[Jacob-list] Another question....

[Robert May]

CHRIS...I'LL 'DIDDO' MARY ELLEN'S COMMENT.  WE'VE BEEN
RAISING SHEEP FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS...JACOBS SINCE '95. 
HAVEN'T HAD ANY LACTATION ISSUES WITH EWES THAT HAVE
BEEN GIVEN GRAIN.

BOB MAY
HOPE, NJ

--- Mary Hansson <buffgeese at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> Some of them eat during labor and don't stop.  There
> are people on the list that believe feeding grain
> around delivery will create lactation problems.  My
> girls have gotten grain treats post delivery (within
> 30 minutes of delivery) for the past 11 years and I
> have no had lactation issues of any sort.
> 
> MEH
> --- Christopher Brantley
> <labradorridgejacobs at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How long after lambs are born before they tend to
> > start eating grains, hay, grass, etc?
> >  
> > I was taking note that one ewe after about a week
> is
> > going to the trough with teh other sheep...
> > eating.... and then spitting up the grains when
> she
> > goes back to the lambs... is this a normal
> practice?
> >  
> > Thanks again,
> > Chris
> > 
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