[sokel]

TBH I dont know where he is getting in, We have a 4ft dry stone wall the whole length of the field with stock fencing running at the top sticking up 2 foot above the wall .
When we go in to get him out he has to be caught as he cant get out himself 
All I can think is he is getting  out onto the road and then coming up our drive and over the fence.
I am tempted to put them into the other front field so that there is a field and a drive between them but it means mine cant go in on a night, something they have always done 

[jaykay]

I had a naughty little lamb who kept escaping the last couple of weeks - eventually found the spot, marked by the telltale tufts of wool stuck on the wire 

[SallyintNorth]

What is the chances of  5 month old Tup lambs getting an almost 6 month old ewe lamb pregnant ?

If he's with her when she cycles, very high indeed. Our girls mostly aren't ready at 6 months, it's usually another month or so before they start to cycle - but I certainly wouldn't bank on that!

[ballingall]

Sokol,


 What we did for years when was we kept 3-4 breeding ewes who lambed each year, but then we would get 3-4 orphan lambs as well. The boy lambs all were castrated every year and went- either to market for meat and we would get a couple slaughtered for us and put in the freezer. The females, depending on how many there were and how nice they were, we might keep to join the flock, or also send to market. We were once given a pure texel orphan ewe lamb and her brother, and we kept her and bred from her every year. When we sold all the sheep eventually, she went as a breeding ewe and we got quite a lot of money for her..... Not bad for a free lamb!


Beth