Bedding?

[RemudaOne]

What bedding do you all like in the lambing pens and jugs?

 

[bonbean01]

There is no straw in our area, which I would prefer...so...use left over hay from last year for bedding, never moldy hay. I've stayed away from anything dusty like sawdust.

Interested to see what other people use for bedding.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

I use straw and or hay! I perfer straw, it is usually more absorbant, lighter and easier to keep things clean.

 

[finns&fjords]

I use grass straw, though I think I might splurge on some pretty oat straw for the first week or so after lambing. I think it's warmer and more absorbent than the grass stuff. While using grass straw last year I found that putting a thin layer of bedding pellets under the straw, it was much drier and easier to clean.
So excited for lambs!!

 

[purplequeenvt]

I prefer straw, but straw is very expensive around here so we use 1st cut hay.

 

[Bridgemoof]

We use hay.

 

[SheepGirl]

Straw or dirt.

 

[secuono]

I don't have lambing jugs, ewes find a quiet grassy fence section and has them there.

 

[SheepGirl]

Jugs are used after the ewe has their lambs so the ewe and lambs can go in there and be alone and not bothered by the rest of the flock.

Some people use what are called "lambing cubicles" and the ewes lamb in there. Most sheep producers have their ewes lamb out on pasture or in a barn and are penned up afterwards for a day or two.

 

[BrownSheep]

Straw.