Author Topic: I'm gonna make you jealous (Read 3745 times)

hexhammeasure · « **on:** March 21, 2012, 11:23:37 pm »

We lambed our 60 ewes from start to finish in 21 days... yep thats 3 weeks!!!the usual problems head only head and 1 leg, 2 coming together and not wanting to mother the lamb but they are all skipping round the field happy as larry now!!

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2012, 02:30:01 am »

Congratulations

- cherish it, it'll never happen again!

Pasture Farm · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2012, 02:49:56 am »

tizaala · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2012, 07:13:14 am »

Well done you, we are still waiting for our final 2 to arrive . just had a chat with our neighbour and he's just picked up 12 dead lambs with contagious abortion, very sad.

smudger · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2012, 09:29:53 am »

So come on then, spill the beans, how did you do it (even if never to be repeated)

Rosemary · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2012, 10:06:17 am »

Congratulations

VSS · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2012, 10:19:23 am »

Quote from: smudger on March 22, 2012, 09:29:53 am

how did you do it

Good tupping management is the key to compact lambing. Or you only leave the rams in for three weeks.

Rosemary · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2012, 10:33:24 am »

Did all the ewes who went to the tup produce lambs?

Mays · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2012, 11:54:57 am »

did you use a teaser first?

hexhammeasure · « **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2012, 01:13:09 pm »

We have changed our tupping times from january to march as we are reducing the pedigree flock and increasing the mules. the idea was that we would put the tups in for 6 weeks and sell the late lambers as run with tup. Unfortunately they all got tupped in 3 weeks and none returned! (you could say the secret is to plan for a 6 week lambing the ewes will do anything to confound any plans you make!!) we also used 3 tups on the 60, 2 have always run together and get anxious if they were seperated anyway and a new tup for the remainder. We had 1 ewe slip her lambs and 2 ewes that had a difficult lambing last year didn't even come into season so they will be going into retirement

Moleskins · « **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2012, 11:28:27 pm »

Quote from: tizaala on March 22, 2012, 07:13:14 am

Well done you, we are still waiting for our final 2 to arrive . just had a chat with our neighbour and he's just picked up 12 dead lambs with contagious abortion, very sad.

Do you know your posts are miles long?