Product Spotlight: Hunter Nutrition 18 Show Lamb & Show Lamb 2000
For the past 30 years, Hunter Nutrition has been providing high-quality show feed, helping their customers see consistent and desirable results in the show ring. Since 2007, we have offered the Hunter Nutrition product line to our dealer base. Always looking for ways to take their show feeds to the next level, Hunter recently updated their most popular feed; the 18 show lamb. This earns them the honor of our first ever product spotlight.
Hunter Nutrition’s new 18 Show Lamb has higher levels of barley and increased fiber levels to address the needs of today’s market lamb. Like all Hunter show lamb feeds, lambs will receive 30g/ton of Bovatec to act as a coccidiastat along with Ammonium Chloride to prevent kidney stones. In the updated formula for 18 Show, they have added the prebiotics Amaferm and Actigen to increase beneficial gut bacteria, reduce pathogens, improve feed utilization, and to help enhance the health and development of the rumen. Bovamine Defend, a proven probiotic, has also been added to help with rumen health, improve disease resistance, boost lamb performance, and help reduce pathogens.
Hunter Nutrition recommends putting lambs on the 18 Show Lamb for the first stage of feeding, starting them one-week post-weaning, and following up with the specially designed Show Lamb 2000, a feed formulated specifically for holding. Customers often put their lambs on straight Show Lamb 2000 or a mixture of 18 Show Lamb and Show Lamb 2000. This is done when lambs reach around 85% to 90% of weight. Show Lamb 2000 works great to control rate of gain and fat cover on lambs without jeopardizing muscle. This is a lower calorie, lower energy feed, that is high in fiber to ensure that lambs are maintaining proper muscling demanded by the show ring. Of course, this feed should be fed with hay supplementation and fresh water to maintain the highest level of health. This product can also be top dressed with Hunter Nutrition’s Topline to maximize success in the ring.
To ensure their customer’s experience in the show ring is a good one, Hunter Nutrition is dedicated to providing consistent, fresh feed. They strive to produce a product that will help keep lambs on feed, even in the full heat of summer, to consistently send lambs and their showmen to the backdrop.
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