Regina lamb lovers

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Having a nice glass of pepper Jack shiraz while I cook. PS usually have lamb twice as thick private kill butcher forgot I have em steak thickness. No one else does he says. Stiff shitz I say.

And PPS I realize there more going on in the world than this topic not a complete drongo.






The apprentice is having one of these available in Canada my fav drop

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What I do is 20 seconds each side on hot hot plate then transfer to grill at lower temp.

Edit cooking tips allowed as long as relevant.

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Lamb loin trimmed. BBQ Fat trimmed what next vegan? darn women

[shtferbrains]

Most of western US cattle areas graze dormant pastures.

We expect 120 days of green "washy" grass here but sometimes raising cattle looks easier where they can graze much longer on dormant stockpile with no mud.

And no -40 temps etc.

[Sheepwheat]

The above is a cut and paste sorry.

But following spring the medic pastures dry out as we enter summer.

Sheep graze cereal and legume stubble then back onto dry pasture with some supplement feeding.

If we get summer rains a variety of summer weeds germinate some sheep do ok on but mostly poor feed “gut fillers”.

Very interesting, thank you…

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The above is a cut and paste sorry.

But following spring the medic pastures dry out as we enter summer.

Sheep graze cereal and legume stubble then back onto dry pasture with some supplement feeding.

If we get summer rains a variety of summer weeds germinate some sheep do ok on but mostly poor feed “gut fillers”.

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Feed budgeting in the dry period is inherently difficult due to the variability of the quality of dry feed and the value of the subsequent portion that the sheep choose to eat. The decline rate, pasture height differences between different pasture systems and the amount of grain available in stubbles also affect the amount of energy sheep can gain from grazing dry residues.
The dry residues of annual pastures like subclover, medic and serradella, along with weeds such as ryegrass and capeweed, usually have a digestibility of about 55% at the start of summer. This level can vary considerably and will decline over time, especially after hot weather and rainfall that damages the finer leaf fraction of the pasture. Most of the decline from above 70% to below 50% happens in three to six weeks, with hotter weather causing a quicker decline than cool weather.

The amount of feed that can be eaten by a sheep on a daily basis is related to the digestibility of the feed (often called quality). The lower the digestibility, the lower the feed intake by the sheep. Dry feed with a digestibility below 55% – approximately 8 megajoules per kilogram (MJ/kg) – will, at best, only maintain liveweight regardless of the feed on offer level as the sheep can’t eat more than one kilogram on a daily basis.
Table 1 The metabolisable energy intake (MJ/day) from a dry annual pasture by a medium framed ewe. Note: Feed on offer measured in kilograms of dry matter per hectare (kg DM/ha)

For young sheep, a dry annual pasture with about 50% legume content can only provide growth rates of one to two kilograms per head, per month for one to two months. This is because it is only slightly above a maintenance ration.
It is recommended that sheep are regularly assessed for condition score over the season to ‘let the sheep do the talking’ on how much and what quality of feed is being eaten.

[Sheepwheat]

Lupins mostly mixed with a little barley.

Some guys use faba beans and barley

Mostly paddock feed and they have add lib feeders.

Not sure if you have them there, but border Leicester cross white Suffolk merino cross are there with best for feed conversion. 1/2 border 1/4 Suffolk 1/4 merino

Our feed probably harder than yours more band for your buck per kg of pasture eaten whereas your might be soft watery stuff. Hope ya get my drift

Our lambs finish in hay feeding season. I love growing fabas. I was going to use a barley faba blend next time I grow them.

Yes, we have lush pastures here in the rain pocket. I do know what you mean. When I get more fences in place I hope to graze them on corn for some of the winter.

[shtferbrains]

Are your paddock browned off dry? Not normaly green and actively growing when you are finishing lambs?
By ad lib you mean free choice or rationed?

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Lupins mostly mixed with a little barley.

Some guys use faba beans and barley

Mostly paddock feed and they have add lib feeders.

Not sure if you have them there, but border Leicester cross white Suffolk merino cross are there with best for feed conversion. 1/2 border 1/4 Suffolk 1/4 merino

Our feed probably harder than yours more band for your buck per kg of pasture eaten whereas your might be soft watery stuff. Hope ya get my drift