Sheep Feed
16%/18% Ewe Master Nuts/Rolls
Feed to Ewes six weeks prior to lambing at an increasing amount according to forage available, ewe size and expected lambing percentage. Select the protein level to match your forage and performance requirements.
This diet will provide strong healthy lambs and ewes with plenty of milk. The balance and quality of protein and energy will ensure that your ewes are productive and healthy through their most critical period of their year. Feed pregnant ewe lambs at a lower level for a longer period to prevent very large lambs and to help ewe lambs grow whilst pregnant. Fortified with Vitamin E to 115 i.u and Selenium to give 0.5mg/kg.
33% Sheep Protein Pellets
To be mixed with Cereals and Sugar Beet to produce a finished Ewe feed. To make an 18% ewe diet use:
35% of 33% Protein Pellets
45% of Rolled or Whole Barley/Oats
20% of Sugar Beet Nuts
Carefully selected vegetable protein sources are used to provide a high undegradable protein level in the finished diet. The above diet will give a full mineral level in the finished diet.
19%/21% Intensive Ewe Nuts/Rolls
This specialist diet is designed to be fed to prolific ewes which are housed and fed on straw or haylage.
Intensive Ewe Nuts are very high in energy and undegradable protein to allow ewes to digest straw as a forage and give good lamb growth and ewe milking ability. Select the protein level that fits with your forage.
Ewes fed on straw need higher rates of concentrate according to expected lambing percentage and body weight. Fortified with Vitamin E to 115 i.u and Selenium to give 0.5kg/mg Please ring us to discuss your ewes requirements.
Harvest Super Lamb Mix
For early acceptance by baby lambs this highly palatable molassed coarse mix will give lambs the best possible start. Feed ad lib and keep the product as fresh as possible.
Use Harvest Super Lamb on show sheep to provide strong muscling and wool quality, which comes from the specially selected ingredients such as "Micronised Maize, Micronised Peas and Linseed Pellets".
Lamb Finisher Nuts
This most popular diet is designed to be fed as a complete ration to store sheep, to provide fast and efficient finishing, giving lambs solid muscling and the correct level of finish.
The diet has been developed over ten years, with many thousands of lambs having been finished on it. The unique mixture of cereals, root and fruit ingredients, combined with specially selected vegetable proteins, give the meat and fat, colour and flavour.
The secret of the diet is in the digestion. The coarse grist used in Lamb Finisher helps lambs to fully digest all the nutrients giving optimum performance. Contains Ammonium Chloride to prevent Urinary Calculli.
Traditional Range of Non GM Diets
In response to abattoir and supermarket demand for lambs on certain contracts to be fed a Non GM diet. We have launched Traditional Lamb Starter Pellets and Traditional Lamb Finisher Nuts, both of these diets contain no GM ingredients. The strength of demand for a Non GM Lamb Starter diet has led us to make this our standard diet for this season.
Lamb Grower Nuts
Feed to new season lambs after Super Lamb Mix; change over at 7-8 weeks.
Offer Lamb Grower Nuts ad lib to achieve top food conversion rates and gradings.
When lambs are housed, ensure a good supply of clean water is always available.
Lamb Grower Nuts should be fed right through to finish ensuring your lambs are able to be marketed as soon as possible.
Contains Ammonium Chloride to prevent Urinary Calculli in fast growing male lambs.
Traditional Lamb Starter Pellets
To get early lambs fit for the lucrative spring lamb market it is essential to give them the best start possible. Introduce Traditional Lamb Starter Pellets at 2 weeks of age and offer ad lib in a clean, dry feeder keeping product fresh at all times.
Indoor lambs should have access to best quality straw and clean fresh water. If Coccidiosis is a threat medicate by prescription with Deccox, lambs will need treatment for 2 to 3 weeks.
Harpers Traditional Lamb Starter Pellets are palatable and highly effective in growing lambs, containing Ammonium Chloride to prevent Urinary Calculli and contains no GM ingredients.
The critical factor in early lamb production is timing, please speak to us regarding management and feeding to ensure your lambs are fit to hit the high prices.