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Great stuff 😊 I think the SE has had a very good lambing overall when speaking to people. At least compared to last year! Lamb outside and we were wet here, but mild, and most of the rain seemed to come in the middle of the night when lambs had sorted themselves out. Think I'm at 5% here, last...

That 1 lamb must be f**king good if so...thats the genetics you want.

90 lambs and you lost 1? Fair play if so!

This year was roughly: Singles at 8 per acre Twins at 3.5 per acre Triplets all lambed indoors. Some fields held well with that number, some really didn't. Funnily enough those with the least grass seem to have the best lambs right now 🥴 Rested from December, but having such a mild winter...

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Yes, I'd find this much more work.

Mismothering because with drift lambing, you're probably stocking them tighter than you would if set stocked. We had very little mismothering this year compared to before when drift lambing. I found more sheep were breach/mispresented, which I assumed was because I was pushing them from field...

Also...your last 2 points will make the biggest difference if you've not done that before. To the point you may be wondering what to do with yourself.

All depends how much grass you have, and how much you can space out your ewes, but I've stopped any drift lambing as I personally found it caused problems in those that hadn't yet lambed. If you could set stock for the whole of lambing that just saves another job.

I do. Lamb alongside everyone else, and as they're such good mums, they do it very well. Last year lost a few to the weather, but not significantly more than any other breed on farm. Again, would say their only issue for lambing outside is more stuck lambs when with the wrong tup, and...

Milky, attentive mums that produce a great quality lamb. Milk off their backs but bounce back easily. Only issue imo is can tend to get a few more hung lambs if to the wrong tup, and can steal a few lambs at lambing if not spaced out. I'd love a flock of them, but very £££ and I prefer to not...

Sheep wool works well, but you need to lay it down very thick. Otherwise you're just giving the grass/weeds underneath a massive boost.

Normally leave triplets on here, but will give them best grass and creep too. Only leave on if she is milking well at the start and in good condition. More mastitis, but easier to spot as feeding them, and normally have 3 good/ok lambs at the end of it. Check often and lift one of she is...

Probably easiest thing to bring iodine up when close to lambing is a topical iodine. Mayo sell one and it's dirt cheap. If it's a chronic problem like here, the flexidine injection is a longer term solution, but more expensive. Iodine normally takes a few weeks for blood test results vs. other...

Not entirely sure where you are @paul&mandy, but it looks like you may be weald-ish part of the world, in which case it's worthwhile looking at the Iodine, as it's already quite an issue for most in the area, let alone off turnips. We have lambed them not long off turnips and iodine has caused...

That's great, thank you. Annoyingly I've already bought all my Footvax for this year as it was such a pig to get last year, so I may have 2 x too much 😅 We're not a nice farm for sheeps feet, and have a lot of issues regardless of their breeding, but Footvax keeps a bit of lid on it thankfully.

Sorry to pull it slightly off topic, but does this reduce the reaction a lot? Had some pretty nasty looking injection points this year from Footvax....and half the flock seems to go lame for 2 weeks after 😓

They definitely don't need to be double sheared, although they will be very wooly after 12 months. Have sheared late August here for the last couple of years and that has worked well so far. I should have sheared ewe lambs with them but didn't get round to it. My question for others on the...

I'm sure it could be a number of things, but it sounds like it could be a trapped pelvic nerve. I believe that when lambs are sitting in an awkward position it can sit on a nerve that stops her from being able to stand. I've had it before and just supported the ewe with a harness with food and...

Yes pretty honest about it, and breeders will be up front about those that haven't been improved and those that have, also what they have been improved with and how many generations prior. The differences are quite stark, but there is a market for both more or less traditional types, and proud...