[tizaala]

Just when you think you can relax a bit , you've got them through the winter ok, you've got them lambed ok, sheering all done, and everything seems to be on track . Then this morning Gabi went out to check on the stock and was missing a lamb, she found it with it's head in the fence , neck broken stiff as a board, it must have been stuck all night poor thing.
She was one of our best breeding and was line 1 significant stock, sods law strikes again.

[Haylo-peapod]

Heartbreaking - so sorry 

[woollyval]

 

[suziequeue]

Oh hhow frustrating. Sorry to hear that

[Brucklay]

Oh no that's terrible - we've had some in the past do 'head in fence' trick, seemed to be every moring for a spell, then they sort of grew out of it. So far none of the lambs have done it (touching wood as I type)

[jaykay]

Oh no, how sickening. I'm sorry 

[Mammyshaz]

That's so sad 

[omnipeasant]

Oh no!!
What a shame.
Hope she left a ewe lamb Doug.

[tizaala]

Unfortunately she was a single lamb , we will repeat the mating next year  , have to keep an eye on mums bag for a while now. Thanks for everyones sympathy.

[SteveHants]

I've been putting up some stock mesh on some places with bigger squares which the manufacturers claim that lambs don't get hung up in. Seems to work so far, but the bigger mesh does mean there is a longer stage at which they can jump through the holes.......


Swings and roundabouts? I dunno.

[in the hills]

   sorry

[Pedwardine]

So sorry.

[Fleecewife]

Oh poor little thing.  What a bummer.  We have never had one actually break its neck - she must have struggled and jumped, or been biffed by another sheep     Isn't it always the best ones which we lose.

[SallyintNorth]

So sorry to hear about your lamb, tiz.    That's really bad luck to have it break its neck.

[moprabbit]

So sorry to hear about your lamb.