[vfr400boy]

So my fist pet lambs are 6 and 5,5 weeks old I stopped the milk on Friday night and put them out on grass yesterday,  court them and put them back in the stable last night with creep and hay , put them back out on grass this morning,  but tonight trying to catch them was very hard I now have some skin missing from my knee and I can confirm the electric fence works as I got a belt to the face , I can laff about it now at the time I was not happy,  my question is can I leave the lambs out all night, they have a 6ft fence on 2 sides of the pen to stop some wind etc , or am I best putting away for a week or so ?

[vfr400boy]

They are a good size

[twizzel]

If they’ve got their creep and maybe some hay they should be fine out. The weather is dry... it’s the wind and rain they don’t like 

[SallyintNorth]

It's also foxes, badgers and dogs they need protection from, as they don't have a flock to protect them.  But if the fencing is fox proof on all sides then they will be fine out.  They should have a rain shelter though - again, no mum to put them in a sheltered spot and use her body to protect them from the elements.  A tin roof well strapped down over a few hay or straw bales as walls is fine.

It's always easier to get them to come to you than to try to catch them or chase them.  Get them used to you giving them creep, get them to follow you with the bucket.  Feed them inside sometimes and in different places outside, so they have to follow you and the bucket.

[vfr400boy]

No one side is not fox proof so I will keep putting them in for a week or so

[vfr400boy]

Putting lambs to bed today was very easy and stress free , I just walked them in to 3 hurdles and trapped them in i don't know why i did not do that before 

[vfr400boy]

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  My big zwartble ewe lamb ( shes massive and strong ) has started opening her mouth lots and wobbling her jaw lots , she's still eating and drinking from mum loads , just wondering what it is , I thort shed been stung at first but she's still doing it tonight,  I have had a look in her mouth and can't see anything?

[twizzel]

No idea I’m afraid. You could always get the vet to look at her if she’s still doing it today

[vfr400boy]

Yes I will check her again tonight at tea time and see what she's doing,  hope she's OK as u would like to keep her

[vfr400boy]

Shes not moving her mouth now , so am thinking it was nettles or brambles thats upset her a bit ,

[vfr400boy]

Had my fist attempt at shearing yesterday good job they no mirrors in the feild ha

[shep53]

Looks ok all fairly even , you need to look for and cut the rise in the fleece , imagine a hair brush the back of the brush is the sheeps skin  and any hair on the top of the tines is the main fleece , you want to cut right through the middle of the tines this is refered to as the rise

[vfr400boy]

My littel small holding is growing buy another acre of grass land , found a small well fenced paddock to graze only 5 mins from home its got a good stock fence and thick hedge around it so am very pleased,  not been grazed this year so lots of grass for the remaining lambs
       

[vfr400boy]

Just taken our ewes to a farm in the next village,  they are in with his flock of mules and a texel and a charollais tup so fingers crossed for some lambs end of march

[vfr400boy]

My lad is a shepherd in the nursery play , he's been doing some practice ha ha