Livestock pictures

[Old Tip]

Is he wondering why you put him outside in the snow, just to take a picture?

No born outside and it’s a gimmer, solid lamb mind

 

[MF 135 Man]

All ready to pop now!

 

[Old Tip]

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All ready to pop now!

Good luck

 

[MrA.G.]

Rather fond of this fella who appeared last week @CharcoalWally

 

[CharcoalWally]

Wow! What a cracker @MrA.G. ! A very bonny lad indeed.

Let's hope the rest of the calves are like him.

 

[delilah]

Twin ram lambs born this afternoon, Dorset Horn x Portland. In my limited experience have not seen horn buds so pronounced, and sharper than the photo suggests, any bigger and mums eyes would have watered.

 

[j6891]

View attachment 642288 Rather fond of this fella who appeared last week @CharcoalWally

Is that sawdust there? For calving on?

 

[MrA.G.]

Is that sawdust there? For calving on?

It is fine woodchip rather than pure sawdust. We calve in a few smaller pens which are straw bedded and then into the bigger woodchip pens after a day or so. Woodchip wouldn't be the best to calve on as it would stick to the calve etc.

 

[Jackov Altraids]

Under 2 hours old, over 8kgs.

 

[blackieman83]

Few pics of 4 ewes we showed at an annual charity stockjudging event organised jointly by our 2 local blackface breeders societies last week.

 

[had e nuff]

Happier now the snow has stopped blowing in.

 

[Wazmos]

knew my mental lab must be good at something, finding buried sheep. Hopefully she’ll make a full recovery.

 

[jendan]

View attachment 648108 knew my mental lab must be good at something, finding buried sheep. Hopefully she’ll make a full recovery.

A good half of all in- lamb ewes pulled out of snow drifts will go down with twin lamb in a week or so,and end up on the dead cart in any case.

 

[MF 135 Man]

Some blue lambs appeared over the weekend in blizzard conditions even in side the shed. all survived and doing well.

 

[shearerlad]

@huwralph that’s a real blue, none of this crossing sh1te!!

 

[MF 135 Man]

@huwralph that’s a real blue, none of this crossing sh1te!!

Correct born in -6 in a shed with snow blowing in. motionless when found, bit of milk and heat and two days later shes skipping around. not so soft after all.

 

[Still Farming]

 

[Philip Watkins]

Correct born in -6 in a shed with snow blowing in. motionless when found, bit of milk and heat and two days later shes skipping around. not so soft after all.

If she was hard she wouldn't have been found lifeless needing heat.

 

[MF 135 Man]

If she was hard she wouldn't have been found lifeless needing heat.

Unfortunately the ewe that lambed her aborted last years twins a month early, so has never reared a lamb before and never licked this ewe lamb when she was born. hence why she was lifeless, wet and cold. luckily her instincts have now kicked in and shes getting the hang of mothering her.

 

[Philip Watkins]

Unfortunately the ewe that lambed her aborted last years twins a month early, so has never reared a lamb before and never licked this ewe lamb when she was born. hence why she was lifeless, wet and cold. luckily her instincts have now kicked in and shes getting the hang of mothering her.

I'll let you off then . Better keep a close eye on that one next year then.