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    roseshep replied to the thread Outside lambing mortality.
    They are but as soon as the lambs get to that 3 week stage they start to die. All the lambs get ovivac and ewes etc heptavac.
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    roseshep reacted to ladycrofter's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    Doesn't help when it's bitterly cold. Snowing here yesterday. Sun today but baltic wind. This specimen came in on the ambulance...
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    roseshep reacted to Nithsdale's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    The wee bit feed is just to ensure some milk It's always the ones you try and be kinder to, turn round and give you the big 🖕 wishing...
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    roseshep reacted to neilo's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    The 3 week minimum is for lambs from vaccinated ewes. If you do them before 3 weeks then they say the antibody reaction is impaired from...
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    roseshep reacted to neilo's post in the thread sh!t lambing with Haha Haha.
    Another Highlander/Easydam/bitser type?🤐 How much extra will the wool be making, having fine wool?
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    roseshep reacted to Nithsdale's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    Starve the singles from scanning onwards. I used to put hi-energy buckets at them from scanning but don't bother, just feed 1/2lb of my...
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    roseshep replied to the thread Outside lambing mortality.
    We’ve got mainly Aberfield x Welsh which I like, lambs are pretty wooly but they don’t feel the cold and hit the ground running. The...
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    roseshep replied to the thread Outside lambing mortality.
    Ahh I was nervous to vaccinate them before the 3 week mark. nothing more frustrating then picking up your best lambs dead!
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    roseshep reacted to neilo's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    Useful to get rid of the empties, but even more useful to be able to restrict the intakes for the singles imo. Overconditioned singles...
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    roseshep reacted to Hill Ground's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    I'm not sure from the OP if they think their losses are to high, but I think lambing a young flock like that, your loses will be higher...
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    roseshep reacted to SleepyHollow's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    Lambing that many young ewes outside in one go is going to be tough. My ylgs needed more help than my hogs but different tup is what I'm...
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    roseshep reacted to tinsheet's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    I just do a count up after I selling the last my lambs, take it away from the scanning results. Saved getting depressed during lambing.
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    roseshep reacted to andybk's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    I would half expect more losses , especially hoggs this year due to the cold winter , and high worm counts, in ewes late last autumn...
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    roseshep replied to the thread Outside lambing mortality.
    Just trying to establish what is good/bad, at the moment we're sitting at 10% today and coming to the end of the first cycle but....that...
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    roseshep reacted to egbert's post in the thread Outside lambing mortality with Like Like.
    Don't scan...just notice how many sheep are annually sold off the farm if I am looking
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