How wonderfully exciting! I have always been curious about milking sheep. I have a small herd of dairy goats, so all my knowledge is based in that experience. It is still ruminant.
Sweet feed is always a poor choice for ruminants. The molasses isn’t beneficial for their digestion.
Folgers cans come in many sizes. We get the BIG ones. I know that would be too much.
A quart of goat feed weighs about a pound. My bred doe (HUGE Saanen) gets about 3/4 pound morning and evening. The dry goats get about 1/4 pound.
Are you in central Texas or southern Missouri. I have too many milk stands! Yes, I trim hooves and milk and everything on a simple platform with the stanchion at one end.
Reconsider separating them at night after two weeks so that you can milk in the morning. Otherwise, you won’t get much milk.
Train the ewes to the milk stand as soon as possible. Train them to having their udder messed with. This prevents rodeos later.
Keep us posted about how it’s going.
Sweet feed is always a poor choice for ruminants. The molasses isn’t beneficial for their digestion.
Folgers cans come in many sizes. We get the BIG ones. I know that would be too much.
A quart of goat feed weighs about a pound. My bred doe (HUGE Saanen) gets about 3/4 pound morning and evening. The dry goats get about 1/4 pound.
Are you in central Texas or southern Missouri. I have too many milk stands! Yes, I trim hooves and milk and everything on a simple platform with the stanchion at one end.
Reconsider separating them at night after two weeks so that you can milk in the morning. Otherwise, you won’t get much milk.
Train the ewes to the milk stand as soon as possible. Train them to having their udder messed with. This prevents rodeos later.
Keep us posted about how it’s going.