Intensive Lamb Feeding Protocols

Prior to induction 7 – 10 prior to entering feedlot

• Vaccinate lambs ( 5 or 6 in 1 ) – assume purchased lambs have not been vaccinated
• Inject with Vitamin B12
• Inject A, D & E
• Drench
• Address any mineral deficiencies eg Copper, Selenium etc

Feedlot Entry Day 0

• Draft lambs into groups with similar bodyweight and sex (Max 300 lambs / pen)
• Pen lambs with minimum area 5m2 / lamb
• Provide cool clean water, 2.5cm trough space / lamb
• Provide ad lib access to clean roughage (ideally straw or course hay)
• Allow 10cm feed trough space per lamb. This can reduced to 5cm once lambs are ad lib.
• Introduce pellets at 100g / lamb / day

Induction Period 1 – 12 days

• Increase pellet allocation by 50g / day by slowly increasing access in lick feeder
• Open lick feeder to ad lib once lambs are comfortably consuming 700g / day

Ongoing 13 days +

• Continue to feed ad lib until target weights are achieved.