Hi there,
I had two groups of ewes to the rams this year
1st group was shetland shearling ewes (not lambed before) and shetland ewes
2nd group was un pedigree shetlands, shetland cross ryelands, wiltshorn crosses, and texel mule
To cut a long story short the two groups got in with eachother and as I was on my own and had no help or dog, I couldnt split them or move them or anything.
The rams each had a colour harness on,
the pedigree shetland ram of course was very rasict and went and covered every single white ewe
(all of the non pedigree ewes) and the Hampshire down cross charollais ram covered all of my pedigree sheep
So this year I dont think I will be getting any pedigree shetlands for expanding my flock and I am going to have THE most interesting and varied crosses ever produced.....(shet x wiltshorn, shet x texel/mule etc etc)
However the pedigree shetland shearlings are tiny still, must weigh maybe 35-40kilo, I think the one that is a wild black speck in the distance might not have been covered... but the others all had nice marks on them
Are they going to be ok lambing? or have I basically just lost all of them?
is there ever a lamb that is just too large to come out? as im not going to be able to afford cesars and then if the ewe has to have one she has to go!!
My shetland ewes have lambed to charrolais before and lambed with no assistance but they are much larger and wasnt first time
Thanks
Jess