Show Lamb Supplements by Goal

A supplement is not the base ration. The label says what the product is for, and which animals it names. This page groups products by that stated purpose.

A product is listed here only when its page names sheep or lambs, or when it says all species or all classes of livestock. A page that does neither is left out. Show-Rite’s sheep-labeled line has its own comparison, including the guaranteed analysis. The feeding timeline is the calendar. The base feed is a separate choice, covered in choosing a show lamb feed brand.

Always read and follow the product label directions for use, and consult your veterinarian before using any product.

Fill

These labels talk about rib, flank, belly, or show-day fill.

• Essential Belly Down. Flank depth and body fill, described as staying in the system longer than beet pulp, without adding body weight.
• Essential Flare. A high-protein, high-fiber pellet to expand the center body and open the rib.
• Purina Depth Charge. Fiber-based lower-body fill and rib shape.
• Purina Ultra Full. Flank and lower-third fill.
• Kalmbach Fill Er Up. A fill mini-pellet. The notes record 26% crude fiber.
• Kent ShowBoss Lowdown. A dry, high-fiber fill with oats, barley, and other roughages. The page says it has no molasses.
• MoorMan’s ShowTec RumaFill. A beet-pulp mini-pellet for rib shape and show fill in lambs and goats, without adding fat.
• Sunglo Full Tank. A low-fat citrus-pulp pellet for rib shape and gut capacity without adding fat.
• Sunglo 2 The Fullest. A forage-based fill (orchard grass, timothy, cob, and molasses) for show-day fill and center body.
• Sunglo S’more Fill. Rolled oats and dehydrated marshmallows, for appetite and body fill.
• Umbarger Change Up. Oat hay and canary grass for upper rib and belly capacity.
• Stock Show Secrets Chocolate Milk Pre-Mix. A conditioning blend of powdered buttermilk and Gold Dust, for fill.
• All N Double Down. A holding and bloom liquid. The page lists hogs, sheep, goats, and cattle, and describes it for shows that restrict drenching at the venue.
• Show-Rite Stretch and Show-Rite Swell. Stretch is the high-fiber pellet (26% crude fiber minimum). Swell is the show-day fill powder. Rates and the rest of the analysis are in the Show-Rite comparison.

Bloom and coat

Coat work has a lead time. The longer comparison, including flaxseed and the commodity route, is Coat and Bloom for Show Lambs.

• Purina Golden Ticket. The High Octane bloom nugget.
• Kalmbach Show & Glow. A 28% protein pellet on linseed meal and dried whey, for coat and bloom.
• Kalmbach Hair Magic Plus. A coat pellet. The notes record 15% fat.
• Kalmbach Moonshine Cherry. A soy-oil top-dress for all classes of show animals. The notes record 98% crude fat minimum.
• Essential Chub. A fat and protein pellet with omega-3s for cover and bloom in sheep and goats.
• Essential Uni4m. An energy and fat supplement for all species, described for a more uniform cover.
• Kent ShowBoss Fatfetti. A rumen-protected fat granule. The notes record 60% fat and say it is safe for all species.
• MoorMan’s ShowTec Fast Fat. A mini-pellet for finish and cover on show lambs.
• MoorMan’s ShowTec Fast Fuel. Wheat germ, rice bran, and yeast for body condition and coat.
• MoorMan’s ShowTec MoorGame. A powder top-dress. The notes record 28.5% protein and 50% fat, for shape and flesh.
• Rule THICC. Digestible carbohydrates and rumen-stable fat for bloom and cover. The page says all classes of livestock.
• Rule TotalCare Sheep. A daily powder made for show sheep, for hair, skin, touch, joints, and tendons.
• Rule Sasquatch. A hair-growth supplement. The page says it is safe for all species, males and females.
• Stock Show Secrets Big Wig. A daily coat supplement for density and sheen.
• Sunglo Epic. A non-melatonin pellet for longer, denser wool, and for body temperature.
• Sunglo Game On. A high-fat, high-protein top-dress for bloom and loin expression.
• Sunglo Sumo. A high-fat, milk-based supplement for fat cover, bloom, and intake.
• Umbarger Bulletproof. A sheep and goat top-dress with black-eyed peas and rice bran oil, for bloom and handle.
• Umbarger Loaded. A texturized supplement. The notes record 17% fat, for cover and energy.
• All N Woolly. A non-melatonin hair and wool supplement with collagen precursors, biotin, zinc, and B vitamins.
• Show-Rite Fat-N-Fluffy, Yolked, Stamina, and Muscle-In-Motion. Fat-N-Fluffy is the 70% fat powder. Yolked is 50% fat and 30% protein. Stamina is wheat germ oil. Muscle-In-Motion is the 7% fat pellet. Details are in the Show-Rite comparison.

Rule Sure Shine is an oil-free coat spray, not a feed. The page says it can be used on all species of livestock and small-stock.

Muscle

• Purina Champion Drive. A pellet for muscle shape, skin, and coat, labeled safe for sheep and for all show species. The guaranteed analysis lists 32% crude protein minimum and 5% crude fat minimum.
• Purina Fitter 35. Gradual fat trimming and muscle definition when a lamb is carrying too much cover.
• Purina Fitter 52. A faster fat-trimming pellet for the same job when the timeline is short.
• Essential 12 O’Clock. An egg and cheese supplement for mass, shape, and freshness.
• Essential Crease. A high-lysine, high-protein supplement for muscle expression and skin.
• Essential Torch. A high-protein supplement to trim excess fat and sharpen muscle.
• Essential Touch Tone. A muscle supplement the page also ties to appetite and endurance.
• Kalmbach Afterburner. A fat-burning pellet. The notes record 51% protein.
• Kent ShowBoss Final Drive. Described as a muscle supplement for all species of show livestock.
• Kent ShowBoss Fit N Finish. Described as a fat-burning supplement for all species of show livestock.
• MoorMan’s ShowTec #1 Mineral. A protein and mineral top-dress meant to pair with ShowTec lamb feeds. The notes record 25% protein.
• Sunglo Final Control. A high-protein top-dress to hold muscle during restricted feeding.
• Umbarger Star Glo. A top-dress to firm handle and reduce excess fat. The notes record 40% protein.
• Stock Show Secrets Ante Up. A daily mineral the page says is formulated for show lambs.
• Show-Rite Sculpt, Rite Tyme, and Rite Factor. Sculpt is the 50% protein pellet. Rite Tyme is the 40% protein lamb and goat top-dress. Rite Factor is the 16% protein pellet fed to beef, swine, goats, and sheep. Analysis and rates are in the Show-Rite comparison.

Joints

The ingredient-by-ingredient comparison is Joint Supplements for Show Lambs. It covers LubriSynHA, Sure Champ Joint Juice, Show-Rite Rite Flex, Sunglo In Motion, Essential Equex, OptiWize Collagen Plus, MoorMan’s MoorFlex, and Sullivan’s Aspirnfre, which is listed for all classes of livestock.

All N Snake Oil is not in that comparison. The page says all species. It describes collagen, turmeric, and chondroitin for joint support after hauling and walking. The paste line on the page is 5 ml per 100 lb of body weight.

A lamb that stays lame or stiff needs a veterinarian. A supplement is not a diagnosis.

Appetite and gut

When a lamb stops eating, start with water and a veterinarian, then the products in Getting a Show Lamb to Eat. That post already covers rolled oats, molasses, Appetite Express granules, Sure Champ Spark, EatMoor, Dyne, and Heavy Weight.

Other products whose pages name sheep, or say all species or all classes, and whose purpose is intake or the gut:

• Essential Fluff. A molasses-based appetite product with B vitamins and flax oil.
• Essential Foundation. A daily probiotic. The notes record 20 trillion CFU/lb, for gut efficiency, appetite, and skin.
• Essential Voltage. For feed and water intake during stress. The page names Amaferm.
• Umbarger Show Bloom. Amaferm and B vitamins for intake, fiber digestion, and bloom.
• Alleviate. A rumen pH product to keep lambs eating through stress, transport, and a ration change.
• Kalmbach Opti-Ferm XL. A yeast meal for all species of livestock, poultry, and game animals. The tag lists 22% crude protein minimum and 70 billion CFU/lb of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
• Kent ShowBoss Biomend. A gut supplement for all show species.
• Rule The Formula. A daily probiotic with Zinpro zinc and manganese, for gut, hair, hoof, and skin. The page says it can be fed to all classes of livestock. The labeled rate on that page is 2 oz per head per day.
• Show-Rite Colossal. Prebiotics and probiotics for appetite. The sheep rate and analysis are in the Show-Rite comparison.
• Stock Show Secrets Gold Dust and the Gold Dust packet. Gold Dust is the Stock Show Secrets probiotic and egg-protein supplement. The Rule packet is a probiotic drench for gut health and fill. The packet’s page names sheep.
• Stock Show Secrets Gut Candy and the Gut Candy paste. A daily digestive conditioner, and a tube for travel. Both pages name the show box.
• Stock Show Secrets Crak. A flavor additive for feed or water.
• Stock Show Secrets Ded On. A yeast-based daily supplement for efficiency.
• Stock Show Secrets TX-T. A liquid vitamin, mineral, and yeast supplement on molasses.
• Sure Champ Extreme, Liquid Boost, and Appetite Plus Gel. Amaferm products. Extreme is a daily pellet for appetite, hoof, and coat. Liquid Boost adds B vitamins. Appetite Plus is a gel for appetite and hydration during stress.
• Sullivan’s Bloat Buster. A paste the page describes for bloat in cattle, sheep, and goats. Bloat is a veterinary problem. Call a veterinarian. Do not treat this page as a protocol.

Show day

These are labeled for the days around a show, not as the growing ration.

• Calming. Essential Composure, Rule Composed (cattle, sheep, goats, and swine), Stock Show Secrets Ded Hed, Stock Show Secrets Attitude Adjustment, Sullivan’s Focus (cattle, swine, sheep, and goats), and Sullivan’s Show Sheep Paste, which is formulated for sheep. What those labels list is in What’s in a Calming Paste.
• Essential Keep’N On. A show-day and sale-day product for muscle shape. A clear version is Keep’N On Clear, for mixing into other drenches.
• Stock Show Secrets 3 Hours Out. A pre-show energy and electrolyte paste. The name on the page is the timing: three hours before the ring.
• Sunglo 4-Sure. A water-soluble electrolyte and vitamin product, including for masking the taste of show-venue water.
• Umbarger Show Shake. Energy, protein, electrolytes, and vitamins for stressed livestock at shows and in transit.
• Sullivan’s Show Road B12 paste. Vitamin B12 and a probiotic for animals that act lethargic after travel or weigh-in. The notes record 300 mcg of vitamin B12.
• Rule Flex Appeal. An energy-dense liquid for all classes of livestock, described for late in the program and for show day. The product page does not list a guaranteed analysis.
• All N Hydration. The page says it is for all species of livestock.
• Show-Rite Exhale. A respiratory aide paste for cattle, sheep, goats, and swine. The page does not list a guaranteed analysis. See the Show-Rite comparison.

The supplements directory is the full list, including products this page does not cover. Filter it by function.

Always read and follow the product label directions for use, and consult your veterinarian before using any product.