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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 7364227" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>What ewe breeds are you working with? I would suggest that makes a big difference, with mules especially being great at finding one spot for everything to lamb in<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />, Romney’s and their crosses find their own quiet spots.</p><p></p><p> I start with all my twins (300?) on a 20ac block of wooded parkland for maximum shelter, but would prefer to stock at 5/ac. I thin them out as quickly as possible to get down to that, once they’ve lambed, and mis-mothering reduces when I do (not bad with Highlanders anyway). I would like to spread them out at 5/ac to start with, but most other fields have far less shelter, so always a toss up.</p><p>Twins and ewe lambs (200-250?) lamb on an adjacent 10ac block of similar ground, with lambed ewes drifted out as they lamb & stand near a gate. Can’t keep singles & hoggs stocked tight enough ime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 7364227, member: 348"] What ewe breeds are you working with? I would suggest that makes a big difference, with mules especially being great at finding one spot for everything to lamb in:banghead:, Romney’s and their crosses find their own quiet spots. I start with all my twins (300?) on a 20ac block of wooded parkland for maximum shelter, but would prefer to stock at 5/ac. I thin them out as quickly as possible to get down to that, once they’ve lambed, and mis-mothering reduces when I do (not bad with Highlanders anyway). I would like to spread them out at 5/ac to start with, but most other fields have far less shelter, so always a toss up. Twins and ewe lambs (200-250?) lamb on an adjacent 10ac block of similar ground, with lambed ewes drifted out as they lamb & stand near a gate. Can’t keep singles & hoggs stocked tight enough ime. [/QUOTE]
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