How are later lambing flocks getting on with the cold wind ?

[andybk]

Quite a chilling wind here at the moment (mendip hills somerset) bit of rude awakening on new-borns first thing in morning , just wondered how some of the later lambing flocks are getting on with this late taste of winter , hate this wind in jan / feb let alone may . Glad i didnt lamb some of the march born hoggs late this year often do a batch in mid may . they got away with it this year because of very wet last back end

 

[Bury the Trash]

Still a few hoggs jogging away on there own, just small fields and taller hedges that have leafed out ... happens to be fine, 100 % better than 2 months ago anyway

 

[Tim W]

We're lambing on the downs at 900/1000ft There's grass under foot so the ewes have milk
Lambs are dry & up & suckling so are fine

 

[M-J-G]

We had a cold day yesterday with a few hours of hail and rain coming straight in off the sea, but in the grand scheme of things it would be smashing weather for lambing.

 

[andybk]

suppose high quality spring grass makes a lot of difference to brown fat levels in newborns , as long as some shelter from hedges while wet , was like autumn with green leaves all down road sides this morning

 

[Macsky]

I always think a cold wind puts a bit of urgency on the lambs getting up and sucked, they seem quicker to it.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Lambing in 2 valleys with plenty of shelter from contour and scrub.

So far no problems.

 

[Longlowdog]

Yesterday was a miserable one for new born lambs here with rain, hail, wind and even the odd flurry of snow but today has had less precipitation to compound the chill wind. Lambs in fields with dips and hedges in have been sunbathing and look 100% better than the bedraggled critters they were yesterday.

 

[Yale]

Lambing in 2 valleys with plenty of shelter from contour and scrub.

So far no problems.

Until one with a lamb with head out and no legs dives into a gorse bush.

 

[pgk]

In sheltered water meadows and ridge and furrow, lambs seem well tucked into ground when not running in groups.

 

[farmerm]

A cold wind in May isn't like a cold wind in March! Especially when its dust dry!

 

[andybk]

just been round some lambs in a 4ac field with v high hedges (landlord likes to lay a section each year) , was as still as anything , surprising difference leaves on trees make

 

[michael N123]

I have less grass than I did last week and there was feck all last week

 

[Jerry]

Im lambing a late bunch on a rolling/steep field that is sheltered on 3 sides...........only trouble is the wind is from the east....the only unsheltered side!!

And ewes seem to be wanting to spent all hours of the day on top of the filed in the worst wind, I guess that the flies are less active up there.

But lambs are doing fine. Dry ground makes a big difference.

 

[M-J-G]

As does the length of daylight if lambing at this time of year, active ewe generally means active lambs.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Until one with a lamb with head out and no legs dives into a gorse bush.

That's why I've got a catch dog.

 

[Yale]

That's why I've got a catch dog.

 

[unlacedgecko]

She hasn't let me down yet

 

[Agrivator]

Playing with the porcupines again?

 

[britt]

They're quite good at finding shelter when they need it. It's rain that kills lambs.