- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Hill breed ewes hardly ever accept a lamb which isn't their own unless she has a dead single and you've skinned it and put the skin on the cade lamb. They will rarely take a lamb if they have a dead twin which you can skin but most of the time they reject them after 24/48 hrs.
Highlanders, and I suspect all strong maternal breeds, are similar. No chance at all of fostering an odd one on, if they’ve lost a single or you take it off before they’ve seen it, you might well get 2 fresh ones on, but that’s about it.