Ewe's rations

Oussama Keddad
Friday, April 15, 2015

Average Requirements:
Mob information:

mob size : 250 sheep

phase : tarissement
average weight : 50 kg

The average ewe in the target mob requires:

0.62 uf/day
47.01 g (pdi)/day

Proposed least cost balanced ration/ewe on a dry

matter basis:
Feeds

quantity "kg of DM"/ ewe

Barley straw
Wheat straw
Son d

1.28
0.04
0.22

Ration for the entire mob on an as fed basis:

Feeds

quantity "kg of DM"/ ewe

as fed/ewe

mob diet (kg)

Barley straw
Wheat straw
Son d

1.28
0.04
0.22

1.6
0.05
0.23

400
12.5
57.5

Recommendations:

Don't feed more than 0.5 kg/ewe of concentrate in one sitting.

Make sure there's a 45 cm room for each ewe in the feeders to eliminate
conpetition.

disclaimer: this ration is an estimation and should be adjuted according to

response in body condition