mowers rather than eat.
Do I need to provide a mineral lick and if so, can you recommend one?
Thank you

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Should I provide mineral lick for wethers
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2018, 08:46:59 pm »
A lump of Himalayan rock salt will probably suffice.  Do you give your breeding sheep minerals?
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

bazzais

  • Joined Jan 2010
    • Allt Y Coed Farm and Campsite
Re: Should I provide mineral lick for wethers
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2018, 11:05:02 pm »
provide the option for them

Terry T

  • Joined Sep 2014
  • Norfolk
Re: Should I provide mineral lick for wethers
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2018, 02:13:59 pm »
Thank you both. We don’t have any ewes so I’ll buy them something in specifically.

 

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