[princesspiggy]

so when do u all put your ram out with the ewes?


and who tups the ewe lambs?


just wondering 

[jaykay]

In on 5th Nov, start lambing on 1st April 

No, I don't tup gimmer lambs deliberately. Mind you, one little madam was in with the tups this aftenoon, so who knows 

[Fleecewife]

As Jaykay says - except my little tarts would have to jump several fences and cross the road to get to the fellas 
 
And hereabouts we call our female lambs 'ewe lambs' then 'ewe hoggs', and 'gimmers' are shearling ewes.   Designed to be confusing     Probably a couple of miles up the road they call them something else.......

[shep53]

X EWES 10th nov    DRAFT HILL  20th nov        HILL  28th nov    only serve the largest x ewe lambs over 38 kg

[RichStaffs]

Ewes this saturday the 15th, (teasers in for 2 weeks previously). Ewe lambs (over 42kg) mid Oct.

[Old Shep]

And hereabouts we call our female lambs 'ewe lambs' then 'ewe hoggs', and 'gimmers' are shearling ewes.   Designed to be confusing     Probably a couple of miles up the road they call them something else.......

Well a few miles down the road ( I think) female lambs are gimmer lambs, ewe hoggs are just hoggs (as opposed to tup hoggs) and shearling ewe are just shearings.  Yes confusing..

[wellies]

1st week in October, although hubby wants them in a few weeks earlier this year think he's feeling sorry for the ewes who keep batting their eye lashes at the boys over the fence... little tarts that they are 

[jaykay]

Ours are gimmer lambs, gimmer hoggs, gimmer shearings, yows.

[domsmith]

20th November ish.

All ewe lambs we choose for replacements will be tupped, mismothering is the only problem we ever have. this year so far i intend to tup 40+lambs as i try to quickly increase my numbers.

Last year i also tupped 20 of my neighbours ewe lammbs . he allowed them to jump a wall and join my tups. he came around to check them, couldnt find them so just left! i then had to go and seperate them and put them back. he knew where they were but couldnt be bothered to go and get them. he then complained to me about them being in lamb! all good humoured in the end.

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[Foobar]

Beginning of October to lamb beginning of March.  Ewe lambs will be over 35kg so will be tupped also, probably a week into tupping, depending on how well the ewes are being covered - I need a tight lambing period.
(Breed: BWM, Location: Lowland South Wales)

[jaykay]

Talking about a tight tupping time, I need mine to be a fortnight. So I was wondering about sponging. Anyone done it?

[Pasture Farm]

ours will be 2 weeks time   approx    bit later than last year   but hopefully earlier than april lambing    depending on how many stragglers
 

[Mallows Flock]

Well, as mine are usually shearlings 4 tooth or 8 tooth ewes to tup, I normally go for  October (mid) for mid march lambing as the weather here is better then that we have had all summer (South West here) A couple of mine were born right at the end of feb last year... coldish nights but strong sun during the day and DRY! One Shetland didn't lamb til July this year! 2 1/2 years old! I was convinced she was barren! 3 tups later.......................!

[colliewoman]

I tup the end of November cos I don't like lambing in the cold
I do tup ewe lambs if they are big enough, but mainly cos a neighbor keeps a ram the size of a small house and he is always trying to get to my teeny tiny ladies. If they are going to get tupped, they will get tupped to something small NOT to that great beast of a sheep

[hexhammeasure]

ours go in on either the 18th or 26th september depending on which sale has good tups, we will use 3 colours changed every 12 days. any ewes tupped showing the last colour will be sold so we will only lamb for 24 days max