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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Victorian Farmer on April 29, 2012, 12:04:06 pm

Title: lots off lambs lost
Post by: Victorian Farmer on April 29, 2012, 12:04:06 pm
Wev lost 4 lambs this morning minus 2 and very cold wet. Up at the lect  thev lost 40 lambs and some farms 80 to 100 reported with snow coverd hills.
Title: Re: lots off lambs lost
Post by: jaykay on April 29, 2012, 12:15:15 pm
Really sorry to hear that.

It's rotten weather for lambing,  the wind and sleet here this morning are horrendous  :P
Title: Re: lots off lambs lost
Post by: in the hills on April 29, 2012, 12:17:02 pm
So sorry to hear about your lambs ..... so sad  :'(

Managed to struggle up to 3 deg. here now.

Torrential rain and a cold wind. Checking our lambs regularly. Have opened all gates so that they can use all field shelters and hopefully find somewhere out of the driving rain. Cant do a lot more  :(

Frustating that you cant do anything outdoors. No vegetables planted at all yet  :o and cant get started on any of the outdoor jobs that we had planned for the spring. Still must stop soon.

Someone turn that tap off  ;D
Title: Re: lots off lambs lost
Post by: Remy on April 29, 2012, 12:44:11 pm
Sorry about your lambs, this weather is appalling  :(.  All my sheep have disappeared from view so I guess they are all by the hedges  :-\.  It's really cold especially with the strong winds.  Tomorrow looks to be much better ...
Title: Re: lots off lambs lost
Post by: kanisha on April 29, 2012, 12:57:27 pm
 :( how very sad. I had one born outside yesterday that I got inside very quickly with another born in the early hours of this morning whos tucked up into a field shelter but planning lambings at this time of year  it should be good weather awful when it isn't! .
Title: Re: lots off lambs lost
Post by: darkbrowneggs on April 29, 2012, 01:30:17 pm
Wev lost 4 lambs this morning minus 2 and very cold wet. Up at the lect  thev lost 40 lambs and some farms 80 to 100 reported with snow coverd hills.

So sorry - rotten luck  :( :(
Title: Re: lots off lambs lost
Post by: Bramblecot on April 29, 2012, 03:20:21 pm
Sorry about your lambs  :bouquet: .  You would expect to be safe weather-wise by the end of April.  Strange sort of drought  :-\
Title: Re: lots off lambs lost
Post by: SteveHants on April 29, 2012, 04:42:49 pm
Mine are tearing about the field in the wind and rain. I had three sets of twins born this morning, all seem fine. I think the weather bothers me more than them.
Title: Re: lots off lambs lost
Post by: Victorian Farmer on April 29, 2012, 06:24:26 pm
The cold dosent hurt them its when there wet. Its bad again to night but not as cold as this morning.