Guest guest Posted March 19, 2002 Report Share Posted March 19, 2002 I apologize for hitting the list with so many questions all at once. But I realized after I posted my questions re goat's milk, that I also don't know what winter lambs should be eating. I will be calling a lamb farmer today to see what they feed their lambs in winter. I'd like to know what they should eat, perhaps in descending order of nutritional quality? The following is the descending order of nutritional quality for cow feed, as I understood it from answers to Barb's questions. Please jump in and correct this if I'm wrong: grass hay grass silage hay silage ??grains?? ?? Is this list appropriate for all livestock ruminants? Can anyone fill in the blanks after hay silage? What would be the descending order of grains - from healthiest to least healthy? I may not find the perfectly-fed local lamb or goat's milk, so I'd at least like to get an idea of what may be a reasonable compromise. Does anyone have an opinion on what percent of grain they would accept in the diet of a milking cow, milking goat, beef steer or lamb whose milk/meat they would consume when 100% grass-fed is not available? Suze Fisher Web Design & Development http://www.suscom-maine.net/~cfisher/ mailto:s.fisher22@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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