Author Topic: Orphans out! (Read 3148 times)

Llandovery Lass · « **on:** May 02, 2011, 12:26:58 pm »

Yesterday we finished the fencing and have just let fifteen of them out. They can have the bucket night and morning for a while as their creep and hay is in the shed. I hope they will be so used to coming in and out I'll have no trouble catching any of them if I need to. Meg our Colie is very excited, will have to keep a close watch.

princesspiggy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2011, 04:57:56 pm »

did u have 15 orphans?

Llandovery Lass · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2011, 06:02:29 pm »

20 no ewes (it's a long story), phew, I'm hopeless, they are all back in for the night, tucking into the shepherdess, will I really be able to wean them, they were bleating as if I'd given them nothing to eat.

ellisr · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2011, 07:25:40 pm »

be strong and you will know the day when they don't need milk normally a couple of weeks after you see them eating grass properly. Mine have always been between 7 and 9 weeks when the interest in the milk bucket has not been as strong so I take them to milk at night only and then a week later I phase that out. From them being young I take another bucket with me along with the milk bucket it has a coule of handfuls of creep or ewe nuts in and I shake it and call so they get used to the sound and associate it with food so I can get them in or check them. It also puts them in good stead for when they go in with the flock as that is how I bring them down to be checked.

andywalt · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2011, 04:52:26 pm »

Any photos, we would all like to see them !!! PLEASE

Crazyhorse · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2011, 05:32:22 pm »

Llandovery Lass has asked me to post these two short clips of the wild bunch !
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andywalt · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2011, 10:36:06 pm »

great to see a little film of them cheers !!!!

houndsfield · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2011, 12:18:07 am »

nice to hear someone else has orphans

, l have 40 of them my do the same, l have them out bucket morning and night and creep and water ad lib,
in at night but they are free to go out in the night if they so wish,.