Scanning

[Downton_shep]

Vet here reckons it can help to “clean out the tubes”. On the other hand, I’ve heard of one vet practice that won’t carry out the test as they see it as causing unnecessary harm and suffering

It is pretty horrific!

 

[idgni]

Sell the quads and let the ewes rear the triplets?

That’s fine except for the fact the rest of the quads and most of the trips will be wee weeds that are hardly fit to suck and need to be kept in for more time after lambing if bad weather !!.
Not to mention the extra prolapses, cast ewes , and mastitis from sucking trips !!

 

[unlacedgecko]

That’s fine except for the fact the rest of the quads and most of the trips will be wee weeds that are hardly fit to suck and need to be kept in for more time after lambing if bad weather !!.
Not to mention the extra prolapses, cast ewes , and mastitis from sucking trips !!

I meant sell the quad scanned ewes as scanned in lamb.

I'd be lambing outside. If would only take a couple of years to end up with a flock that lambed well outside and reared trips.

 

[muleman]

I meant sell the quad scanned ewes as scanned in lamb.

I'd be lambing outside. If would only take a couple of years to end up with a flock that lambed well outside and reared trips.

put 20 quads in a pen with 20 emptys and sell em scanned 200%?!

 

[yellowbelly]

put 20 quads in a pen with 20 emptys and sell em scanned 200%?!

...just making a note not to buy any in-lambers off you

 

[muleman]

...just making a note not to buy any in-lambers off you

would be very cruel....but not dis-honest!

 

[neilo]

Sell the quads and let the ewes rear the triplets?

Sell/give away the cades and every ewe rearing two properly?

 

[neilo]

I'd be lambing outside. If would only take a couple of years to end up with a flock that lambed well outside and reared trips.

Makes you wonder why everyone’s not doing it Rodney. This time next year....

 

[yellowbelly]

Scanned our last lot today........
117ewes.......22 singles, 69 twins, 21 triplets, 1 quad, 4 empty..............194% (up 14% on 2018)
36 hoggs.......19 singles, 15 twins, 2 empty...............................................135% (up 8% on 2018)

Early lambers (to start in 10 days) texel crosses.......................................179%
Lincoln Longwools.........................................................................................167%

 

[unlacedgecko]

Sell/give away the cades and every ewe rearing two properly?

Sell the quad scanned ewes as in lamb or straight to slaughter. You have convinced me!

 

[blackieman83]

Scanned my wee flock on Saturday
75 blackface ewes
1 empty
31 singles
41 doubles
2 triples

Very happy with that.

 

[d williams]

My boys have bought some full mouth ewes as experiment 110 of them 1 empty 4 triplets 64 twins rest singles their over the moon now need to find best place to sell them

 

[gb82]

Scanned Saturday
48 empty
527 singles
1031 twins
86 triplets

Happy with that for outdoor lambing, a third of flock being shearlings. Most of empty have late raddle marks on so a few may appear at the end if the ewes are not sold.

 

[Woolless]

Scanned Sunday:

16 empty
95 singles
176 twins
9 triplets
1 quad 161%

An improvement on last couple of years (lack of grass/ewes struggling for condition at tupping) but the ewes are in very good form and I thought 170% was realistic. On better ground, the mature ewes have scanned at 200%. Too many empties made the difference, may do some blood tests.

The few hoggs scanned very well:
1 empty
23 singles
5 twins 114%

Can't ask for much better than that!

 

[Sheep92]

Scanned Saturday
48 empty
527 singles
1031 twins
86 triplets

Happy with that for outdoor lambing, a third of flock being shearlings. Most of empty have late raddle marks on so a few may appear at the end if the ewes are not sold.

That's an ideal scanning not too many trips and 2 thirds twins

 

[Colliepup123]

Scanned my NC mule girls yesterday. 207% starting beginning of April, will certainly keep me busy.

 

[primmiemoo]

The everso well bred crossbreds were scanned earlier than usual, just before New Year.

Think it works out at about 180%, but is slightly skewed in that the cull group were included (had a diddy keeper ram lamb in with them for a whole 24 hours, who got 3 in lamb out of them), and also a couple of ewes with faint marks from the sweeper were put through just in case he'd only bounced them.

There will be at least 1 quad, but no litters >phew!<

 

[shearerlad]

Today’s results
I think the word is “mixed”

First 3 lines are Cheviots, mostly draft ewes between 5 and 7 year old. Yellow and red to Cheviot tups, black to a fronteira from Logie Durno

Cross ewes didn’t set the heather on fire, esp the orange group which are Cheviot mules.

My small pure beltex flock did 200% (2 ewes, 2 pairs)

 

[Devil's advocate]

Neighbors son works down Ayrshire ( second hand info ) 500ish scanned at 275% 40 sets quads, more trips than pairs - good job there’s plenty grass so far this year .
I’m more than happy with my 180 - 200 % over different lots , not many empty & less than 10% trips

Oh dear. Divide everthing by 10 ie 50 ewe flock would be ok.

What breed are they, hope they are inside at lambing time.

 

[DartmoorEwe]

My small hill flock of sbf x lleyn did 5 empty, 25 single and 22 double. My first ever hog lambing did 18 empty, 14 single and 1 twin. We've all got to start from somewhere and we're generally improving the twinning percentage.