Scanning 2017-2018

[Chris123]

Sponged and jabbed 50 texel beltex ewes as due to personal circumstances wanted small group to lamb tightly in early feb. Scanned today..
39 in lamb
215%
Very pleased as first time trying it![/




Are you counting the barrens in the 215%
Nearly all in lamb carrying triplets else

 

[Girlfarmer]

% for the 39 in lamb. Very happy with 78% in lamb.
8 singles, 18 twins, 12 triplets and 1 quad. Mother triplets on the singles, not too many spare lambs left over so, yes I'm very happy with those numbers. Last year our first lot, lambing naturally in late Feb scanned at 248% which was just silly.

 

[will6910]

Scanned mine today. 142 ewes.
15 empty, 31 singles, 69 twins, 26 triplets and 1 quad. Rams taken out 28th November. Scanner suggested to scan the 15 empty again in January. Not sure what to do really

 

[Downton_shep]

Scanned mine today. 142 ewes.
15 empty, 31 singles, 69 twins, 26 triplets and 1 quad. Rams taken out 28th November. Scanner suggested to scan the 15 empty again in January. Not sure what to do really

If your still short of grub Will, probably best off getting rid.

 

[will6910]

Yeah quite a lot short this year. Normally make 100 bales. This year have 64

 

[twizzel]

Scanned my mini flock this week. 200%- 10 twins, 1 trip and 1 single, no empties

 

[jemski]

Near perfect scanning @twizzel!

 

[jemski]

Mine scanned at 189% but some of the empties are just late lambers and will be rescanned in Jan with the outdoor lambers.
The ancient mules (all over 7) excelled themselves with 203% and the shearlings that reared lambs last year came in at 191% so chuffed with them.

 

[twizzel]

Near perfect scanning @twizzel!

That’s what the scanner said! I’m pleased, last year if we had scanned they would have been 144% inc 2 empty out of 9... definite improvement this year

 

[MF 135 Man]

That’s what the scanner said! I’m pleased, last year if we had scanned they would have been 144% inc 2 empty out of 9... definite improvement this year

what ewes are they?

 

[twizzel]

Lleyn and lleyn x texel

 

[texelburger]

235 Suff x Mule scanned at 192 % down 11 % on last year,thank God.57 tex to scan although i fear one yearling may have slipped.

 

[Al R]

235 Suff x Mule scanned at 192 % down 11 % on last year,thank God.57 tex to scan although i fear one yearling may have slipped.

Your another 1 who doesn’t like too many triplets then

 

[jackstor]

Scanned ours today, overall 197% with the Shearlings 170%, older ewes 209%. Too many empty in the shearlings but we’ll scan them again with the hoggs.

 

[bruce9001]

Scanned this Morning.

201 scanned with only 4 empties!
44 triplets and 31 Singles!

Majority were Tex X, Suff X and Mules

 

[Onwards and Upwards]

428 Tex X and Mules. 174% 23 empties 105 singles 260 twins 39 trips 1 mule that has jumped out of the prattley at every opportunity?

Ewes given best of everything. Maybe the boss might be happier to consider more Lleyns now...

104 ewe lambs, half to lamb in first 10 days but may well be more due to early scanning.

Overall unhappy with the numbers but happy my predictions on numbers is proven correct.

 

[copse]

850 mule ewes at 204%And 8 empty
240 shearlings 186 % with 10 empty which is more than I would have liked but pleased with them really.

 

[Woolless]

850 mule ewes at 204%And 8 empty
240 shearlings 186 % with 10 empty which is more than I would have liked but pleased with them really.

You can't be anything but delighted with that surely, unless there's a pile of triplets?

 

[copse]

Got about 150 triplets in the ewes and only 4 in the shearlings so haven't got silly amount. Have to keep older ewes tight at tipping to keep lamb numbers down. Got caught out one year with plenty grass and every third ewe had triplets
Never again!

 

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