He doesn't want them lambing so consulting vet....its a right f.... up
f**k Up Fortnight
- Thread starter yellowbelly
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Blind luck more like, but thank you for the flattery
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
The neighbour who played matchmaker needs punished though...
Either he pays for the vet/jag, or lambs the hoggs.
pay for him to scan them in a month and buy whats in lamb off him, probably only a couple will have held,
be cheaper than blanket treating the whole lot and you'll still have the outfits, rather than a large drug bill
primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
Got a strange feeling that lambing will be over within a fortnight. Meant to start today, but about a third of the blimmers have hurled lambs at us since Monday.
Weighing prime hoggs isn't easy when the race and holding pens have been repurposeded to make mothering up pens
Weighing prime hoggs isn't easy when the race and holding pens have been repurposeded to make mothering up pens
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Got a strange feeling that lambing will be over within a fortnight. Meant to start today, but about a third of the blimmers have hurled lambs at us since Monday.
Weighing prime hoggs isn't easy when the race and holding pens have been repurposeded to make mothering up pens
Clever girls, cracking on while the weather’s good… not like sheep at all.
We are 4 weeks off, one abortion and one twin lamb so far. Gone 19 days without a dead ewe, I bet I can’t go another 19 for a while.this thread reminds you its fingers crossed time
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
Got a strange feeling that lambing will be over within a fortnight. Meant to start today, but about a third of the blimmers have hurled lambs at us since Monday.
Weighing prime hoggs isn't easy when the race and holding pens have been repurposeded to make mothering up pens
it's as if you've been reading something that's had a subliminal 'bad influence' on your management
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Spoke to a neighbour last night. - he's due to start lambing in about 3 weeks.
He's already started - turns out he bought in-lamb Gimmers at the main breeding sales last autumn
the group that's lambing haven't been on his farm 5 months yet 
He's already started - turns out he bought in-lamb Gimmers at the main breeding sales last autumn
the group that's lambing haven't been on his farm 5 months yet
I bet that happens quite a bit with dealers sheep that go through a few markets, very easy for them to get mixed with tups when there.Spoke to a neighbour last night. - he's due to start lambing in about 3 weeks.
He's already started - turns out he bought in-lamb Gimmers at the main breeding sales last autumn
Mine started lambing a week early. Perfect I thought as I had to go away for 4 days for work 2 days after they should have finished. Typically I had 4 left to lamb when I left but fortunately I had a mate who lambs at home and my wife checking them. Her instructions were if you think you can't manage ring my mate he'll sort it. I woke up yesterday morning to half a dozen missed calls from my mate at 3am  oh f**k! Turned out he'd done the late night check for me and one was lambing. No worries. He gave her an hour and came back in time to find a big lamb wedged with a leg back that he couldn't pull so ended up getting the vet  grateful he's been looking after them but kicking myself for not putting this meeting back a week. I'm not saying I wouldn't have ended up with calling the vet myself but I might not have done! I'm home this afternoon and this lamb better be the size of a bloody Suffolk! There's 2 left, 1 overdue and 1 I forgot to pull the cidr out of so she's a fortnight behind the others. Then there's no excitement until the ewe lambs start in April. We'll apart from me working for the neighbour lambing his at the end of the month.
- Location
- roe valley
Should never have opened this thread . I'm a week out all was going well, went out to the shed this morning, two ewes pitched there lambs and a dead ewe. Whole thing straight to the lab this as soon as the chores were done.
. I'm a week out all was going well, went out to the shed this morning, two ewes pitched there lambs and a dead ewe. Whole thing straight to the lab this as soon as the chores were done.
Heptavac Monday, two sheep with "the look" Wednesday. Touch wood not found any foetuses.
Old ewe recumbent yesterday morning, 80ml No6 under skin, and 15ml in milk vein; up and indistinguishable from rest last night.
Vet calls it suicide fortnight for a reason...
Old ewe recumbent yesterday morning, 80ml No6 under skin, and 15ml in milk vein; up and indistinguishable from rest last night.
Vet calls it suicide fortnight for a reason...
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Feeding ewes this morning - heart sank, ewe stood over a little yellow and red 'thing' laid out Infront of her
Got over to her... It's a shard of Crystalix Extra High Energy bucket - about the size of a premature lamb. Well bleached/faded/weathered...
Bitches are even mocking me now!!!
Got over to her... It's a shard of Crystalix Extra High Energy bucket - about the size of a premature lamb. Well bleached/faded/weathered...
Bitches are even mocking me now!!!
@Nithsdale Farmer that's reminded me of a phone call I got 4 or 5 years ago onw wet October morning from a nosey neighbour.
"One of your mules has lambed you need to go and sort her out"
"No they definitely haven't I havent got any mules and if any of mine have lambed noe you wouldn't be able to tell from your kitchen window"
"It's definitely one of yours and it's definitely lambed"
OK you nosey old bat! I went for a look. My mule was a greedy Welsh ewe with molasses lick on her face. And her lamb was the aforementioned lick and the bag it came in!
"One of your mules has lambed you need to go and sort her out"
"No they definitely haven't I havent got any mules and if any of mine have lambed noe you wouldn't be able to tell from your kitchen window"
"It's definitely one of yours and it's definitely lambed"
OK you nosey old bat! I went for a look. My mule was a greedy Welsh ewe with molasses lick on her face. And her lamb was the aforementioned lick and the bag it came in!
primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
Ohhhh, I know that heart sinking feeling!
A breather, today ~ all being well. It's been just as well that was suggested at the last minute to raddle the rams and change colour each week this time around. Forewarned is forearmed! It's not a big crop. Too many singles, but since they're cracking on, easily lambed.
A breather, today ~ all being well. It's been just as well that was suggested at the last minute to raddle the rams and change colour each week this time around. Forewarned is forearmed! It's not a big crop. Too many singles, but since they're cracking on, easily lambed.
- Location
- roe valley
Vet called last night, dead ewe died of a ruptured gall bladder filled with fluke. Dose all with solantel, possible tric resistance. Lambs suspected toxo, never had a problem before hopefully its a one off. No real definite answers yet.
That’s a bugger.
. I’m doing all ewes with solantel his week as there in and far to many lean ewes for what they are eating (0.75kg 20% nut and 4 weeks out)
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Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
Do you ever test for fluke?That’s a bugger.