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With most ewes it works well for me, you get the odd ewe that won’t let milk down, or it’s like pure glue etc.. if I did a lot indoor or big teated ewes I wouldn’t be without it.No but will get one if people recommend them.
With most ewes it works well for me, you get the odd ewe that won’t let milk down, or it’s like pure glue etc.. if I did a lot indoor or big teated ewes I wouldn’t be without it.No but will get one if people recommend them.
We have a line of Welsh ewes and their maternal cross offslring we call 'tethi mawr' (big tits!). They end up with cow udders that wont fit in lambs mouths no matter what we do with them. Got so bad we've stopped keeping replacements off themHad a similar problem last year with ewes on rocket fuel haylage and too much cake. This year they're on meadow hay and have had very little cake. Milk supply good and no cow udders. Couldn't justify cake spend and went for better grass management. Hopefully I've learnt my lesson on overfeeding cake and using grass as a cheaper alternative.
Mine are in rye grass silage that’s good enough for milking cows, last year ewes had no milk at all so this is much better.Had a similar problem last year with ewes on rocket fuel haylage and too much cake. This year they're on meadow hay and have had very little cake. Milk supply good and no cow udders. Couldn't justify cake spend and went for better grass management. Hopefully I've learnt my lesson on overfeeding cake and using grass as a cheaper alternative.
I must have had ewes from the same gene pool! Welsh ewes gave the most problems...think you need to not overfeed them - being mountain sheepWe have a line of Welsh ewes and their maternal cross offslring we call 'tethi mawr' (big tits!). They end up with cow udders that wont fit in lambs mouths no matter what we do with them. Got so bad we've stopped keeping replacements off them
We do try and hold them back they are up here till late March and lamb indoors 15 April onwards.I must have had ewes from the same gene pool! Welsh ewes gave the most problems...think you need to not overfeed them - being mountain sheep
Yours are proper mountain sheep...mine live a comparative easy life on mini lowland hills and are used as stock for mules.We do try and hold them back they are up here till late March and lamb indoors 15 April onwards.View attachment 1024353
Same as my welsh ewes, it hard to keep them on poor enough ground down here but do produce 1.3 lambs for almost no cost or effort.Yours are proper mountain sheep...mine live a comparative easy life on mini lowland hills and are used as stock for mules.
Got my first SWM ewes as drafts from above Bedlinog...hard as nails and do really well on easier ground.Same as my welsh ewes, it hard to keep them on poor enough ground down here but do produce 1.3 lambs for almost no cost or effort.
Its just a hand suction pump you leave on the teat and slowly milks her out into a bottle
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Not my hand btw!
Lovely country.We do try and hold them back they are up here till late March and lamb indoors 15 April onwards.View attachment 1024353
It is nice, were lucky to get to live and work here.Lovely country.
I'd be tempted to lamb the singles up there.
I hate them with a vengeance (or maybe it's just the one that I have )
After it had strangled it's second lamb, I hung it up in the shed and went back to using a bit of rope like we used to do in the olden days
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I went on holiday to Scotland in September and took the Mrs to a calf sale at Portree in the pouring rain- she loved it!She was all for it until I said we’d have too plan it so we were there while 1 of the big store sales was on Then I got the “do you ever stop thinking about f**king work for 5 minutes?!”
Unfortunately probably no coincidence. I would get some Alamycin into the rest ASAPGlad it’s not just me by looks of it, due date for our next lot is Sunday, first proper live lambs today. But had hell of a lot of trouble with abortion in bunch of ewe hoggs. Probably 20-25 so far out of 180 ish. Probably complete coincidence but no problem at all until I notice couple of neighbours ewes that had aborted (black bloody manky tail type abortion) up against the fence next to ours , and now all hells broken lose in them .