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CopRice Sheep Pellets

Available from:
CopRice Leeton
Railway Avenue
PO Box 561
Leeton NSW 2705
Ph: (02) 6953 0422
Fax: (02) 6953 2776

Current seasonal conditions have made it a necessary to supplement with pelletised feed in order to maintain stock. CopRice Sheep Pellets have been designed specifically for drought feeding. CopRice Sheep Pellets are recommended to be fed to ewes before and after lambing, however they are also suitable to feed to dry ewes and wethers.

Analysis

Nutrient	Amount
Crude Protein (min.)	14%
Crude Fat (max.)	6.5%
Crude Fat (max.)	10%
Calcium (min.)	0.9%
Phosphorus (min.)	0.45%
Salt (min.)	0.6%
Salt (max.)	3%

CopRice Ewe & Lamb Pellets Ingredients

CopRice Sheep Pellets are produced from an extensive range of high quality raw materials including Rice and rice milling by-products, Wheat and wheat milling by-products, Lupins, Canola, Limestone, Salt, Vitamin and Mineral premix.

How To Use CopRice Sheep Pellets

CopRice Sheep Pellets are an extremely palatable, easy and ready to use feed enabling producers to provide a supplementary feed to all classes of stock in all feeding situations.

Class of Stock	Frequency of Feeding	Amount kg/head/week
Dry Ewes (40 kg BW)	Once Weekly	3.50
Ewes with Lambs	Every 2nd Day	5.00
Weaned Lambs (8-12 weeks)	Every Day	3.00
Weaners up to 8 months of age	Every 2-3 Days	3.50

CopRice Sheep Pellets are grain based and need to be fed in conjunction with reasonable quality hay or straw. Commence feeding when sheep are in lean or store condition. It is very important that pellet feeding is introduced slowly to minimise the incidence of digestive upsets such as acidosis.

The following steps are provided to ensure that feed is administered correctly.

Adaptation Steps	CopRice Sheep Pellets % of Ration	Roughage (Dry Matter) % of Ration	Frequency
Step 1 - Days 1-3	0	100% (1.20kg/head)	Daily
Step 2 - Days 4-5	20% (0.24 kg/head)	80% (0.96 kg/head)	Daily
Step 3 - Days 6-8	40% (0.48 kg/head)	60% (0.72 kg/head)	Daily
Step 4 - Days 9-10	50% (0.60 kg/head)	50% (0.60 kg/head)	Daily
Step 5 - Days 11-12	60% (0.72 kg/head)	40% (0.48 kg/head)	Daily
Step 6 - Days 13-Onwards	80% (0.96 kg/head)	20% (0.24 kg/head)	Every 2nd Day