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Lamb Feedlot Strategy
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Critical Timing |
To Do Notes |
Observations and Applications |
Supplements and Treatments |
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10-14 Days Prior To Start If you have Bred Lambs
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Begin Pre feeding lambs with cereal grain/legume mix 80/20 and include Lambgrow Intensive Pellet. .Provide access to roughage and clean water. Pre feeding treatments with 6 in 1 Vaccine, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin A,D & E must be done now. Use Maxivit oral A&E product @ 5ml/hd. As a drench |
Feed Lambs at 100-150 grams per day of grain mix plus Quality hay. Maintain on pasture. Water, hay or grain treatment with Boost Liquid [not currently available] at 5 ml/hd/day. Period of grain introduction and transition for Vaccines, drench for internal parasites and treat for fly if required. |
1. Vitamin B12 Injection (2ml) 2. Vitamin A, & E Oral Drench, Maxivit@ 5ml 3. Vaccine Prefer 6in1 4. Quality Cereal, Legume Hay. 5. Cereal grain/Legume mix (80/20) with Premix 6.Compass Boost Liquid @ 5 ml/hd/day |
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10-14 days Days Prior to Start If you have Purchased Lambs
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Rehydrate lambs with TransForce Liquid or Boost Liquid. After Transit. Feed Grain Mix and quality roughage. Vaccinate, ADE (maxivit), B12, |
Make sure all lambs are vaccinated and are being fed grain mix with ad lib roughage. Grain mix should be fed at 100-150 grams/head/day. Increase grain slowly each day by small increments .Drench for internal parasite and treat for Fly if required. Grain mix should contain 2.5% Lambgrow intensive |
1. Vitamin B12 injection 2. Vitamin A & E oral drench, Maxivit@ 5ml 3. Vaccine prefer 6in1 4 .Quality Cereal, legume hay. 5.Cereal grain/Legume mix (80/20) + Pellet 6. Boost Liquid @5ml/hd/day |
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Day 1-14 Days IN FEEDLOT |
Grain Mix should be starter, feed at least at 300 grams/hd/day. Supply roughage or hay either adlib or at least 40% OF TMR. Continue with Boost Liquid @ 5ml per hd/day. Start to open feeders. Lambs should be eating well. |
Critical period for rest of feed time. Lambs need to be watched around days 10-14 for scouring. This is a time when engorgement can take place. Feed adlib hay or supply TMR with at least 40% roughage. Keep supply of straw handy. Continue with Boost Liquid @ 5 ml per hd/day |
1. Quality Cereal, Legume Hay. 2. Use Lambgrow Intensive Pellet @ 2.5% 3. Boost :Liquid @ 5 ml hd/day
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Days 15-30
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Maintain adaption to grain and increase to full Grain feeding, Boost Liquid can now be phased down to 2.5ml/hd/day in water. Lambs should be well on to full feed or open self feeder. |
Make sure TMR roughage is at least 20% until day 30 or adlib cereal hay. |
1. Quality Cereal Hay. 2. Grain Mix + Lambgrow Pellet @ 2.5%. 3. Cereal grain/Legume mix TMR should be 20% 6. slow off Boost liquid |
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Day 30 to finish |
Full feeding should be in place. Feed at 3% of live bodyweight as a guide roughage should be 10% of daily intake Keep straw at ready for cold wet days. |
Lambs will over eat prior to and after wet cold weather. Make sure lambs have adequate Straw to fill on. Watch for scouring. |
1.Finish grain mix + Lambgrow Intensive @ 2.5%. 2.Use straw where required as filler 3.Use quality Cereal hay at all times Use BOOST Liquid@ 10 ml, 5-7 days before transit, in water.
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