The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Hillview Farm on April 17, 2013, 03:00:45 pm
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I just wondered how often you people check your sheep once they have all lambed? I feel I should see them as much as when they were lambing but I do tend to overly worry.
I need weaning from my lambs!
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I check them twice a day when I feed the ewes and at bedtime, when I make sure they are all mothered up. They ARE in the field outside the house, so if I hear ongoing bleating, I'll slip out and check all is well ;D
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Yes, twice a day when the lambs are young. Once a day is okay later on, unless there is any other reason to see them twice.
Best time to check on families is dawn/very early morning - usually the ewes are curled up with their babes. Later on it gets harder to check mothering and even to count lambs, as the lambs play their own games! :D
If you feed cake, it's a good idea to check that the families have regrouped successfully afterwards. Lambies nearly always get a milk feed after mum's had her cake. ;)
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Later on it gets harder to check mothering and even to count lambs, as the lambs play their own games! :D
Not difficult to count lambs when you only have 4 like I do. Don't even need to count on my fingers :roflanim:
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I do a head count a couple of times a day, and when I have checked them they are always ok. Every time there's been a problem, it's when I haven't been there :P .
Monday hubby had been doing the rounds, and yesterday I went out to check them and sure enough, two lambs were in different fields! ::) ::)
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I check about 3 or 4 times a day but only cos I can't get enough of watching them. Still waiting for mine to start tho!
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I check constantly when I'm at home - just can't get enough of them.
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I nip over and sit in their field shelter late at night and always get a lamby clambering up on my knee for a cuddle. It's usually Betsy's little boy. He loves a snuggle buggle. It's SOOOO hard to leave. Of course I'm checking on their safety or so I tell my OH :eyelashes:
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I nip over and sit in their field shelter late at night. Of course I'm checking on their safety or so I tell my OH :eyelashes:
Ha ha! It's not just me then :innocent: It was terrible tearing myself away to go back to the day job this morning :(
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I nip over and sit in their field shelter late at night and always get a lamby clambering up on my knee for a cuddle. It's usually Betsy's little boy. He loves a snuggle buggle. It's SOOOO hard to leave. Of course I'm checking on their safety or so I tell my OH :eyelashes:
And why not enjoy your babies while they're small, they'll soon be horrid teenagers make the most of it. ;)
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I think its lovely how much we all love our sheep! I was worried by leaving them to it would be frowned upon. Roll on an early night and a half an hour lay in!
Ohh and I find it hard to tear myself away too so i'll jump in the same boat too!
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Once all are lambed I check once a day.
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I'm a morning and evening person with a good sit on the fence on a nice evening, even when they grow up I still like to check all is well.