May 2014

The final month for autumn growth rates in our weaner deer and we anxiously, expectantly want to see what their 1 of June weight will be.  How successful has autumn been?  The results were some what perplexing - there was no difference in live weight gain between the mob that had been supplemented with grain and those who had been on lucerne paddocks alone.  The only thing that was consistent across all the mobs was that overall autumn growth rates was about 5kg down on previous seasons. We are putting that down to the very wet April where there was little live weight gain