Scanning %

[Johngee]

Scanned 293 ewes, easycares either bred pure or crossed to Nz Suffolk

67 singles
182 twins
35 triplets
9 empty
Works out at 183%, fairly sensible I consider. Quite pleased, apart from the number of empties. 5 of those were yearlings so could be tempted to give them another chance.[emoji848]

 

[Longlowdog]

How do you tell if there inlamb to AI or the tup?

The tups ran for 24 hours, it is not possible to attribute all lambs to the AI process, however the tups did not have a significant window in which to cover the ewes and they had been 'jumped' a number of times before they were turned out. The tups were not interested the following morning after the ewes had been AI'd at 2pm the previous day.

 

[Downton_shep]

The tups ran for 24 hours, it is not possible to attribute all lambs to the AI process, however the tups did not have a significant window in which to cover the ewes and they had been 'jumped' a number of times before they were turned out. The tups were not interested the following morning after the ewes had been AI'd at 2pm the previous day.

O I see,I was just wondering as I've not had anything to do with AI since college. And that was quite a while ago!

 

[Man_in_black]

Done mine today

Lleyn & (Lleyn X) 197%
Welsh 144%

Sensible for outdoors, empties are mainly old girls.

 

[kfpben]

Scanned today:

239 NC Mules

13 Triplets
171 Twins
50 singles
5 barren. 180%

Happy with number of barren. A few too many singles. Would have liked to have been closer to 190% but I have brought lambing forward a month so that may have impacted.

Scanner said I should be happy- he said he has done some dreadful scans this year!?

 

[bruce9001]

We scanned Scottish Mules, Suffolk X NCC and Texel Xs.

Overall was 195% with the mules well over 200% but the Texels quite low as alot of singles.....

9 empty out 250...

 

[jellybean]

We just scanned 95 red deer hinds this morning. 4 empties but the best bit was that all except 2 or 3 look to have held in the first cycle so lots of early May calves to look forward to. Brilliant help from some mates; 2 hours, job done.

 

[neilo]

Done mine today

Lleyn & (Lleyn X) 197%

Sensible for outdoors, empties are mainly old girls.

They sound like some handy sheep. You want to get some more of those.

 

[Downton_shep]

Finished scanning today. Overall 193%
Down on last year but not to disappointed.
2.2% empty
16% singles
68% twins
14% 3 or more.

 

[cotswoldcs]

We scanned our Mule, Texel x Mule and Suffolk x ewes yesterday

0 = 19 (2.7%)
1 = 160 (22.4%)
2 = 460 (64.3%)
3 = 76 (10.6%)

total 715 @ 183%

Well down on our 10 year mean (196%) so bit disappointed really. However not many triplets so should make for an easier lambing. We had a dry Autumn and didn't have that much grass at tupping - did that affect scanning results?

 

[Forever Fendt]

We just scanned 95 red deer hinds this morning. 4 empties but the best bit was that all except 2 or 3 look to have held in the first cycle so lots of early May calves to look forward to. Brilliant help from some mates; 2 hours, job done.

might be a bit thick, but are they scaned like a sheep or a cow do they cope with the stress of being handled ok

 

[DB67]

156% for 6 year old blackie ewes.

 

[debe]

112% for ewe lambs. Too many twins, a triplet and way too many empty. 175 all in of which 53 were empty.

 

[jellybean]

might be a bit thick, but are they scaned like a sheep or a cow do they cope with the stress of being handled ok

I'm not familiar with cattle and sheep scanning but ours are internal scanned with a scanner that measures foetus size and tells you how many days pregnant the hind is. It would normally be done 40- 60 days after taking the stags out but because my scanning man was too busy earlier on we were late doing them the foetuses were too big and too far over the pelvic wall to take an accurate measurement but were well over 100 days. They are done in a hydraulic padded squeeze crush.
As for stress the deer come through the handling system quite often for weighing, worming etc so do not really get stressed up by it. If we can do 95 in 2 hours it shows that the flow is uninterrupted. We were also taking an ear punch DNA sample and putting in electronic tags within that same time.
But for sure, having some really useful friends helping is the key. big strong lads with lots of common sense and stock skills. I would be lost without them.

 

[Man_in_black]

They sound like some handy sheep. You want to get some more of those.

I will be......but without wool they'll put their energy in a more useful direction! Watch this space!

 

[scottish-lleyn]

Done mine today

Lleyn & (Lleyn X) 197%
Welsh 144%

Sensible for outdoors, empties are mainly old girls.

I agree with @neilo thats a good result i would be getting a few more of those

 

[Man_in_black]

I agree with @neilo thats a good result i would be getting a few more of those

Don't you start!!

 

[neilo]

I will be......but without wool they'll put their energy in a more useful direction! Watch this space!

220% next year then? (Been there, done that)

 

[Man_in_black]

220% next year then? (Been there, done that)

No I didn't bother with those Cambridge remember!!

 

[TrewithickFarm]

Pleased with our scanning results, 210% Lleyn and Lleyn x Abermax