Coming Home For Lambing.

[Farmer_Joe]

7 left

only lamb 265 ish but got fed up of it taking forever so take tup out after 4 weeks, started last day of march

 

[Gator]

You know what you need to do...

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[firther]

still 2 to lamb here, andi reckon i can put a repeat comment up next tuesday

 

[Gator]

Down ta thi last un
Ooooooh the end is nigh

 

[Devil's advocate]

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"Give me a tup please Carol"

the opportunity for innuendo bingo are endless

Nice before she was rear of the year & turned a bit sluty.

 

[firther]

Down ta thi last un
Ooooooh the end is nigh
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still at 2 here, starting to think i've some phantom pregnancies going up

 

[yellowbelly]

still at 2 here, starting to think i've some phantom pregnancies going up

Still 5 here
At 140 days from tups out, so could be another week

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Only 4 left, 2 ewes, 2 gimmer, been along drawn out affair as normal. First lmb 4th March. Mutch the same as last year number wise l would think, still no grass, still frosty.

 

[Farmer_Joe]

4 left not to bad started 1st April just gimmers left might check they actually got bags...

 

[Greythundercloudys]

That was a thing 30 years ago lmbing outside, dad would say still 20 to lmb, put them up a race, ooh only 8 to lmb. The rest lost lmbs etc, etc.

 

[primmiemoo]

Down to the low teens ~ all bar 5 are hoggs. They're now on the second cycle, but running out of time.

 

[Estate fencing.]

99 left here as of this morning. Nice to be into double figures left.

 

[hill shepherd]

34 left here, just 2 or 3 lambing a day now. I'll still be lambing when all you lot are clipping

 

[aangus]

28 here

 

[Estate fencing.]

34 left here, just 2 or 3 lambing a day now. I'll still be lambing when all you lot are clipping

I will still checking mine when I’m clipping. The day you wish you never bothered is when you come back form clipping 250 hoggs and have to catch a yearling to pull a hung lamb!

 

[bobajob]

1 left here! Please tell me its not just me! - it's been a pretty average lambing.
No records broken for numbers of lambs and now not much grass growing..

 

[Estate fencing.]

1 left here! Please tell me its not just me! - it's been a pretty average lambing.
No records broken for numbers of lambs and now not much grass growing..

Yeah it’s just you. Everyone else has turned all ewes out with twins and has mountains of grass.

 

[hill shepherd]

I will still checking mine when I’m clipping. The day you wish you never bothered is when you come back form clipping 250 hoggs and have to catch a yearling to pull a hung lamb!

Yes we've had them lamb at clipping time, in July. Usually get 1 or 2 yowes that were scanned geld come off the fell with a young unmarked lamb at clipping gather

 

[Boydvalley]

Just counted 21 weeks back takes you to 11 Dec. Took mine out on the 16th so that last hog of mine could lamb or I’ve forgotten which one lost the big lamb

 

[Gator]

1 left here! Please tell me its not just me! - it's been a pretty average lambing.
No records broken for numbers of lambs and now not much grass growing..

Not just , bugger grass twins not doin aswell as they should, put a bit of till on to try and kick start , just need some rain, .....never thout ad bi saying that