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Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
3M ago
The nutrition of the ewe is key in achieving an optimum body condition score (BCS) at tupping, ensuring high levels of fertility, and a maximum lamb crop next season. It can take up to 6 weeks to increase a ewes BCS by one point, therefore it is important to act sooner rather than later ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
3M ago
Practical management at tupping has a beneficial impact on both the profitability and practicalities at lambing. Effective and reliable marking lets you know which ewes have been tupped, by which ram and when ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
8M ago
“In 2022 with the drought and food shortage, we were expecting the worst, but we had a Running 1,500 Suffolk Mules and Texel Mule ewes in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire the first 250 lamb early in February and the remainder 1,250 lamb outdoors in April. The area as a whole is generally low in Iodine. ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
1y ago
producers are still cross fostering triplet lambs onto single-bearing ewes and about are continuing to bottle feed orphans. This is despite the significant extra labour required to carry out both traditional rearing practices ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
1y ago
Elevated energy demands placed on pregnant ewes in late gestation mean sheep can lose condition and suffer from twin lamb disease. This produces ketones as fat reserves are used as an energy source as opposed to glucose in the bloodstream ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
1y ago
Body condition scoring (BCS) is a simple, cheap highly effective important management tool to assess a ewe’s body reserves. at key points in the reproductive cycle will help maximise lamb survival, reduce metabolic disease risk and produce high quality and plentiful colostrum and milk ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
1y ago
Not all lamb milk replacements are the same. Following colostrum feeding, the choice of a lamb milk replacer for artificially reared lambs is an important consideration. A digestible, carefully formulated milk replacer can help lambs to achieve their full growth potential to develop into strong, robust lambs which continue to perform ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
1y ago
Each trace mineral has a different role to play in the body, and although the requirements may seem small in quantity, they are vital to the health and performance of all animals ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
1y ago
Beef and Sheep manager, Bryn Hughes advises farmers to make informed adjustments to their ewe management practices for greater success during the lambing season ..read more
Wynnstay Blog » Sheep Farming
1y ago
Choosing the right product is farm specific; options that cover Pasteurella are more expensive so evaluate whether Pasteurella is a challenge on your farm. Also, dosing your lambs pre weaning to continue their protection is vital when the passive immunity of the product you have chosen lapses. ..read more