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
barley
straw
wheat
straw
wheat
bran

quantity "kg of DM"/

ewe
1.28
0.04
0.22

Ration for the entire mob on an as fed basis:

Daily ration for a mob of 250 dry ewes
feeds
barley
straw
wheat
straw
wheat
bran

quantity "kg of DM"/

ewe

as fed/ewe

mob diet
(kg)

1.28

1.6

400

0.04

0.05

12.5

0.22

0.23

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