Thanks for posting your video on molasses. I just started pouring molasses on one of my poor quality round bales for my sheep. They don't seem to like it much. Does it take them a while to like it? Enjoyed your video.
The sheep do need a little bit to get used to the taste of the molasses. But depending on the quality and how palatable the bale is can affect if they go for it at all. Think of it like ketchup. Ketchup helps a hotdog go down, but if the hot dog is a week old, it takes a lot of ketchup and you still might not want it unless you have no other choice. What you can try is mixing a pail of 50/50 molasses and barley, and feed it to them. They will go for the barley, and it will help them get used to the taste of the molasses.
I enjoy watching your videos, it’s like you’re talking one on one to me,haha. I’m just getting into sheep, I have a question regarding silage bales. What type or mix of silage bales do you recommend using and how old should the bales be to be used? Thanks
We are feeding an alfalfa and mixed grasses type silage. You can use green feed silage too, but you have to watch for signs of bloat, and I wouldn’t recommend letting them free feed. Silage bales like these are good for a year, but after that they aren’t much good. The silage in a pit can be stored for a couple years before it goes bad, depending on how much air is sneaking in. I get these bales from my brother in law, and once they are removed from the row, they have to be fed within two weeks as they are wide open to air, and will start to mould quickly.
Thanks for posting your video on molasses. I just started pouring molasses on one of my poor quality round bales for my sheep. They don't seem to like it much. Does it take them a while to like it? Enjoyed your video.
The sheep do need a little bit to get used to the taste of the molasses. But depending on the quality and how palatable the bale is can affect if they go for it at all. Think of it like ketchup. Ketchup helps a hotdog go down, but if the hot dog is a week old, it takes a lot of ketchup and you still might not want it unless you have no other choice. What you can try is mixing a pail of 50/50 molasses and barley, and feed it to them. They will go for the barley, and it will help them get used to the taste of the molasses.
@@KirkFellFarm thanks for the advice I'll try that.
I enjoy watching your videos, it’s like you’re talking one on one to me,haha.
I’m just getting into sheep, I have a question regarding silage bales. What type or mix of silage bales do you recommend using and how old should the bales be to be used?
Thanks
We are feeding an alfalfa and mixed grasses type silage. You can use green feed silage too, but you have to watch for signs of bloat, and I wouldn’t recommend letting them free feed.
Silage bales like these are good for a year, but after that they aren’t much good. The silage in a pit can be stored for a couple years before it goes bad, depending on how much air is sneaking in.
I get these bales from my brother in law, and once they are removed from the row, they have to be fed within two weeks as they are wide open to air, and will start to mould quickly.
Brother started lambing 200 ewes. Pretty dang nice weather for that activity. Haven’t even had to fire up the heater yet. 🐑👍
Given the current weather, I wouldn’t mind lambing right now at all. Even if it was 200 of them.
Good evening Stan 🥃🥃👍