Simon Stott Testimonial: Feeding Ewe-reka milk replacer has positive results for lambs

Northern Farmer and Sheep Farmer of the year 2024 – Simon Stott Laund Farm, Lancashire

Simon Stott and his father, John, have been milking dairy sheep at Laund Farm in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, for 24 years. They run a flock of 500 Friesland, Lacaune and Friesland x Lucerne dairy sheep; they also produce lamb from 1,200 commercial ewes.

The health of the Stotts’ lambs is evident from their shiny fleeces, a result of the inclusion of ewe milk in Shine Ewe-reka together with a blend of four fats.

Simon reports that feeding Ewe-reka milk replacer has resulted in lambs consuming less compared to powders he previously used, and yet mortalities and morbidity are impressively low – of the 900 lambs reared mortality was just 2.22%.

The dairy replacement lambs are reared on Shine Ewe-reka, once trained on the teat, lambs are reared in pens of 80. They are reared on an Ad-lib Forster Technic Eco Feeder machine, eight lambs allocated to each teat

Once lambs have been on the feeder for around 7-10 days, milk temperature is reduced from 39°C to around 20°C; Simon has had this policy in place for several years to ensure lambs don’t gorge on milk.

Simon has used different milk replacers in the past but since switching to Ewe-reka he has noticed that there is no build-up of milk replacer residue on the machine feeder, making it much easier to clean and maintain the machine.

• The absence of build-up keeps bacteria multiplication to a minimum, and this means less digestive upsets.
• We use a fixed formulation, meaning every batch of Ewe-reka produced is consistent.
• Ewe-reka is fully instant and can be mixed easily either warm or cold, meaning less build up on the machines

Lambs are clean from nose to tail. “They don’t have the dirty, crusty milk scab that you see on the noses of lambs in many replacement lamb feeding systems,” Selina Field, UK Sales Manager. Incidence of scour or bloat is negligible, due to Ewe-rekas formulation and use of ewes milk.