Forage testing and balanced nutrition are vital for sheep and goat performance, affecting milk production, weaning weights ...

Feeding ewes correctly before tupping and during pregnancy is vital for flock health, fertility and lamb output. Yet many long-held beliefs continue to ...

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Research and industry advice mostly agrees on 12 weeks as the optimum weaning age but, if ewes are lean, grass height is below 4cm, or lambs are growing less than 150g/day, early weaning is beneficial ...

Irish Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 22, No. 2/3 (1983), pp. 127-139 (13 pages) Five experiments compared the effects of supplementary feeding of hill ewes in late pregnancy and early ...

And lambing percentages and ewe mortality are expected to be slightly higher than average. But most producers have been doing everything they can to keep their ewes in good condition in the hope it ...

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WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A sheep in North Carolina gave birth to four lambs, a rare feat for the farm animal. Even rarer, all four survived and are healthy. David Hendrix of Waynesville said the ...

But rearing healthy lambs on the bottle – and now, from an automatic feeding machine – also makes good economic and welfare sense, she said. Tracey, who is also a well-known photographer and author of ...

In short: A merino ewe in South Australia's Mid North has given birth to six lambs. The lambs were conceived through artificial insemination. What's next: The lambs were born at a substantial size ...