Author Topic: Still no lambs !  (Read 3353 times)

Fosterlambfarm

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Muirkirk
Still no lambs !
« on: April 05, 2013, 04:42:36 pm »
 Been advertising for lambs for a bit now and still no luck. Such a shame it's the best part of the year. Oh well guess il need ti wait till next year  :(
C mccrossan, foster lamb farm

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Still no lambs !
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2013, 05:26:45 pm »
Out of interest - how many were you wanting to rear, and what system do you use?
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Fosterlambfarm

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Muirkirk
Re: Still no lambs !
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2013, 06:48:50 pm »
around 30-40 and cold adlib feeders. use bottles for the first week just to know there sucking well and can keep a close eye on them after that creep pellets are put in and a 6 teat adlib goes in but still under close watch.
C mccrossan, foster lamb farm

sokel

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • S W northumberland
Re: Still no lambs !
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2013, 10:25:14 pm »
Plenty of lambs around, just not in your area . Down here they are either smack in the middle of lambing or dont start untill next week. Our friend has had 17 cade/orphans so far  and not even half way through lambing  :-\
Graham

allyb

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Still no lambs !
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2013, 10:30:43 pm »
Try Caledonian marts in Stirling we were offered some last week  :)

SteveHants

  • Joined Aug 2011
Re: Still no lambs !
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2013, 12:06:50 am »
Don't the outdoor lambers hold off till about May time up there?


Plenty of time yet. I'm in the south and I haven't started yet.

zarzar

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • kent
  • Z.Glenfield :)
Re: Still no lambs !
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2013, 08:48:14 am »
we where looking for some for a while down here in somerset and now keep getting calls lol depends when everyone lambing
1 cat,2 thoroughbred horses,1 dog, handfull of bird various types and hoping to get sheep again

Fosterlambfarm

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Muirkirk
Re: Still no lambs !
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2013, 09:16:37 am »
Just need to hope I get something. I got 5 Monday night from minishant 5 week old tip lambs but need more
C mccrossan, foster lamb farm

firemansam

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: Still no lambs !
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2013, 05:11:12 pm »
loads available in Buxton Derbyshire, I picked up 4 for £10 each saturday, he had 30 left and is still lambing!

 

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