When do people start lambing outside (and I mean with no option of bringing them all in if the weather turns)?
I'm really considering lambing them all out next year. The homebred ewes haven't really needed touching at all, they pop them out and get on with it, so I trust them outside! It's just so much work and so expensive having them in. I know, you all know this already.
I realised how much I trust them to just do it by themselves. It's what I've been aiming to breed and there's no reason why they can't do it outside. I had to really urge the night lamber to be patient and leave them alone, as soon as they started her was in there checking them. The last place he was at, he said they had to lamb at least a third of them. So it's just got me really thinking.
I might change my mind after lambing the Cheviots outside in April, or it might just make my mind up totally!
I'm really considering lambing them all out next year. The homebred ewes haven't really needed touching at all, they pop them out and get on with it, so I trust them outside! It's just so much work and so expensive having them in. I know, you all know this already.
I realised how much I trust them to just do it by themselves. It's what I've been aiming to breed and there's no reason why they can't do it outside. I had to really urge the night lamber to be patient and leave them alone, as soon as they started her was in there checking them. The last place he was at, he said they had to lamb at least a third of them. So it's just got me really thinking.
I might change my mind after lambing the Cheviots outside in April, or it might just make my mind up totally!