Coming Home For Lambing.

[Gator]

dont know what happened to the sun ,.....drizzle rain here

You get used to it after months of it

 

[Anonymous...]

dont know what happened to the sun ,.....drizzle rain here

That's what we call a summer up here

 

[Bob c]

That's what we call a summer up here

what thinking of the hot sunny days is summer for you guys
while we dry out and a lack of grass

 

[Anonymous...]

what thinking of the hot sunny days is summer for you guys
while we dry out and a lack of grass

We drown ....and lack grass

 

[Anonymous...]

My phone is telling me 21 degrees and sunny
Why is the sky slate Gray and it's blowing a fekin hoolie

 

[Gator]

My phone is telling me 21 degrees and sunny
Why is the sky slate Gray and it's blowing a fekin hoolie

13 here and damp here Dave, and light wind

 

[Anonymous...]

13 here and damp here Dave, and light wind

Have to risk the delights of Oldham 1st thing to get motor mot'd
It will probably be sunny till we get back

 

[Gator]

Quite night but for 2 shearlings that lambed, ones no milk, other bags of milk and convinced it' not hers.
Feckin shearlings just about had enough of them this year. No prolem last year with them but this year's crop need alot of friendly accistance

 

[Gator]

On the bottle run this morning, had mi cleaner helping..

I'll get the dribbes

 

[Gator]

Got some more back to the moor,

First of 4 load in the taxi for today

Next time there home it I'll be clipping time

Not much interest in the lambs once they get that grass

 

[Anonymous...]

Finished
Just pulled a lamb from a ewe that will not get up! She has put everything into her lamb.
Gone through the remaining and have 4 deff and 3 poss in lamb.
Chucked them out in to a small field
Have 6 mothering pens to chuck out in to lean to overnight and 5 basket cases to keep in for a day or two
Worse lambing ever.
No grass,no milk,small lambs,fox,crow,and Brock
Will be putting things back 2 or 3 weeks next time

 

[Gator]

Well... got all the crèches empty and 90% of the pens, all kicked out bar the awkward barstwards.
41 left

Turned the old girl so the trplets out but kept her close at hand just to keep an eye on her

 

[Gator]

Will be putting things back 2 or 3 weeks next time

Im' doing the same .
Agree with you on the worst lambing, had just about everything a bloody sheep can throw at you this year. Foster pens full, carnt foster them on quick enough, stuck another 3 in today. Just 1 twin left to lamb and 40 singles, the problem now is the singles are needing a pull just to big and nowt in the foster pen to even match them .

 

[Anonymous...]

Im' doing the same .
Agree with you on the worst lambing, had just about everything a bloody sheep can throw at you this year. Foster pens full, carnt foster them on quick enough, stuck another 3 in today. Just 1 twin left to lamb and 40 singles, the problem now is the singles are needing a pull just to big and nowt in the foster pen to even match them .

My last one is so thin she can't get up to mother her lamb
Suprising she has a bit of milk
The lamb has a foot of tube from it's navel I've tied it off iodine all over and Fed colostrum . Probably should have chapped it on back of head but the wee things trying to get up
Another one for the demics pen

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Im' doing the same .
Agree with you on the worst lambing, had just about everything a bloody sheep can throw at you this year. Foster pens full, carnt foster them on quick enough, stuck another 3 in today. Just 1 twin left to lamb and 40 singles, the problem now is the singles are needing a pull just to big and nowt in the foster pen to even match them .

I don’t worry about them being of a similar size...if you’re pulling them out of the foster pen then you have nothing to lose

 

[brigadoon]

I don’t worry about them being of a similar size...if you’re pulling them out of the foster pen then you have nothing to lose

Couple of years ago we had a ewe lambed a huge single just after a triple with gerbils so grabbed one and stuck it on.

Should really have had a photo of them sucking - one on its knees and the other standing on tiptoe

 

[hinchy]

@Gator sorry to see that as well,.....like others have said
went on trip out and come back with this

I think you must be the first person I’ve seen with one of these! Few questions..
How do the sheep run? Happy with it? Are you able to do a couple of blows over the belly as well as crutching their back ends? Where the hell did you find one second hand!?

 

[Bob c]

that was the first go with it after picking it up the morning
pleased with it so far
it is easier than it looks to catch them as they run though , a couple needed a push
got some shitty ewe lambs to go though tomorrow

found it for sale on face book still a lot of money sold with in two hours and if i did not buy it
there was a Q
https://www.facebook.com/groups/far...613649063/?sale_post_id=998319613649063&rt=11

 

[Bob c]

 

[hinchy]

that was the first go with it after picking it up the morning
pleased with it so far
it is easier than it looks to catch them as they run though , a couple needed a push
got some shitty ewe lambs to go though tomorrow

found it for sale on face book still a lot of money sold with in two hours and if i did not buy it
there was a Q
https://www.facebook.com/groups/far...613649063/?sale_post_id=998319613649063&rt=11

Prompt response! Many thanks.

Yes I’ve seen the vid, but always keen to hear some TFF members’ reviews.

Glad I’m not the only one with some $hitty ewe lambs!