Middle of may lambing
- Thread starter Bones
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I lambed end of Apr to end of May. It's ok but too long. This year I intend on a 17 day tupping period, probably aiming to start lambing 01 May.
- Location
- Cheshire
When do you want to sell? Out May born lambs never catch up with the others growth wise until March. They miss that flush of good spring grass
muleman
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You will have missed the boat.....never lamb sheep in a month with an M, an A and a Y in it!
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- Cheshire
October? Don’t think he’s lambing Leicesters?
muleman
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No good in october, march and april for lambing!
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- Fife
My May born hoggs are doing a good job of rearing their May born lambs and maintaining body condition on poor forage. I guess no one told them
muleman
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People that lambed in april are grading lambs now though at £140.View attachment 1047468
My May born hoggs are doing a good job of rearing their May born lambs and maintaining body condition on poor forage. I guess no one told them
As i said you are in danger of missing the boat.
Probably end of September as stores
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Who sprayed ur field off .....View attachment 1047468
My May born hoggs are doing a good job of rearing their May born lambs and maintaining body condition on poor forage. I guess no one told them
- Location
- Cheshire
Early may lambs seem fine but any born after about the 14th never seem to grow into much. Ewe miss the flush to get milking when the lambs are 6 weeks old.
My problem has always been after saving the grass for ewes to lamb on ,a fortnight later its cleaned bare, then a good 6 weeks before it comes good, and ewes are trying to milk of clay and stones
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- Fife
Shetland based maternals on zero input downland would not achieve sufficient growth to draw now even if lambed in Jan.
I'm a store lamb producer. The increase in lamb survival is worth the trade off. As I fix my ewe type and improve my grassland management you may well be correct.
I can always lamb earlier if needed.
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- Fife
Who sprayed ur field off .....
Zero input downland being grazed by sheep and cattle. And there's been very little rain.
Sheep are on tack so I'm not in charge of grazing management.
- Location
- Cheshire
Woah woah woah, what happened to that Suffolk lamb that was going to be ready by Easter??
- Location
- central scotland
Medium input system Lambing date should coincide when you get a flush of grass if your racing to get them finished , ideally I’d want my lambs 6-8 weeks old at peak grass production so roughly 20th March, once the grass has shot /gone to stem our lambs need moving to better stuff or performance drops
Low input system should lamb when lamb mortality/lambing workload will be lowest IMO mid April onwards up here
Low input system should lamb when lamb mortality/lambing workload will be lowest IMO mid April onwards up here
Give it chance, it’s got 9 months to go yet.
serf
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- warwickshire
Had no rain here but PP has hung on well considering, is downland chalk ?