All I can say that if you tupping a good few ewe lambs be prepared for awkward new mums , some are great and it comes natural, some are very time consuming , which you just have to get on with it, a big ask for a new shepherd. But if you got a small group and an old hand to help out, you ll be ok. We started our time here with 30 odd old hands. a Valuable experience.
We don't tup ewe lambs here as a rule, have had some but not many. Some say to keep them with a start to finish as they're still growing themselves. Like I said we d rather have awkward ones the folling year than still growing lambs.
Split your singles from twins before lambing as they will have different needs. Keep buckets, high energy with them. We use lifeline as our ewe care bucket also
Rams going in in the next few days here, no ewe lambs picked, even though there's a few monsters.