Worm medicine is not free. Ewes cost more to dose than lambs. The ewes weigh 160 pounds and the lambs average 50 pounds. In general, dry ewes won t pick up many parasites if they are grazed on parking lots or other poor-quality pastures. And these calculations don t include any time savings due to having fewer animals for handling and drenching.
Good businesses try to find ways to cut overhead without hurting their products.
Early weaning can be a business strategy for reducing that overhead. The topic is like a Byzantine market, with all sorts of ballyhoo and potions. First, let s try to clear up some jargon. That s what you see when you walk into a feed store. That s why livestock lick those unappetizingly concrete mineral blocks because they re trying to consume salt.