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Remember to turn the lambing camera off though
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Remember to turn the lambing camera off though
Remember to turn the lambing camera off though
With our April lambers we lamb the twins and triplets outside and the singles, and hoggs inside. Might be a good compromiseHave lambed outside for the last five years. With growing numbers and relatively small plots of land (biggest is 10ha without permanent fencing) I am actually contemplating switching to indoors. Three main reasons:
1) high stocking rates/rotational grazing and lambing don't go together very well. My fields are not large enough or close enough to each other, loading and trucking my ewes and day old lambs is not something I like;
2) giving my pastures the extra rest and time to recover, last winter has been hell;
3) biggest argument in my case is public opinion, I just can't keep people out of fields with ewes lambing. All the comments (online and live, pfff they take to much energy) and interfering with my sheep as much as the public demands me to is not what I want as a breeder of maternal shedders.
(4: keeping records of breeding stock is easier)
Options I see for next lambing is splitting the herd in two, to avoid trucking them. Joining them back together asap. And in this case still lamb outside.
Or change to an indoor setup. Maybe something cheap, hoop house or similar.
The muck you can apply to your fields is another bonus to me.
However, feeding €2k in hay would mean I have to become quite a bit more intensive in producing lambs or start making my own hay.
I can get would chips for free, so could use those to save on straw.
You sound pretty stressed. I hope your ok and come out the other side of lambing not too bad. Just remember we soon forget the dark daysI didn’t use the right term. I meant anyone can help but outside not anyone can help. Sorry for the offense but tired and ready to pack the bloody lot in!
Thanks. Just a sh!t lambing and loosing a far few ewes with 3 week old lambs atm. I will get over it, I do wonder why we bother sometimes but it all soon gets forgotten about doesn’t it.You sound pretty stressed. I hope your ok and come out the other side of lambing not too bad. Just remember we soon forget the dark days
Chin up. Keep on keepin' onThanks. Just a sh!t lambing and loosing a far few ewes with 3 week old lambs atm. I will get over it, I do wonder why we bother sometimes but it all soon gets forgotten about doesn’t it.
Everything seems worse this year because all we have done is look at sheep for 12 months. Need to get away to a show or even have a bbq and forget about the job of an evening.Chin up. Keep on keepin' on
Seems to be a common trend around here of more ewe losses for no common reason so your not alone....Everything seems worse this year because all we have done is look at sheep for 12 months. Need to get away to a show or even have a bbq and forget about the job of an evening.
I will feel better tomorrow when the pile goes off the yard. But everyone does seem to be having a bad time.Seems to be a common trend around here of more ewe losses for no common reason so your not alone....
Chin up
I’d agree with that......more patience and empathyI’ve changed to indoor lambing my early flock this year we used to lamb out by day and in at night and I have to say it was a pleasure lambing indoors yes we had the usual losses and problems but we weren’t sliding around in mud !! We have started lambing the late flock outside and the weather is great so hopefully it goes smoothly as I’ve the shed filled with calves and no where to put ewes if they need to come in!! Planning on tightening up the lambing next year by teasing the ewes before letting rams out and pulling rams after 2 weeks will leave everything else until April to lamb then!! I also find lassies are better in the lambing shed then men
Seems to be a common trend around here of more ewe losses for no common reason so your not alone....
Chin up
I feel more sorry for you than I do my self. A good friend of mine just rang to say she has had 4 heifers calve and only has one calf and 2 heifers left alive!Just thought the photo might make you feel a wee bit better mate, you’re not alone. This year is absolute dog sh*t.
I feel more sorry for you than I do my self. A good friend of mine just rang to say she has had 4 heifers calve and only has one calf and 2 heifers left alive!
That’s right. 2011 was sh!t lambing but went to blackpool agm and I soon forgot about the lot, that what we all need now.I think there will be a few of us saying that 2020 wasn’t as bad as everyone thought now we are into 2021!
Lost 3 calves 2 days ago and the pile of dead lambs seems to be growing quick enough [emoji22]I feel more sorry for you than I do my self. A good friend of mine [emoji6] just rang to say she has had 4 heifers calve and only has one calf and 2 heifers left alive! [emoji24]