Is there anything more annoying...

Nithsdale · Apr 20, 2019

Ah the joys of being finished lambing, these problems are but a memory for me

Had 2 ewes reject one of their lambs this year. I'd rather that, than ewes lambing with no milk

Wishful Thinker · Apr 20, 2019

Ewe lying on her lamb in a big pen, now that’s annoying.

lim x · Apr 20, 2019

Calf that won't suck the teat or the bottle and would sooner starve itself to death.

twizzel · Apr 20, 2019

Had a cow steal another calf this year whilst calving then reject its own when it was born

did get there in the end and she loves her own calf now but many choice words said in the process

neilo · Apr 20, 2019

Wishful Thinker said:
Ewe lying on her lamb in a big pen, now that’s annoying.

Is it more annoying if the lie on them in the field though? :scratchhead:

Found one squished between the ewe and a gatepost one morning.

Sheepfog · Apr 20, 2019

livestock 1 said:
No. I still can not sort this problem out. Had a few done it too

Had 2 ewes do that at the start of lambing that a spell in stocks didn’t cure.

So the when another one did it I swapped her lambs with lambs from another ewe that was already in the stocks and after a few days bingo!

M-J-G · Apr 20, 2019

Northeastfarmer said:
than a ewe that rejects one of its own lambs

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Sharpy · Apr 20, 2019

than whining farmers complaining about a lack of rain after 10 dry days.

Northeastfarmer · Apr 20, 2019

Sharpy said:
than whining farmers complaining about a lack of rain after 10 dry days.

10 days? I can’t remember the last time it rained

Sharpy · Apr 20, 2019

It last rained here on Monday or Tuesday, and I am already hearing "its too dry"!

Northeastfarmer · Apr 20, 2019

Sharpy said:
It last rained here on Monday or Tuesday, and I am already hearing "its too dry"!

Lucky you, you must live in a wet hole

Sharpy · Apr 20, 2019

Northeastfarmer said:
Lucky you, you must live in a wet hole

Lucky you, you must live in a dry hole! Grass is always greener.............

Northeastfarmer · Apr 20, 2019

Sharpy said:
Lucky you, you must live in a dry hole! Grass is always greener.............

It won’t be green much longer if it doesn’t get a nights rain

Nithsdale · Apr 20, 2019

Sharpy said:
than whining farmers complaining about a lack of rain after 10 dry days.

Hmmm we haven't had any notable rain for a month now. The burns and ditches are bone dry and the ground is getting very hard.
I'm in SW Scotland - so normally a 'wetter' area of the country.

Sorry but yes, it is too dry.

Gulli · Apr 20, 2019

neilo said:
Is it more annoying if the lie on them in the field though? Found one squished between the ewe and a gatepost one morning.

I had one lie on twins in the middle of a 6 acre field last year

hendrebc · Apr 20, 2019

When you fall out with the dog and she runs off leaving you to move sheep by yourself

And then you wish you hadn't shouted at her and told her she was a useless because she let a lamb run the wrong way because she really isn't useless. She reminds me every time she does her run away trick

I usually have to go to the yard and get her and be her best friend again damn dog knows exactly what she is doing

Poorbuthappy · Apr 20, 2019

hendrebc said:
When you fall out with the dog and she runs off leaving you to move sheep by yourself
And then you wish you hadn't shouted at her and told her she was a useless because she let a lamb run the wrong way because she really isn't useless. She reminds me every time she does her run away trick
I usually have to go to the yard and get her and be her best friend again damn dog knows exactly what she is doing

Mrs PBH asked if I wrote that when I read it out

Though I've avoided shouting at her pretty much, but she still manages to disappear on a regular basis.
She probably thinks "Useless" is her name now though!
Really missing my old boy, and he really misses coming out with me. The spirit is willing but the body is weak.

livestock 1 · Apr 20, 2019

Sheepfog said:
Had 2 ewes do that at the start of lambing that a spell in stocks didn’t cure.

So the when another one did it I swapped her lambs with lambs from another ewe that was already in the stocks and after a few days bingo!

You did well! Pays not to try to understand these things that go on in a sheeps head

glensman · Apr 20, 2019

livestock 1 said:
No. I still can not sort this problem out. Had a few done it too

It can mostly be solved, but it takes a bit of work. Put the whole outfit in a large bonding pen and hurdle off one corner to keep the lambs behind. Let the lambs out to suck every 4 or 5 hours and then straight behind the hurdle again( you will have to hold the ewe obviously for the first couple of days but after that they tend to stand, she might need threatened with a bit of alkathene. ) After 3-5 days put the ewe in an outhouse or handling pens on her own for half an hour or so, then put the lambs in with her. It works if you're prepared to put up with the hassle.

neilo · Apr 20, 2019

glensman said:
It can mostly be solved, but it takes a bit of work. Put the whole outfit in a large bonding pen and hurdle off one corner to keep the lambs behind. Let the lambs out to suck every 4 or 5 hours and then straight behind the hurdle again( you will have to hold the ewe obviously for the first couple of days but after that they tend to stand, she might need threatened with a bit of alkathene. ) After 3-5 days put the ewe in an outhouse or handling pens on her own for half an hour or so, then put the lambs in with her. It works if you're prepared to put up with the hassle.

Sounds like fun.
However, I would suggest it depends on the breed too, some being more amenable than others. I rarely failed with the Texel crosses, but once their Highlander descendants decide one of the lambs isn’t theirs, that’s it.
Had three this year that had one lamb wander off to another ewe when they were being licked, two of them only for 5-10 minutes. They’ve all ended up going out of the messabout pens with one.

I won’t be culling them for it though, and would expect them to be fine next year.

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