4or 5 wrong out of how many?,not having a pop just curious as to what is considered ok numbers to be wrongI was there and i cant believe it tbh. But he is a very good scanner he has scanned my ewes for the last 5yrs and only ever 4 or 5 wrong. Will see what happens come feb and i will report back
Scanning time
- Thread starter Kernowkid
- Start date
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Out of 1100 ewes our scanner probably misses a triplet every second year on average, and normally a couple of singles in the twins but that's not necessarily his mistake, ewes can occasionally lose one of a litter.
- Location
- West Wales
Whenever mine is scanned twins and 1 appears I usually find a dark blob in the afterbirth or a bird like foetus in the afterbirth, so there was 2 there when he scanned..
Like below. Usually 4ā long. You can work out the jaw and ribs in this picture and the legs are tucked up but if your gentle you can unfold it all
- Location
- South east scotland
2750
Tups came out on Thursday - will not scan for a few weeks yet
irish dom
Member
Thats as good as you can get. The conclusion is he is dead on accurate
Wishful Thinker
Member
- Location
- Northern Ireland
155% for January lambers, lower than Iād like. 1 of my pure Suffolks empty, was more gutted by it, than the poor scanning. Only have 6 pures.
Ewe lambs to scan at Christmas. Rams only in for 4 weeks. Donāt know what way I want them to go. Last year only a third were in lamb but made a tidy profit on empties as fat, bought too dear this year for that to work I think
Ewe lambs to scan at Christmas. Rams only in for 4 weeks. Donāt know what way I want them to go. Last year only a third were in lamb but made a tidy profit on empties as fat, bought too dear this year for that to work I think
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Scanned the pedigree flocks & recips this morning, due from the end of February.
140 Charollais ewes scanned 177% (inc 9% empty, 4 of which had been āgiven another chanceā last year
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23 Charollais ewe lambs 167% (none empty, 4 bl**dy triplets!)
14 Beltex ewes 129% (1 empty)
41 Highlander recipients, all implanted with single embryos, scanned with 88% conception rate.
Incidentally, among the empty Charollais ewes were 3 who lambed OK last year but had been given āanother chanceā at one stage previously. A lesson for the lenient there?
Overall, very pleased. Hopefully got on top of the Iodine deficiency problems weāve been having in recent years.
140 Charollais ewes scanned 177% (inc 9% empty, 4 of which had been āgiven another chanceā last year
)23 Charollais ewe lambs 167% (none empty, 4 bl**dy triplets!)
14 Beltex ewes 129% (1 empty)
41 Highlander recipients, all implanted with single embryos, scanned with 88% conception rate.
Incidentally, among the empty Charollais ewes were 3 who lambed OK last year but had been given āanother chanceā at one stage previously. A lesson for the lenient there?
Overall, very pleased. Hopefully got on top of the Iodine deficiency problems weāve been having in recent years.
Scanned the pedigree flocks & recips this morning, due from the end of February.
140 Charollais ewes scanned 177% (inc 9% empty, 4 of which had been āgiven another chanceā last year
23 Charollais ewe lambs 167% (none empty, 4 bl**dy triplets!)
14 Beltex ewes 129% (1 empty)
41 Highlander recipients, all implanted with single embryos, scanned with 88% conception rate.
Incidentally, among the empty Charollais ewes were 3 who lambed OK last year but had been given āanother chanceā at one stage previously. A lesson for the lenient there?
Overall, very pleased. Hopefully got on top of the Iodine deficiency problems weāve been having in recent years.[emoji106]
Bloody second chancers [emoji23] I went through my barrens before I culled them last week and 75% of them were ewes I wanted too cull but kept because Iām trying too up numbers
Spoke too corn rep today.. ewe rolls Ā£310 a ton [emoji24] Iām glad Iv got f**k loads of singles now and theyāre all as fat as hell so wonāt need any corn
ISCO
Member
- Location
- North East
267 mainly NZ Texel cross scanned 190% lambing early March
1450 scanned and 9 empty? How long were tups in for?!
[emoji23][emoji23] guessing your not too fussed on lambing dragging on then? The 9 empties probably in lamb but not showing yet lol
I never understand why people get so obsessed with taking the tups. I would rather have late lambs and than empty ewes.
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- Fife
Labour cost of lambing, uniformity of lamb crop age. Tups out after 21 days here.
If keeping home beef replacements then only retain then from first cycle to drive fertility. After that, raddle tups or change breed.
If lambing lasts 3 months thats 2 and a half months extra of straw... corn... hay... checking every half hour... staff too cover nights... then thereās lambs all being at different stages for ovivac and worming.. ewes being at different stages for heptavac pre lambing... some people work elsewhere too so donāt want too be off work for 3 months lambing 20 sheep that didnāt catch until the bitter end...
I can understand not caring how long lambing takes on a hill farm scenario but not for most others