A look at options for managing lambs during poor marketing conditions. Includes insight on feed plans and costs vs weight gains and benefits, shearing, animal health, vaccines, and nutrition.
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Q: I have a small dairy goat farm, and at the moment have 5 adult does plus 2 donkeys. In the winter they are confined to the paddock around the barn, but in spring I begin rotating them between 3 small pastures, one ...