[Jacob-list] alfalfa pellets

[Linda]

I just got a bag of Blue Seal "Horse Hay Stretcher Lpel" last week.  Ingredients are listed as: dehydrated alfalfa meal, wheat middlings, soy hulls, cane molasses, calcium carbonate.  11.5%  min crude protein, 2.0 % min crude fat, 20% max crude fiber, calcium .8 - 1.3%, and phosphorus min .45%.  The pellets are bigger than the the Southern States or Godfrey alfalfa pellets I use, but they are not hard pressed and the sheep have had no trouble with eating them.  I've never had to soak pellets, but I do soak the Seminole alfalfa cubes if I use them.

Our lambing should start near the end of March.  I noticed a ewe being covered during cleanup by Abe last week, so it looks it may be a rather long lambing season.  All three rams this year were lambs, but they were actively breeding within a week of introduction (October 9).  Last year, my rams were adults.  I put the rams in September 9, but from the lambing dates, conception didn't occur until October 1.  

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn


> I've also used Blue Seal alfalfa pellets with my horse and sheep.

> Used with a ewe several years ago who had a rough time with

> pregnancy and delivery. Supplemented her sweet feed.

>

> Have found if the sheep choke with pellets, moistening them seems

> to help, they then eat the mush. BUT you have to then clean the

> feed bins/troughs if they don't eat them all, so mush doesn't spoil

> (especially here in hot weather).

>

> Noticed tonight when I fed one of my border leicester ewes is

> getting HUGE! I am SO ready for lambs this year! Didn't have any

> last year due to a young ram.

>

> When does everyone expect their lambing to begin/end. I'm curious

> if it's the same country wide, or if our Jacobs cycle at different

> times depending upon the climate.

>

> Joy

> www.shepherdofspots.com

> Home of The Fiber Flock

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