Lambing 2019

pine_guy

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Location
North Cumbria
They should strengthen up over a couple of days, just make sure they get plenty of milk(y)

Had one like this, vet diagnosis tendons at the hock. Either put cast on for six weeks. Snall chance of coming right or just pts

All on their feet this morning (y)

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puppet

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Livestock Farmer
Location
sw scotland
We have dodged a bullet by putting our lambing back 3 weeks from usual 1st March as the weather has been awful. This paddock just
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had a wee puddle yesterday
 

pine_guy

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Location
North Cumbria
Quietish day in the lambing shed today. Which is a shame as would be nice to hide in there all day as the weather this morning was pish. However, just on my own this weekend so 300ish cattle to tend to as well, so actually hoping it stays quiet. Also space at a premium, it’s one out one in on the individual pens with 4 taken up with longer term residents.
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Did lamb a set of triplets first thing (pen to left of blue drum). Just a head presenting. Came out with one leg back, as did the second.

Looking like good day tomorrow, but want to scratch lambs for orf. But forgot to order vacine, so not in till Monday :banghead:

Dedicated bottle warming bucket sprung a (worse) leak yesterday. Came up with this. Works a treat.
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Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
Quietish day in the lambing shed today. Which is a shame as would be nice to hide in there all day as the weather this morning was pish. However, just on my own this weekend so 300ish cattle to tend to as well, so actually hoping it stays quiet. Also space at a premium, it’s one out one in on the individual pens with 4 taken up with longer term residents.
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Did lamb a set of triplets first thing (pen to left of blue drum). Just a head presenting. Came out with one leg back, as did the second.

Looking like good day tomorrow, but want to scratch lambs for orf. But forgot to order vacine, so not in till Monday :banghead:

Dedicated bottle warming bucket sprung a (worse) leak yesterday. Came up with this. Works a treat.
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That's a bloody big sheep in the first pic - bottom right :eek::eek::ROFLMAO:
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
My lambing is going well... of sorts :rolleyes:

Weather is pish. But apart for Monday night killing a few of the youngest, it hasn't hurt the lambs too bad. TexX's have almost all lambed in their 17 days (y) they are running at 163% which I'm happy with, as there just wasn't as many lambs in them this year. No quads and only 4 triplets.

My pure Texels have lambed :D
Aged ewe, this is her 3rd lambing. 2 healthy boys. She lambed on Thursday.
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This one, daughter of the ewe above, lambed this morning. A boy and a girl
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Fendt516profi

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Yorkshire
Thats bad snow you can move and carry on water just does as it pleases. Sorry for them but makes you glad you live on a hill farm. We've plenty up here and it's all going down to same river Further down stream before the big town
 

Eiddwen

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Livestock Farmer
A ewe of mine which lambed on 2nd March gave birth again on 14th March to another healthy lamb! Just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced something similar? Have kept sheep for over thirty years but this was new for me! She initially had some colostrum after the first lambing but after a couple of days it was apparent she didn't have sufficient milk so first lamb has been bottle fed. Now though second lamb is doing well on good milk supply!
 
A ewe of mine which lambed on 2nd March gave birth again on 14th March to another healthy lamb! Just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced something similar? Have kept sheep for over thirty years but this was new for me! She initially had some colostrum after the first lambing but after a couple of days it was apparent she didn't have sufficient milk so first lamb has been bottle fed. Now though second lamb is doing well on good milk supply!

Did you 100% see her have the first lamb?
 

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