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Lamb and kid feeding

There are different ways to feed lambs and kids. Different diets have different costs associated with them and may impart different characteristics to the products that sheep and goats produce. Links pertaining to lamb and kid feeding are organized alphabetically by topic: artificial rearing, colostrum, creep feeding, creep grazing, feeding replacement lambs, feeding show lambs, feedlot finishing (including silage and whole grain feeding), general feeding, and pasture finishing.

Artificial rearing

[PDF] Artificial lamb rearing: managing abomasal bloat - Beef+Lamb NZ
Artificial methods of rearing goats - GoatWorld
[PDF] Artificial rearing can pay if the lambs would otherwise have died
[PDF] Artificial rearing of lambs - FAO United Nations
Artificial rearing of lambs - Moredun Foundation
Artificial rearing of lambs - Ontario, Canada
Artificial rearing of lambs on milk replacer diets - Oregon State | PDF
Bottle feeding newborns - GoatWorld
[PDF] Financial benefits of rearing surplus and orphaned lambs - Meat/Wool NZ
Hand raising goat kids - Trigfry Goat Stud
Hand rearing lambs, kids, and calves - Lifestyle Block NZ
Less expensive milk replacers for lambs - Ohio State University
Overfeeding newborn bottle-baby goats - Onion Creek Ranch
Profitable artificial rearing of lambs - Virginia Tech | PDF
Raising bummer lambs on a bottle - Critterhaven Barb. Blk. Sheep
Raising lambs and kids artificially
[PDF] Raising lambs on milk replacer - University of Wisconsin
[PDF] Rearing lambs on milk replacers - University of Nebraska
[PDF] Rearing orphaned lambs - Navajo Sheep Project
[PDF] Rearing orphan lambs - Western Australia
[PDF] Rearing orphan lambs using adoption stalls
[PDF] Successful rearing of lambs and kids - Ethiopia SGPIP
Tips for hand raising a healthy goat kid - Sav-A-Caf | PDF
Tips for hand raising a healthy lamb - Sav-A-Caf | PDF

Colostrum

[PDF] Colostrum and health of newborn lambs - Iowa State University
[PDF] Colostrum and lambs - Scottish Ag College
Colostrum: liquid gold
Colostrum management - Volac UK
Colostrum replacer - Tri Quest Boer Goats
[PDF] Colostrum requirements - Pipestone Vet Clinic
[PDF] Importance of colostrum for kids - Sweetlix®
Importance of colostrum for newborn animals - Sav-A-Caf | PDF
Importance of colostrum to newborn goat kids - Onion Creek Ranch
Serious colostrum feeding - Michigan State University
[PDF] Why colostrum? - Camelid Quarterly

Creep feeding

[PDF] Creep feeding - Pipestone Vet Clinic
[PDF] Creep feeding kid goats - Texas A&M University
Creep feeding lambs - NSW, Australia | PDF
Creep feeding primer
[PDF] Creep feeding lambs - University of Nebraska
Creeps and creep feeding - Illini SheepNet & Meat GoatNet
[PDF] Effect of feeding non-conventional creep mixtures. . .
Lamb starters and creep feed: get a healthy gut - Ontario Sheep
Sheep Update: creep feeding lambs - Virginia Tech
[PDF] The value of supplemental feeding to preweaned lambs . . .

Creep grazing

[PDF] Creep grazing - TECTRA NZ
Creep grazing - West Virginia University
[PDF] Creep grazing for suckling goat kids - Langston University
[PDF] Creep grazing lambs on tall fescue pastures - West Virginia University
[PDF] Grazing systems for ewes and lambs

Feeding replacements

[PDF] Ewe lamb nutrition and ewe productivity - University of Wisconsin
[PDF] Importance of balanced feeding in the breeding of young sheep
Nutrition of the young goat: birth to breeding - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Raising ewe lambs - Pipestone Vet Clinic
Replacement ewe lamb nutrition - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Supplemental feed for ewe lamb - UC Davis

Feeding show lambs and goats

[PDF] Basic show lamb feeding and care - Utah State University
[PDF] Basic show lamb nutrition - HONOR Show Chow
[PDF] Feeding and managing market lambs and replacement ewe lambs
[PDF] Feeding management for show lambs - University of Arizona
Feeding and showing 4-H market goats - Clear Creek Farms
[PDF] Feeding your market lambs: a youth guide - Washington State University
[PDF] A guide to feeding lambs - Ohio State University
[PDF] Market Lamb Project Guide: Nutrition - Mississippi State University

Feedlot finishing

[PDF] Evaluation of feedlot rations for meat goats - Texas A&M University
[PDF] Evaluation of low test weight corn for finishing lambs
Feeding the market lamb - Penn State Home Study Course
[PDF] Feedlot fattening of sheep and goats . . . - Government of Pakistan
[PDF] Feedlot lamb nutrition - Michigan State University
[PDF] Feedlotting lambs - Victoria, Australia
[PDF] Feedlotting lambs: a producer's guide - CSIRO Australia
[PDF] Fish meal as a protein supplement in finishing lamb diets
Health and nutrition issues in feedlot lambs - Michigan State University
[PDF] Lamb Feedlot Management Guide - Iraqi Agribusiness
Lamb feedlot nutrition - Colorado State University | PDF
[PDF] Lamb finishing systems supplement
Meat & Livestock Australia: Lambing Finishing
Processing grains: is there any bang for the buck? - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Using DDGS in mixed lamb diets - South Dakota State Univrsity

Silage feeding

Finishing lambs on silage - Alberta, Canada
[PDF] Using silage to finish lambs - Meat & Livestock Australia

Whole grain feeding

Whole grain diets for finishing lambs - Virginia Tech | PDF
[PDF] Whole grain in lamb rations - British Columbia, Canada
Whole grain in lamb rations - Ontario, Canada

General feeding

Feeding lambs - Merck Veterinary Manual
Feeding lambs: Sheep 201
Feeding lambs FAQs - Alberta, Canada
Feeding the lamb crop - Purdue University
Feeding the market goat - Penn State Home Study Course
[PDF] Lamb nutrition and feeding - Iowa State University
[WORD] Lamb nutrition and feeding - University of Wisconsin
Market lamb diets - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Raising lambs on pasture or in complete confinement - University of Wisconsin

Pasture finishing

[PDF] Alternative forage crops for finishing lambs - Organic ePrints
[PDF] Chicory proves ideal for finishing organic lambs . . .
Finishing lambs on brassicas - Wild & Woolly Newsletter
Gain without grain: options for finishing lambs - Graze Online
Grassfed lamb and goat
[PDF] Finishing pastoral lambs - Western Australia
[PDF] Low-input pasture finishing of lambs - SARE Grant Report
[PDF] Organic lamb: prime lambing finishing systems - Victoria, Australia
[PDF] Prepare lambs well and they'll thrive on forage crops

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively, and also attended The Ohio State University. Susan conducts the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test at her research facility in Keedysville. She raises registered and commercial Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

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Disclaimer: The links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Users of this web site and all external links are advised to apply common sense and sound judgement to all information obtained from the internet, regardless of source.

Last updated 22-Aug-2010 by Susan Schoenian.