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<blockquote data-quote="M-J-G" data-source="post: 6765401" data-attributes="member: 1819"><p>Situations vary, if you are lambing outdoors you need everyone involved to be skilled and probably have suitable dogs.</p><p></p><p>There are advantages, no need for a shed is the big one, particularly if you don't have one!</p><p>No need for carrying water, bedding, penning up ewes and all the time spent turning out is very attractive.</p><p></p><p>If you already have a shed, lambing indoors is more of an option.</p><p>I've seen corrals made with up with square bales next to a shed, with small pens indoors.</p><p>If you are lambing indoors you can make use of more help that's less skilled like vet students, kids or an older individual, but obviously you have more need for them.</p><p></p><p>You'll likely save a few more lambs indoors that might have been lost at birth and you won't have as many succumb to the weather, but day old lambs that were born inside can die when they get turned out too, and often more so than day old lamb's that were born outside.</p><p></p><p>It's all a balance of labour, facilities and weather conditions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M-J-G, post: 6765401, member: 1819"] Situations vary, if you are lambing outdoors you need everyone involved to be skilled and probably have suitable dogs. There are advantages, no need for a shed is the big one, particularly if you don't have one! No need for carrying water, bedding, penning up ewes and all the time spent turning out is very attractive. If you already have a shed, lambing indoors is more of an option. I've seen corrals made with up with square bales next to a shed, with small pens indoors. If you are lambing indoors you can make use of more help that's less skilled like vet students, kids or an older individual, but obviously you have more need for them. You'll likely save a few more lambs indoors that might have been lost at birth and you won't have as many succumb to the weather, but day old lambs that were born inside can die when they get turned out too, and often more so than day old lamb's that were born outside. It's all a balance of labour, facilities and weather conditions. [/QUOTE]
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