Shearing ewe lambs

[It was already broken.]

Anyone tried shearing ewe lambs pre tupping? Just think it might help them eat a bit more and give them a boost. The full fleece on hogs feeding lambs look to me to be a struggle so it might avoid this also. But. Will it affect them in ways I have not considered? Or am I overcomplicating things for no gain?

 

[Bill dog]

Done it for years here. And clipping my ewe lambs this week. Keeps em tidy too right through to lambing !
. Get em done, you won’t regret it !
Edit - my ewe lambs are Romney!

 

[Stewartry hill]

Mine will be off first dry day scotch mules .lambs suck easy keep them clean don't hank on scrub don't get stuck on their back.

 

[Ysgythan]

Shear ours but don’t tup them. Would still shear if we did though tbh.

 

[Al R]

Sheared ours for 15-20 years now, helps them grow on and takes wool away from the udder for lambs next year. If you time it right from early on with clik/clikzin applications it saves an application and the cost isn’t very dissimilar, next year I might shear all stores aswell. Pneumonia would be the main issue with shearing them, I do mine late July/early August and this year had 18mm the next day and I was lucky not to lose any - I wouldn’t want to be shearing ewe lambs into September mind unless the weather promises good for at least 5-10 days after.

 

[Ysgythan]

Sheared ours for 15-20 years now, helps them grow on and takes wool away from the udder for lambs next year. If you time it right from early on with clik/clikzin applications it saves an application and the cost isn’t very dissimilar, next year I might shear all stores aswell. Pneumonia would be the main issue with shearing them, I do mine late July/early August and this year had 18mm the next day and I was lucky not to lose any - I wouldn’t want to be shearing ewe lambs into September mind unless the weather promises good for at least 5-10 days after.

We have to do the mules we buy then because that’s when the sale is...

 

[shearerlad]

I do my ewe lambs , although they aren’t tupped. As above, saves them getting caught in brambles etc and getting couped. They also stay cleaner around the backend.

 

[Estate fencing.]

I do mine. Another advantage is that you can see what condition they are in without handling them.

 

[neilo]

I would of thought more ewe lambs would be shorn pre-tupping than not. I seem to remember @Global ovine saying once that no trial in NZ had ever shown a benefit it terms of dlwg or conception rates, but they will stay cleaner through to next shearing time.

 

[scottish-lleyn]

No trials have proven any growth benefits to shearing lambs on staight splits from the same flock and farm. Really just do it here to keep them tidy and clean and dont have that big heavy hogg fleece to contend with next summer i will be doing mine in the next few weeks once harvests over . Have done them into october some years with no ill effects but i have been lucky not to have any stinking days a few weeks after shearing.

 

[tepapa]

It's worth shearing them just to stop them getting caught up in brambles.
If you leave it late and weather starts to change its better to shear them with a cover comb. You can even the leave bellies on as a bit if protection of your worried.

 

[S J H]

I used to so it when I tupped them, I would do it if I could, the only downside is selling the rejects as I take them out throughout the winter.