. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING AND CARE OF SHEEP 329. a desire for feed in addition to their dam's milk and will be found nibbling at the feed trough beside their mothers. They should now be provided with both grain and hay at one end or corner of the barn which is fenced off by means of a "lamb creep" thru which only the lambs can enter. This may be made of two lx6-inch boards, to which are nailed lx4-inch
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING AND CARE OF SHEEP 329. a desire for feed in addition to their dam's milk and will be found nibbling at the feed trough beside their mothers. They should now be provided with both grain and hay at one end or corner of the barn which is fenced off by means of a "lamb creep" thru which only the lambs can enter. This may be made of two lx6-inch boards, to which are nailed lx4-inch vertical strips about 3 feet long, spaced just far enough apart to allow the lambs to pass thru but keep the ewes back. Within this en- closure there should be a low, shallow trough with an ob- struction lengthwise over the top to prevent the lambs from jumping into it. In this trough should be sprinkled a mixture of such feeds as ground oats, wheat bran, corn meal, and lin- seed meal. Fine alfalfa or second-crop clover hay is also excellent for young lambs. The feed should never be al- lowed to grow stale. Fresh, clean water should also be pro- vided. The change to pasture should be gradual, the ewes and lambs being turned on grass for only a few hours at first and then brought back to shelter, where more feed awaits them. It is usually best to feed the lambs concentrates in addition to pasture and the milk they get from their dams. This may be provided by means of a "lamb- creep" at some convenient point. At 4 to 5 months of age' the lambs should be weaned, for their own good and also to give their mothers a rest before another breeding season. If possible, advantage should be taken of a cool spell and the lambs and their dams should be so separated that neither can hear the bleating of the other. For a few days the ewes should be kept on short pasture or dry feed to reduce their milk flow, and atten- tion must be given their udders. The lambs should be put on the b
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