Ha just doubting myself a ewe was worth 0.7 of a livestock unit wasn’t it with sheep quotaSmall ewe with a single![]()
Ha just doubting myself a ewe was worth 0.7 of a livestock unit wasn’t it with sheep quotaSmall ewe with a single![]()
I have 4x 0.7 pens, usually filled with loose straw but if things get tight a single can go in them no problem, especially if out within hoursHow many do you put in the 0.7 of a pen?
Untill you need to take something to the mart that morning…Cattle trailers always a good backup
2013in the snow I had six ewes and their lambs in stock box and one in the telehandler bucket
Never crossed my mind using a trailer, yet if something isn’t actually ill here it’s sent out soon after birth.That’s one thing I certainly don’t miss about indoor lambing. Back home we used to have two IW trailers with decks in. We always seemed to have a stage when there were 8 ewes and their lambs top and bottom in both, after we’d run out of all the other nooks & crannies we could ram them.![]()
Never crossed my mind using a trailer, yet if something isn’t actually ill here it’s sent out soon after birth.
I do have a serious amount of shelter.
Exhibit A show’s lambs 24 hrs up to 2 weeks old not far from the cliffs taking full brunt of the storm.
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What storm? The sun’s out.![]()
Yes lambing inside seems to be unfashionable but my Dad can help inside but outside he strugglesWe lamb outside, start mid March, 80 ewes, I made a couple of pens last year, used one. That was exceptional though but any ewe that draws attention to herself is gone asap. I'm getting too old to catch ewes in trouble.
That's how I lamb as well. Most years I don't touch more than 1 or 2, just patrol round looking for any stuck ones.We lamb outside, start mid March, 80 ewes, I made a couple of pens last year, used one. That was exceptional though but any ewe that draws attention to herself is gone asap. I'm getting too old to catch ewes in trouble.
What month?I have about 38 pens for 650 ewes. All lambed inside over 8 weeks
That year our neighbours had to put some in the garage scraping the barrel then2013in the snow I had six ewes and their lambs in stock box and one in the telehandler bucket
650 in 100x30?? Iv got a 160x35 and 200 in the f**kerStart 20th of march. All in one 100x30 Polytunnel. It can get tight at times