RuralFarmGirl
Chillin' with the herd
Hey fellow sheepers and BYHers.
We are having some exceptionally warm winter weather. Or rather spring weather way ahead of schedule here in Michigan. It's been in the 40*s for the past week and the next week+ is predicted to hang out around 60*. There is plenty of grass our sheep could eat so I'm hoping to supplement thier diet with our portable electric fence.
My question is about avoiding bloat from eating rich grass when they've been eating mostly grain and hay all winter. I've read in some places that you have to wait till the dew is gone so the extra water doesn't cause bloat. Is there any other precautions I need to take.
Here are some pictures of my daughter(closely supervised by me) grazing one of our pregnant ewes for a few min yesterday!
We are having some exceptionally warm winter weather. Or rather spring weather way ahead of schedule here in Michigan. It's been in the 40*s for the past week and the next week+ is predicted to hang out around 60*. There is plenty of grass our sheep could eat so I'm hoping to supplement thier diet with our portable electric fence.
My question is about avoiding bloat from eating rich grass when they've been eating mostly grain and hay all winter. I've read in some places that you have to wait till the dew is gone so the extra water doesn't cause bloat. Is there any other precautions I need to take.
Here are some pictures of my daughter(closely supervised by me) grazing one of our pregnant ewes for a few min yesterday!