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<blockquote data-quote="Nithsdale" data-source="post: 6765454" data-attributes="member: 17508"><p>I've seen me finished lambing then hit with snowdrifts in April hurting guys lambing later. We had snow here in May a couple years ago and there's stories of snow on the hill when shearing in June... Dad has stories from 1981 - he lost a hell of a lot of 3-5 week old lambs in early May in huge snow drifts. He spent a week just digging out the dykes.</p><p></p><p>I've seen me wishing I had lambed in February because it was cracking weather, better than March April and May combined.</p><p></p><p>Point is you can get totally f**ked over by the weather at any time of the year.</p><p>Figure out when suits you/your farm/your system and just go with it. Sometimes things are well and truly out of your hands - regardless of a Plan B or C.</p><p></p><p>I don't have a vacant shed to lamb in and I don't see the costs tallying up to make it worth me doing it. Yes, I'll lose a few more lambs, probably - but I'm doing 600 ewes alone. I just couldn't do that inside...</p><p></p><p>The laws of averages I do very well lambing when I do - and any year it has been bad, I've never been the worst off when others say what they've been through</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nithsdale, post: 6765454, member: 17508"] I've seen me finished lambing then hit with snowdrifts in April hurting guys lambing later. We had snow here in May a couple years ago and there's stories of snow on the hill when shearing in June... Dad has stories from 1981 - he lost a hell of a lot of 3-5 week old lambs in early May in huge snow drifts. He spent a week just digging out the dykes. I've seen me wishing I had lambed in February because it was cracking weather, better than March April and May combined. Point is you can get totally f**ked over by the weather at any time of the year. Figure out when suits you/your farm/your system and just go with it. Sometimes things are well and truly out of your hands - regardless of a Plan B or C. I don't have a vacant shed to lamb in and I don't see the costs tallying up to make it worth me doing it. Yes, I'll lose a few more lambs, probably - but I'm doing 600 ewes alone. I just couldn't do that inside... The laws of averages I do very well lambing when I do - and any year it has been bad, I've never been the worst off when others say what they've been through [/QUOTE]
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