The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Fosterlambfarm on April 17, 2013, 07:50:38 pm
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now the proud owner and rearer of 12 foster lambs, 15 come tomorow! looking forward to the 5 am rises and the 12 am beds lol. anyone on the night shift come on for chat il need the company!
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Sounds like fun - do let us know how you get on :)
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il try n get pics uploaded tomorow:) 5 scotch mules and 7 blackies. one jus 7 hours hold, shes tiny!
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Good luck :thumbsup: . I would far rather be doing the midnight feeds than chained to my desk in an office - but needs must ::) . I suppose that is what a lifetime of shift work does to you :thinking: Funny how life does not alway turn out as planned.
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Good luck. I've got one I'm fedding, only arrived yesterday and I'm exhausted already. I also smell of lamb pee and powdered milk. Not a great look at work....
Might see you at 5am!
J xxxxx
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That's a lot of bottles :o It is lovely watching newborns thrive in your care :love: looking forward tob piccies of your growing flock :D
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sorry iv not been on to reply iv been run of my feet what with work and lambs, managed to get 15 and got a call on friday night asking if id take another 7 but only had the space for 3 just now so im now on 18 lambs with bottles. on the upside theres 5 scotch mule tups that would make exellent stock tups once there old enough so any one think they may be needing a tup for the coming years message me :)
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I don't know anyone that would use a Mule as a stock tup. Males go to the fat, the females will be put to a terminal (fat) sire.
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yea i know that its just the thought of hand rearing and getting attached to them to know there going to the pot lol. but thats the way of it i suppose.
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I'm rearing over 40 at the mo, but all are bucket trained, get them off them bottles and on to a bucket!!
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i tried them with the ad lib bucket but they sucked the bucket dry n kept drawing air giving them selves sore stomachs, there 4 weeks so im weaning them off milk as we speak as they have access to creep pellets and they are some size alredy lol