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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Emmett on March 18, 2016, 01:00:07 pm

Title: First lambs
Post by: Emmett on March 18, 2016, 01:00:07 pm

First lambs born last Tuesday nice set of twin ewe lambs and another set of twins born last night two tip lambs, only another 12 to go

Title: Re: First lambs
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on March 18, 2016, 02:32:27 pm

Awwwww theyre sooooo cute! What breed are they? All the best with them and the rest of lambing :thumbsup:

Title: Re: First lambs
Post by: Emmett on March 18, 2016, 06:51:06 pm

Thanks! They are out of a texel cross ewe tipped to a pedigree texel tip, but the wee one with the black nose is the spit of her mother. Reared a ewe lamb on the bottle last year and she threw her lambs a month early so mum was awful sad over that but the ewe lamb is grand

Title: Re: First lambs
Post by: Backinwellies on March 19, 2016, 08:36:47 am

Was initially confused as to 'tip' lambs  but I am now guessing that in NI  you  'tip'  not 'tup' as we do here?

Title: Re: First lambs
Post by: Emmett on March 19, 2016, 11:23:05 pm

You're spot on, tip lambs are tup lambs! We had another set of twins out of one of our ewe lambs born last year two more ewe lambs