For lamb fattening a few methods are possible:
- Fattening through grazing
- Intensive fattening in the pen
- Extra intensive fattening
- Concentrates
Fattening through grazing
Provide unlimited quantities of fresh and clean pasture grass and drinking water in the case of fattening through grazing.
After weaning, additionally feed up to a maximum of 200 grams concentrates per lamb per day.
If there is a lot of good quality grass, the concentrate intake can be reduced.
In the case of insufficient or bad quality grass, additionally feed up to a maximum of 500 grams of concentrates per lamb per day.
Intensive fattening in the pen
Make Sprayfo Lamb available in unlimited quantities in the case of intensive fattening in the pen (see controlled feeding).
Provide free intake of lamb concentrates (up to 1000 grams per lamb per day), next to approx. 250 grams of hay per lamb per day.
Another method is to provide unlimited quanities of ensiled grass or ensiled chopped maize, together with about 500 grams concentrates per lamb per day.
In both cases clean and fresh drinking water for lambs is absolutely required.
Extra intensive fattening
Extra intensive fattening is similar to intensive fattening, but with unlimited quantities of concentrates. With this method an intake of 1500 grams per lamb per day is possible.
The drawback of this method is the risk of over fattening. This risk cna be reduced by feeding less intensively at the start of the fattening period. Again, fresh and clean drinking water for the lambs is required.
Concentrates
A special lamb concentrate has a calcium/phosphorous (Ca/P) ratio of 2:1 and preferably 3:1.
The concentrate may be fed ad libitum for 2 weeks after weaning.
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