- Location
- Lancashire
Bringing mine in this week, grounds very wet, due early March and hopefully there'll be abit more bite when they go out with there lambs
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7 weeks before lambing - too early to get them in?
- Thread starter james-stephens2014
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rather than not lambing well its more to with a certain amount of exercise/movement being naturally good for their metabolism, that's not a myth,its good stockmanship, good feed/ healthy metabolism keeps away metabolic disorders like Twin lamb disease,in the later stages.
just letting them out into a yard area whilst feeders are filled can help, as well enough space indoors will help.
if its wet i would house if you have space as if it dries up(
( which it doesn't normally do at this time of year generally speaking) they could always be turned out again for awhile.sounds like a lot o conc.even atm but them i suppose they are big ewes, just be aware of prolapse possibility.
best bit about housing asap will be less poaching from now on then more grass in early spring, (thats if we can use it
)So i would say as soon as they are reasonably dry on their backs,yes House.
M-J-G
Member
Triplets start at 0.1kg 8 weeks pre lambing building up to 0.8kg 1 week before.
Twins start start at 0.1kg 6 weeks pre lambing built up to 0.6 1 week before.
Singles get nothing until the come in to lamb, and then all they get is a dusting to keep the quiet while the rest get fed.
Ewes come in 2 weeks before lambing when they get hay, whilst outside they don't get forage but fields usually have some green to keep them nibbling.
Concentrate is made up of cracked barley, soya and SB shreds, mixed to 18%.
No energy licks, just mineral buckets.
farmerm
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- Location
- Shropshire
I don't have much bedding in the barn... mine are staying out a while longer.
- Location
- northumberland
about 700 housed here last week, scanned last thursday 198% due to lamb mid march
Christ some of you lot like work [emoji15] brought my twins in yesterday, due too start lambing Friday ... singles will come in Thursday [emoji15] singles on 0.15kg a head and twins on 0.5kg a head triplets on 0.75 a head... twins and triplets got life line buckets and hay
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I get mine inside 6 to 7 weeks before lambing find it better to cake them inside lamb in April. Wouldn't dare feed as much cake as you but you probably have bigger sheep than me
The sheep dipper man
Member
- Location
- north east
I brought 1000 ewes inside last week bloody wet here qas making a hell of a mess feeding outside so thought save the grass and bring them in. Got them on 16%lick buckets and good quality hay.
They look happ to be inside already and i dont blame them so would i!.
They look happ to be inside already and i dont blame them so would i!.
Iv no other option here unless i reduce sheep numbers down to 30 or 40. If they didn’t come inside and give fields longer rest I wouldn’t have a bite of grass till well into April or spend money on early fertiliser
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
If mine weren’t grazing roots (in the mud, obviously) and had to winter on grass, then I’d have them in a shed from Christmas. Planning on housing the late Feb/March lambing pedigree flock at the beginning of Feb, but only as there’s no room for them before then.
) and had to winter on grass, then I’d have them in a shed from Christmas. Planning on housing the late Feb/March lambing pedigree flock at the beginning of Feb, but only as there’s no room for them before then.
No winter grazing around you? 25-30p a ewe too be outside on some nice lush silage ground all winter is a damn sight cheaper than keeping sheep indoors...
They go to winter grazing next door from November to Christmas. Have to have them off by 1st January at latest. Winter grazing around here is between 80p-£1 a head a week and very few places want sheep still on into January. Tried to find a place for my ewe lambs this year and couldn’t find anyone willing to take them and only have 17 of them. If send to winter grazing and then don’t bring them inside after I’d end up eating grass at home and have none at all for after lambing
Sounds like your somewhere hilly [emoji23] Iv more grazing than I know what too do with some won’t even get grazed this time all my grazing is for hay haylage people so they want me to graze until April/ may then I struggle too find any grazing until September
Mostly dairy men and a few beef farms. They either have sheep lined up fro someone else or they buy store lambs themself to graze on. Lost some few years back when I reduced sheep numbers and one of my biggest regrets
- Location
- Cheshire
25-30p for ewes?! Even I can’t get grazing at that anymore! Lambs are that and everyone has clocked onto ewes eating more nowadays!
Where are you? I will send you some if you’ve got too much of the green stuff
livestock 1
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I have one batch of 650 eating 14 bales of silage per week and ?? tonnes of beet
I have too put up with a very very annoying land lord though so makes it feel like £1 a ewe at times [emoji24]
Staffordshire