3 Reasons Your Lambs & Goats Aren’t Gaining Weight and What to Do!

3 Reasons Your Lambs & Goats Aren’t Gaining Weight and What to Do! In this video, Tim talks to you about the top 3 reasons lambs and goat kids don't put on weight and what you can do to help!
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[@frankhoodsenyonjo3947]

Thank you as well for the information provided

[@LinessaFarms]

Our pleasure!

[@sandramurdock2073]

Show us your setup for weighing lambs. Thanks.

[@emmanuelspromisefarm6118]

What brand of creep feed do you use? We have a twin that mom is rejecting. We filed teeth' but I believe he is chewing not sucking...he chewed hole in nipple of bottle. He is eating feed and hay now...its been a journey...

[@LinessaFarms]

He sounds like a handful. We mix our own lamb feed using Hunter Nutrition 40% lamb premix as a base. We would advise any 16% or higher lamb mix you can get consistently.

[@heartstonecampground1081]

“Sheep Crossing” sign...TSC for the win!

[@LinessaFarms]

Always. Lol. Gotta have the sheep crossing sign. 😂

[@samking8338]

Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@LinessaFarms]

Thanks Sam! We appreciate you watching our videos and we appreciate the kind words!

[@lorrainepelser6549]

Hi Tim thanks for your video. We are in South Africa, what is your opinion on a feed of hominy chop and soya hulls?

[@LinessaFarms]

Hello, Lorraine. I don’t have much insight into these items. Sorry!

[@jojinapigkit4680]

good day... how do you medicate your feed in the creep? thank you, God bless.

[@LinessaFarms]

Hello. We use a cement mixer. We will usually add a small amount of molasses and mix it in with our corn. Then once the corn is added, you can add mineral and medications so they are evenly distributed.

[@sandramurdock2073]

You have all your different animals together!? Do you deworm all of them? What's that schedule like? And do you test for CL annually?

[@LinessaFarms]

There are times during the year when female goats and sheep will live together. Deworming is completed on an “as needed” basis. We do not ever do mass deworming without cause. CL is a huge conversation and is not something to be concerned about for most producers. We do not test for CL. I am interested to hear your concerns about CL and why you would want to know if we test for it every year.

[@sandramurdock2073]

@@LinessaFarms Several things tend to spread throughout the different animals. Coccidiosis for example can go between the chickens and the sheep. This happened on our farm. So I need to give all of them a preventative coccidiosis med. I assume the same of other intestinal worms, so since I have had chickens in with my sheep I have started to deworm the chickens at the same schedule as the sheep.

[@krisinsaigon]

Hi, i am researching starting with goats now and your videos are excellent, thank you. I have a question regarding the feed in the creep. I have been researching plants with high levels of protein in such as legumes like alfalfa or duckweed. You said it must be at least 16%protein. Is it a problem if they have food with a much higher level of protein than 16%?

[@LinessaFarms]

Hello Kris. A couple things to consider when doing your research. Legumes are very high in protein and will help you out when trying to boost the overall quality of hay. Most legumes will have the negative side effect of causing bloat. Clover is notorious for causing bloat. The other thing we tend to look at is overall acidity. Some hay with too much alfalfa and other legumes can be a little too “hot” and will cause the pH of the rumen to drop too low and the animal will spill their cud (barf). Birdsfoot trefoil is a great legume that will add protein and does not have the side effect of bloat or heat. It is difficult to grow though. Duckweed is pretty good but just hasn’t taken off enough to be consistently available in most areas. Creep feed is almost always grain. Traditionally, creep feed was simply cracked corn and soybean meal. This still works although creep feed has gotten fancier over the years. In the end, most high protein creep feed mixes will contain soybean meal. Soybean meal is one of the highest protein products you can get that is natural. It comes in at a whopping 40% protein on average. The down side is it is packed with phytoestrogens and you can’t feed it straight. Animals can tolerate up to about 20% protein on a regular basis so long as they are actively growing. Going above and beyond this level is dangerous. Most mammals are not very good at getting rid of excess protein in their bodies and this can lead to issues like uric acid build up, strain on the liver, and kidney failure. So, you can feed these little guys to death if you aren’t careful. I think a long term creep ration of 16% is fair to most operations from birth to weaning. For a show operation, I would consider 18-19% but it needs to be managed carefully. Providing CDT vaccines is an important part of free choice feeding in order to protect the animals from gut flora imbalance. Hope this helps.

[@krisinsaigon]

@@LinessaFarms thank you for taking the time to give this excellent and detailed answer, there is a lot there for me to think about 👍

[@ceepark114]

I had my husband build a creep gate to the small barn so the little kids could get grain but the mom's would get into it even though the slots were just wide enough for the kids to get into and out. This was used for older kids, like 3 months.

[@LinessaFarms]

Hello Cee. Sometimes you may need to place a horizontal bar on your creep gate as well so it limits height and width as well. We find thinner dairy goats can squeeze through very small slots without a horizontal piece in place.

[@emmanuelspromisefarm6118]

Thank you for the video and tips Great one...Timely

[@LinessaFarms]

Thanks, Sharon!

[@tanzimafrozdyuti3167]

A.H.M. Faruque Hossain from Kushtia, Bangladesh. Please give the name & weight of all elements of making creep feed for goat kids. In what age how much to eat and when I can start?

[@tannert11]

Where / what type of creep feeder do you use?

[@tannert11]

Where did you get it from?

[@LinessaFarms]

Tanner. Thanks for watching our videos and thanks for the question. We use hog feeders for our creep feeding. The best place to find them in online through websites like Craigslist. You can usually pick up used ones at a reasonable price. 👍🏻

[@wesbuckner7205]

Your videos are very informative and I really appreciate the information that you pass on. So do you also offer creep feeding to all of your goat kids as well?

[@LinessaFarms]

Hello, Wes! Thank you for watching our videos and commenting. Yes, we provide creep feeding to all our lambs and goat kids.

[@sandramurdock2073]

What do you add to your creep to medicate it? I know you mix your own feed.

[@LinessaFarms]

We currently use a 40% premix pellet from Hunter Nutrition that contains bovatec to help prevent coccidiosis.

[@sandramurdock2073]

@@LinessaFarms I do not have access to a dry feed with this in it. So I put CORID in the water at a preventative level several times a spring/summer. My vet says that letting the chickens in with the sheep/goats spreads the coccidiosis. We like our chickens to roam as you do, we can't keep them out of the sheep area, so we need to treat them all with a coccidiosis prevention med or coccidiosis does show up at some point during the summer.

[@LinessaFarms]

We’ve never had coccidiosis but I suppose the chickens are eating in our creep and are more than likely getting medicated as well.

[@hamzaahadaf4399]

The most know man My Allah bless you

[@LinessaFarms]

And you as well!