Author Topic: lambs eating pig food (Read 3638 times)

Cjnewton82 · « **on:** May 27, 2013, 12:56:21 pm »

Hello all when i feed my pigs my lambs run the electric fence and start to eat the pigs food is this a problem im sure i read somewhere that that pig food cant be eaten my sheep something to do with the copper content

shep53 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2013, 01:09:16 pm »

Yes pig food normally contains high levels of copper and can kill some breeds of sheep, also pig muck should not be spread on ground grazed by sheep

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