An additional building site is located on Bennett Road where a ewe and lamb feeding facility and hay storage area are located. Lambing takes place in the main barn, where ewes are moved into the pens as they approach parturition. Close proximity to office, classroom and student quarters make close monitoring and supervision during lambing season efficient and convenient. Lambs are dropped in the east end of the barn and mixed with larger groups of ewes and lambs as they move through the pens to the west. Lambs remain in these facilities through weaning, at which time the ewes are removed from the lambs and in the spring to to pasture.
Pasture provides the basic nutrient requirement for the ewes throughout the year.
During part of the breeding season, late gestation and lactation ewes well receive additional energy from supplemental grain feeding. Ewes are continually supplied a salt and mineral supplement to meet their remaining dietary requirement. Lambs receive a complete dietary combination of grains, forages and supplements to meet their requirements for the desired level of performance. Sheep maintained at the Research and Teaching Center meet or exceed all guidelines for animal care as defined by national, state and University specifications. The Suffolk flock, with approximately 50 breeding females exemplifies sheep possessing tremendous size, growth and carcass characteristics which are of primary importance to the red meat sector of the industry.