Training a market day lamb?

Question

I heard that you could use clickers to raise livestock, is this true with lambs? We feed our lambs soy protein mix, cracked corn and something else.... We feed our adult sheep the same feed we sometimes give to our dairy cows, molasses feed. Is it okay for a lamb to eat it? Or can their stomachs not handle it yet, even if it's only a little bit? What else can lambs (Fairly old 5 months now I believe) eat as a treat for training?

Answer 1

yes sheep are very smart and will respond to clicker training.. when you give the bribe too.. I suggest even bits of brown bread as its easier to carry in your pocket.. we have one bottle baby who likes puffed wheat, but of course not too much.

typically rolled oats with mollasses or canola, again not too much, some like squash...

treat your lamb good.. even though its gonna be eaten it deserves to be treated well.

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Answer 2

As long as it's eating grass you should be able to give the lambs a small amount, since it's the same thing you are giving the older sheep.  

It's hard to say what can work for training, since sheep are pretty goofy.  With our cows we use those horrid orange circus peanuts and they love them, but I don't know how well they would work for sheep.