Creep & Starter Rations

Joel Lanier- Jacoby’s Feed Consultant

Producers, lambing and kidding is in full swing and the crop of babies you will be weaning must be healthy and bloomy for you to market your livestock for top dollar. Your creep and starter rations can play a big role in having your lamb or kid crop ready to sell. Here at Jacoby’s we have a great line up of feed rations to meet your operation’s needs. Here is the breakdown of some of our very best creep/starter options:

“Purple Tag lamb feed”—15% protein, 4.5% fat, 14% fiber. A premium starter developer best suited for medium wool breeds. High TDN with a great amino and fatty acid level. Medicated with lasalocid and fortified with Trigestamace for gut health and feed efficiency.

“Safe Start” for sheep and goats is 12% protein, 2.5% fat & 15% fiber. A great all breeds option with steam flaked corn and all natural ingredients for a perfect blend of grain and fiber. Utilizes Granite sheep and goat premix to be easier on the animal’s young rumen. Blended with the maxiumum level of ammounium chloride for urinary calculi protection. Medicated with lasalocid for sheep or Decox for goats.

“GM Step One” is a high energy starter ration for young kids still at their mother’s side. Excellent to provide bloom and muscle definition in young pre-rumen animals. Free choice roughage or hay source is required. Feed up to 50 lbs. body weight, 15%protein, 5% fat, and 11%fiber. Medicated with Decox.

“Fiber Select”—13% protein, 4% fat and 18% fiber. Designed as a starter, early weaning, free choice ration for sheep and goats with limited or no feeding experience. The high fiber aids in preconditioning and transitioning to developer/growth rations. May be fed for the first 90 days of age. Medicated with Decoquinate.

“Ewe & lamb or ewe & kid”—12.5% protein, fat 3%, and 14% fiber. High quality, commercial, economic feed that can be fed to all ages of sheep and goats. Contains a commercial mineral pack with ammonium chloride for urinary calculi protection.

Producers, we can mix rumensin by request for coccidia control on orders of 1 ton or more. We must have a current Vet Script on file for all sheep producers requesting this option. Stockmen, we have the right options for your lambs and kids.

Give us a call and lets discuss the best fit for your operation. Reece Jacoby—Sales/Feed Mill 325-286-4244; Mike Garcia—Feed Store Manager—325-286-4244; Consultants—Brent Drennan—325-347-2124; Slayton Strube—325-212-1993; Joel Lanier—432-770-0483. Thanks and good luck!