Projects

Tactics/Actions: 

• Keep the R2’s separate from the main mob until their second fawning; mating them separately as well
• Use advantage feeders to help fawns transition through weaning
• Condition score and weigh hinds at weaning and scanning
• Preferential feeding of light hinds from weaning and scanning
• Identify and link the poor weaners/poor hinds by using head colour on the weaners when they come through the yards the first day at pre wean T.B. test. 

Success Criteria:

•  72% of sale weaners with average live weight of 70kg
•  All retained wapiti X weaners at 90kg live weight for killing pre-christmas

Factors that need to be observed to measure the impact of change:

• Monitoring and recording Hind condition and weight at weaning and scanning
• Percenatge of hinds that are light
• Number of poor weaners and linkage to their mothers
• Scanning results
• Weaning percentage
• Fawn weaning weights and range
• Daily growth rate of weaners     

Also good to know: 

Lindsay has 900 hinds that produce 850 weaners. He usually sends 600 out of the 850 to sale.    

Outcome/Results:

To come.....