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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: SteveHants on April 07, 2012, 07:58:14 pm

Title: Quads!
Post by: SteveHants on April 07, 2012, 07:58:14 pm: My lambing has officially begun with these quads - all four are up and sucking, the ewe keeps guiding them to her teats, apart from their size, they seem full of life. I will take one away when a suitable candidate presents itself. For now they have had some thermovite and been allowed to carry on sucking......

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/Funky_Monks/quads.jpg)
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Post by: Gunnermark on April 07, 2012, 08:09:21 pm: What a fantastic picture! Well done on all four!!!!!
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Post by: MrsJ on April 07, 2012, 08:14:24 pm: Crikey! They all look a good size. She must have been huge. Well done
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Post by: in the hills on April 07, 2012, 08:21:51 pm: Compared to my Soay twins, they are huge :o

Hope they thrive.
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Post by: SteveHants on April 07, 2012, 08:34:40 pm: Thanks :thumbsup:

She is a Lleyn x Wiltshire by the way and was like a wooly football till today...
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Post by: Hermit on April 07, 2012, 08:40:52 pm: They look well, congrats to you and mum!
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Post by: feldar on April 07, 2012, 08:51:43 pm: Good size! you look like your grass is about the same as mine; none there! we went to Alresford today and they had plenty of grass.but i think we are due rain soon. Well done with the quads :wave:
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Post by: Brucklay on April 07, 2012, 09:16:46 pm: well done - they look great - what a great mum
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Post by: jaykay on April 07, 2012, 09:19:55 pm: Excellent :thumbsup: They're not a bad size at all, not surprised she looked like a football :D
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Post by: SteveHants on April 08, 2012, 09:21:59 am: I went to look at them this morning and a ewe with twins had lambed in the night....

Seems that she has 'adopted' one of the quads, as far as I can tell.

Three ewes lambed so far, 9 lambs on the ground all healthy. :thumbsup:

Sods law being what it is, I'm now waiting for something bad to happen.....

Feldar: That field often has a spring in it in March, amazing how dry its been. Its just as well I have 50 or so on what is a 10ac field more or less, so it seems they get enough to eat, even though it looks like the tops of the downs at the moment.
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Post by: jaykay on April 08, 2012, 09:54:30 am: Well, that's a good result :thumbsup:
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Post by: Sandy on April 08, 2012, 12:51:47 pm: Great photo, 4 little ones to feed.....hope all goes well and like you say, you could do with a spare mum around but do not want to wish for bad things!!!!! :bouquet:
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Post by: SteveHants on April 09, 2012, 12:51:33 pm: 6 ewes lambed now, 16 lambs out. The adopted quad is doing well as one of 'triplets'.... :thumbsup: