Thanks for the replies - yes I guess the work starts here been mucking the pens out today, great feeling I agree, especially seeing all these bundles of fun bouncing around the yard & into everything
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Pouring with rain here & very windy what a change in the weather yet again, temperature is also up..."
or is it just the mucking out" !We have put the ewes & lambs that is apart from the last ewe & twins all together now in a stable with the option of venturing out if they wish on to an enclosed yard.
I suppose I will have to think about when to take them all back up to the land its quite high up where the land is so will be very exposed & susceptible to wild weather up in the mountains so will have to time it right, when do you think about putting ewes & lambs out if they have been inside?
My thought was to keep here for a couple of weeks then heptavac before putting out ?
I have been worming, feet trimming with all the ewes a few days following them lambing, so will have to get up there to do the same with the ram & wether & rest of the flock. The ram has been on loan but we do have the option of buying at a good price I think, we will have to put him to only half of the flock next year so weighing up our options but he is obviously 100% working order
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Very pleased with the Torddu & all have been great mothers so far maybe this is true of all mountain breeds for example higher percentage as in no assistance or have I just been very lucky
Chris