Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium - the Department of Animal ...
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REARING LAMBS AT 3-CORNER FIELD FARM<br />
Karen Weinberg<br />
3-Corner Field Farm<br />
Shushan, New York, USA<br />
I. Preparation <strong>of</strong> Ewes (prior to lambing)<br />
A. Free-choice selenium/vitamin E/salt<br />
B. C,D&T booster<br />
C. Coccidiostat<br />
II. At Lambing<br />
A. Open area for lambing (with access to outdoors)<br />
B. Traditional jugs (for ensuring colostrum intake)<br />
C. Grafting (goal <strong>of</strong> 2 lambs/ewe)<br />
III. 24-Hours Post Lambing<br />
A. BO-SE<br />
B. Dock<br />
C. Tag<br />
D. Lambing order ID with dam<br />
IV. Lamb Creep in Barn (within 2 weeks <strong>of</strong> lambing)<br />
A. Day – pasture with Dams<br />
Night – access to inside creep area with food & water<br />
B. Quality hay<br />
C. Lamb pellets with transition to whole corn & soybeans<br />
D. Water with coccidiostat<br />
V. Weaning<br />
A. Weaning strategies: 30-Day<br />
Milk once-a-day<br />
45-Day<br />
B. Worm, vaccinate, coccidiostat<br />
C. Back on pasture as soon as possible<br />
D. Supplement with whole, dry corn on pasture<br />
VI. Post-Weaning Strategies<br />
A. Ram lambs and ewe lambs separated at 3 months <strong>of</strong> age<br />
B. Worm only as needed<br />
C. 1/2 pound whole, dry corn on pasture<br />
D. Intensively grazed – moved every o<strong>the</strong>r day (125-150/group)<br />
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