Do not overfeed sheep because of it being so expensive to do so. On the other hand, you do not want to underfeed sheep either because it can lead to a drop in peformance and increase the chance of health problems. Feeding sheep the proper way means you have to get the right nutrients to the phase that the sheep is in. To sum it all up, feeding sheep properly is getting the right nutrients and forage type with the right production stage of the sheep. In the following paragraphs I will discuss all the most important nutrients in more detail.
Water is the most important nutrient for sheep as well as it is for all animals.
Always make sure there is plenty of water at hand for your sheep to drink. Especially because some parts of the United States there is a lot of water and in other parts there is very little. There are many things that depend on the amount of water a sheep needs to drink on a daily basis. This depends though on the size of the sheep. In the winter if there is snow, as long as it is not hard, sheep will eat enough of the snow to get all the water they will need.