ZacB 110 Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 Missed this thread previously........Hope all goes well. Not at your scale but all done & dusted here. 9 ram/7 ewe lambs from 9 Hampshire ewes. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 48 minutes ago, ZacB said: Missed this thread previously........Hope all goes well. Not at your scale but all done & dusted here. 9 ram/7 ewe lambs from 9 Hampshire ewes. Thats a good ewe:lamb ratio! Hampshire tup? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZacB 110 Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 Yes to the Hamp tup as its a pedigree flock. Started on the 5th Dec, last one dropped on the 29th. Weighing on a weekly basis, largest lambs now hitting 17kgs! Always amazing how fast they get up & grow! Hope your lambing goes smoothly 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Didn't want anyone accusing me of racism!!! Edited January 15, 2020 by BenBhoy 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Showtime. Set of twins & single. The single had been suffering with TLD, so nice to get positive result. Moved to mothering up pens, check mum has plenty colostrum & leave them to get to know each other!! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,711 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Lovely stuff, and now the madness starts 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 It's a tough job but someone has to do it (until half term anyway!!) Disclaimer: other brands of pop are available!! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,711 Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Every time my missus goes near the farm she would barge any kids out the way to feed the pet lambs and always wants to take them home ( she is 34 years old) it never stops her having it for her Sunday dinner 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 22 minutes ago, Stavross said: Every time my missus goes near the farm she would barge any kids out the way to feed the pet lambs and always wants to take them home ( she is 34 years old) it never stops her having it for her Sunday dinner Aye, everyone loves doing it mid afternoon but for some reason im the only daft twat warming milk at 2 in the morning!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) One of the most annoying things at lambing is when a ewe rejects her lamb for no good reason. This little lamb was rejected two days ago & been on bottle. This morning one of the single bearing ewes looked like lambing so I grabbed the reject & a bucket!! Quick bath in some amniotic soup and "congratulations you had twins"! Edited January 24, 2020 by BenBhoy 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 How many are we lambing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,352 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 14/12/2019 at 19:30, W. Katchum said: What you feed them on right up until lambing mate? I got to be honest I hate lambing, much prefer working with cows an calf’s, we spread out calf’s out all year, much less of a rush an hassle Looks just like thee 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 130 January/February and 200something in April, depends how they scan next month. Edited February 7, 2020 by BenBhoy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,479 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 some nice pics there 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted February 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Lambing definitely in full swing now, had some really good lambs but also some lows (bloody triplet ewe managed to kill herself under a hayrack!) Couple of prolapse that needed strapping up but so far (huge wood touch!) going pretty well this year. Another day done on the farm. Edited February 4, 2020 by BenBhoy 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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