Nutritionally balanced for better performance
Often pasture availability and/or quality are insufficient to meet the requirements of grazing sheep and goats due to the seasonal conditions in Western Australia. In these situations it is necessary to supplement or lotfeed stock to achieve desired performance, wool and meat quality and profitability. These supplements are generally grain based.
Home mixed rations are often nutritionally unbalanced and performance or health of sheep is disappointing. Wesfeeds sheep and goat rations are scientifically formulated to ensure they provide a balanced diet of protein, metabolisable energy (ME), fibre, minerals and vitamins for optimum performance and health of your stock.
From birth to market
Wesfeeds have a range of diets to suit every stage of life of your sheep. Please refer to the table below to choose the Wesfeeds ration most suited to your situation.
Goat Pellets
Goat Pellets are designed to be fed as a supplement to roughage to increase milk production in lactating or dairy goats and sheep due to the high protein, energy and calcium level. Generally, this feed should not be fed at more than 50% of the doe's or ewe's total daily intake.
Specifications (Dry matter basis)
| Crude Protein (min. %) | ME (min. MJ/kg) | Crude Fibre (%) | Designed for | Feeding rate (per day) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Pellets | 18.0 | 11.6 | 14.5 min. | Supplement for sheep and goats | Up to 1.5% of liveweight |
Introduction to rations
Stock should not be hungry prior to feeding grain-based diets. Sheep and goats should be introduced carefully to grain based diets by gradually increasing the amount of pellets fed to prevent digestive upsets. This is particularly the case for Ruminant Stud Cubes and Goat Pellets. Goats are more susceptible than sheep to grain poisoning, so more care should be taken when introducing goats to grain diets.
It is important to ensure that good quality cool water is available at all times.
Quality
Wesfeeds products are produced to exacting standards with regular monitoring of ingredients and finished feeds to ensure specifications are guaranteed. We adhere to the Australian Code of Good Manufacturing Practice for the Feed Milling Industry and are committed to best practice in all our processes. We are accredited to the SQF 2000 quality system standard encompassing HACCP. Wesfeeds rations meet the requirements of Flockcare.
Wesfeeds Goat rations do not contain meat meal.
Other Diets
Wesfeeds also provide a range of beef, dairy, horse, pig, poultry, ostrich and emu, dog and marron feeds.