Mainly on tex cross and suff cross. Back to mainly texels with one Suffolk tup. Last two years we seem to be getting to many single lambs. Vaccinate for toxo and enzo. Used to have a few more mules in the flock which helped with prolifically. Probably need to do some blood tests. Any ideas?
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To many singles
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livestock 1
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When I had a lot of Texel x ewes they were inclined to have one lamb. They were also inclined to hang it too
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
nutrition pre/during tupping
Northeastfarmer
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Do you flush them?
livestock 1
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Blousing ewes pre tipping here has put 20% av onto lamb crop
Get mineral drench before tupping. Get split and flushed in a fashion. Maybe need to concentrate more on that.
Northeastfarmer
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Never heard of dressing sheep up to increase lamb numbers...fair play for giving it a crack
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They need a rising plane of nutrition 3-6 weeks pre tupping
livestock 1
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Copper is an issue for fertility if you are short. We would have a very poor crop of lambs and a long drawn out lambing time without substituting it. I am aware that copper and Texel sheep are a no no but everything here gets a bolus with copper pre tipping including Texel sheep. However we are really short of it so you would need to blood test first
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Of course you dress them up who would want a ugly sheep
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Haha bit lippy works wonders on a Saturday night!
spin cycle
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if i'm still farming sheep next autumn i'm going to keep a diary of weather and how feed looks...then see if it correlates to lambing numbers on specific days
i had a low lambing % til i got on top of haemonchus BTW
i had a low lambing % til i got on top of haemonchus BTW
Get quite a few away onto neighbours silage grasses but not that early as he takes a parish cut. Does anyone flush with cereals anymore ?
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Remember if they are fit too early then you can’t rise condition to flush
Food for thought. Do people find flushing increases treble numbers too.
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Boluses are what you need. Then you will need a ton of milk powder and milk buckets like we have.
Our vet reckons mineral drenches just give you expensive pee for a day.
Our vet reckons mineral drenches just give you expensive pee for a day.
livestock 1
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Depending on how fit your ewes get you may need to run them on some bare ish or rough going pre flushing. Sometimes just leaving them fit will still twin them well depending on when you loose the tups but if it’s late they can have gone off the boil before you’ve started
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Mineral drenches don’t last as long as they say even chillated ones 6 weeks claimed is bull shite
Think you are right. We thought it used to do some good but not convinced now. Bolusing is probably the way to go. What about tups? How big a difference does the male line make.
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Blouses need to be in the ewes 4/6 weeks pre tipping