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Remy

  • Joined Dec 2011
First lamb
« on: April 02, 2012, 09:19:33 am »
Having been waiting impatiently since yesterday which was D day, I did my early morning check today to find one live lamb and one dead  :(.  It was my extremely flighty Herdwick which had lambed and she was one I didn't really want to have to interfere with as she would have got very stressed - so she saved me that scenario, but a pity I didn't check earlier as I might have been able to get him going (hindsight is a wonderful thing).  There appears to be nothing wrong with the lamb at all so at this point I'm not going to worrying about SBV!   The other little fella seems fine.

Just a query about this lamb - would this little boy be worth more kept entire?  Also does anyone know about registration of Herdwicks - this ewe doesn't have any papers etc so if I wanted to sell the ram as a purebred how would I go about it?

Anyway here he is!





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1 horse, 2 ponies, 4 dogs, 2 Kune Kunes, a variety of sheep

khajou

  • Joined Aug 2010
Re: First lamb
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 09:49:49 am »
Well done on your first lamb.
If the ewe hasn't any papers I suspect she is not registered, therefore the ram lamb will not be able to be registered. Some breed societies have 'appendixed' sheep which is a way of upgrading non reg over a few generations to registered, but I think that only applies to females. Best to castrate him and sell him on as meat or lawn mower.
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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: First lamb
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 09:58:23 am »
He's a little sweetheart  :love:

Most tups don't make breeding quality - of course, far fewer tups are needed than ewes and they make such a difference to a flock it's essential that they're good. The Rough Fell folk used to reckon that 1 in 500 tup lambs had what it took, which means that if you're only breeding penny numbers you might produce that sort of quality once in a lifetime.

So enjoy him, castrate him and eat him would be my advice.
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Remy

  • Joined Dec 2011
Re: First lamb
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2012, 10:18:53 am »
Oh well at least that has made the decision for me, I don't suppose I'd be lucky enough to have the 1 in 500  ;D, shame he wasn't a ewe!
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sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: First lamb
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2012, 10:22:35 am »
Very sweet, at least he is alive and being looked after by hi mum  :)
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squeasy

  • Joined Jan 2012
    • North Yorkshire
Re: First lamb
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2012, 01:56:45 pm »
He is lovely  :-)
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: First lamb
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2012, 03:19:12 am »
What a smasher.   :love:
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Tilly

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • "Possibilities and miracles mean the same thing"
Re: First lamb
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2012, 08:28:39 am »

He is a very handsome little chap  :love:
Well done Remy  :wave:
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MrsJ

  • Joined Jan 2009
Re: First lamb
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2012, 07:12:03 pm »
That's just too cute! ;D
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