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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Old Shep on March 21, 2012, 12:06:36 pm

Title: Count down has begun!
Post by: Old Shep on March 21, 2012, 12:06:36 pm
Hi everyone - its getting exciting here, as we near our sheeps due dates!  The sheep belong to my son (Big Benny Shep - doesn't post much just lurks :-) ) , he has forty odd sheep at his land to lamb and I have 16 shearings ( no "L jaykay  :thumbsup: ) here at ours.  He gave me the shearings to lamb on the pretext of having smaller hands  ;D  They are texels and texel x suffolks put to texel, suffolk and texel x suffolk tups.  The flock are what remains of my late mothers, who farmed sheep all her life.  Ben worked weekends with her for many years so has a lot of experience but this will be our first lambing year on our own. :o  :o

I just want to say thankyou for all the advice I have gleaned from everyone else's posts, and thank you in advance for any panicky posts you may get from me in the next few weeks!
Title: Re: Count down has begun!
Post by: Rosemary on March 21, 2012, 12:10:21 pm
 ;D ;D ;D

We start on Sunday or thereabouts. Although I THINK I'm prepared, the girls usually have something up their metaphorcal sleeves  :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep:
Title: Re: Count down has begun!
Post by: Old Shep on March 21, 2012, 10:26:50 pm
Ours are due next thursday if you go by 150 days - so we will be on watch from this weekend onwards.  Had one (which we have named "wide load"!!) rigged today - but hadn't been stuck for long by the looks of it. The fun's beginning!
Title: Re: Count down has begun!
Post by: Herdygirl on March 22, 2012, 09:55:16 pm
We start April the 5th? or thereabouts.... babies come when they come.

just back from the totally brilliant VSS course......what an exeperience!

have re arranged my lambing shed as a consequense..makes more sense now
Title: Re: Count down has begun!
Post by: Old Shep on March 22, 2012, 10:13:57 pm
good luck Herdy, we tried to aim for lambing over easter so we didn't have to take to much time off work - time will tell if the plan works!
Title: Re: Count down has begun!
Post by: Haylo-peapod on March 23, 2012, 09:06:18 am
Quote from: Herdygirl on March 22, 2012, 09:55:16 pm
have re arranged my lambing shed as a consequense..makes more sense now

OK, I'm now very curious, what's the story on rearranging the lambing shed?  ;D