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Accurate Animal Weight Is Essential for Health and Growth

If you have a goat, sheep, or cattle operation, then you understand just how important the growth and development of an animal are to its overall health. This can also have a profound effect on your seasonal operations and annual profitability. Determining an animal’s weight accurately can help determine nutritional supplementation needs, or weigh heavily in sorting the animal for potential spring and summer pasture.

Here at D-S Livestock Equipment, we understand the fine points and details associated with sheep, goat, and cattle operations. We have been providing high-quality equipment to various livestock operations since 1982. We are proud to offer several options for accurately determining the weight of an animal with minimal stress.

Our Roll O’Matic with Scale Attachment includes four beam load cells, with an accurate weight indicator and indicator holder. It is designed to quickly, and accurately weigh the animal in your roll table without having to use a separate scale. Also known as the RM6000S, it is fully galvanized to prevent rust. The Roll O’Matic includes a solid tread plate floor with solid sides. This allows the animal to enter easily with reduced distractions toward our V-type manual headgate.

It good for horned, or pulled, sheep and goats. The rear of the RM6000S includes a 12-inch strip of carpet. The back support and headgate help to keep the animal in position. It can be connected to the end of a raceway.

If you have a goat, sheep, or cattle operation and you need accurate weighing and sorting equipment, you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to a representative at D-S Livestock Equipment today!

The Right Scale

Do you raise animals? Do you plan to? If you are going to raise an animal, there are several things to consider. For example, will you need a scale? And if so, what kind of scale?

To answer questions like these, there are quite a few things you need to consider. Maybe the most important thing you’ll need to think about is what type of animal—or animals—you’ll be weighing on your scale. Clearly, some scales are designed for larger animals than others are.

You’ll also need to think about where you’ll be weighing your livestock. For example, would it be easier for you to weigh your animal from home, or will you need to take the scale with you? Fortunately, scales can be permanent or portable. Portable scales can be extremely versatile because they can be placed on a variety of surfaces—including uneven ones.

However, there’s more to consider since modern scales do much more than simply weigh your animals. In fact, today’s scales can store your animal’s weight. In fact, some scales can record the weight of each animal in your letting you track your animals individually.

Similarly, the technology in livestock scales will offer time and data entry saving options, making tracking and storing information more precise. In fact, some scales even have wireless Bluetooth so information can be sent directly to your computer.

If you are interested in learning more, please call [practice_name] at [phone]. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

 

Water for Your Sheep

As you know, any animal needs water to survive. But, if you’re raising sheep, you may rarely see your animals drinking—in fact, you may not see them drink at all. Do you ever wonder why that is, how you should give them water, or how much water your sheep actually need?

Of course, you should provide fresh, clean water for your sheep. Sheep prefer drinking from a still source of water, rather than from flowing water. We recommend using buckets or other forms of automatics waterers. Also, please rinse out the container that holds your sheep’s water regularly.  Your sheep will prefer water that has no ice in it in the winter, and water that is in shade during the summer.  Finally, to maintain control of your water supply, we recommend fencing off water from nearby streams and other natural water sources.

Typically, your sheep will need between something between a half gallon and three gallons of water a day. The amount of water they need a day is influence by how heavy the animal is, whether or not they are lactating, what they are being raised for, and environmental conditions. Similarly, if they don’t seem to drink, it is most likely because they get most of the water they need through forage. We recommend having a clean, fresh supply available at all times.

If you would like to learn more or have any questions about sheep care, please feel free to contact us. We are excited to hear from you.

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