Triplets

[Greythundercloudys]

Iv only 21, 5 lambed last night, just put them in a pen and let them work away, they mostly all live.

 

[gavd]

On a side note do people keep triplet born lambs as replacements? I take one off and run them as twins but just wondering how heritable the trait is? Obvs prefer twins in the future and not to many trips.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

On a side note do people keep triplet born lambs as replacements? I take one off and run them as twins but just wondering how heritable the trait is? Obvs prefer twins in the future and not to many trips.

If they are good lambs I have no problems ear notching a triplet gimmer...did 3 yesterday

 

[puppet]

No probs here with ewes rearing 3s . Seperate paddock , feed hard , creep lambs . ( One ewe has 2 this year , but reared 3 for last 3 years)..... Feed the ewes for 2 months post lambing , and creep the lambs also until then . A lot cheaper than powder and pellets !! At 8 weeks , they go out in fields with rest .... Triplets last year av'ge grossed £230 . Done it for 50 years now , and the ewes get no more probs than any others !!

A pet lamb costs £40 in milk plus creep/hay and all the time involved when every other animal is out grazing and we would like a rest from sheep.
We pick a lush paddock, choose the right ewes and lambs around 3 weeks old and let them out. 1kg daily at 25p is £15 over 8 weeks. Even if they just grow into store lambs they were £50 each last August. Not aware of extra mastitis

 

[neilo]

If they are good lambs I have no problems ear notching a triplet gimmer...did 3 yesterday

Same here.

 

[neilo]

A pet lamb costs £40 in milk plus creep/hay and all the time involved when every other animal is out grazing and we would like a rest from sheep.
We pick a lush paddock, choose the right ewes and lambs around 3 weeks old and let them out. 1kg daily at 25p is £15 over 8 weeks. Even if they just grow into store lambs they were £50 each last August. Not aware of extra mastitis

I disagree. Last time I costed cades, reared on a machine and kept indoors on creep until finished, they cost about £50/hd (half a bag of milk powder, so £25). My early cades are reared like that but those born now are weaned at 5 weeks, outdoors with a creep at 8 weeks, then weaned down onto grass until they disappear into the rest of the lambs at weaning.
They’re not much bother on an ad-Lib machine, taking next to no labour, and it means the ewes can rear two on few inputs and at less risk to the ewe.

 

[Nithsdale]

On a side note do people keep triplet born lambs as replacements? I take one off and run them as twins but just wondering how heritable the trait is? Obvs prefer twins in the future and not to many trips.

Aye, I keep them.

The 3rd lamb gets lifted (if she's got 2 girls and a boy, I will always lift the boy), then she's slipped through with her twin lambing pals. Come weaning/drawing ewe lambs you'll never know which was the triplets

 

[Rowland]

In the end I got shot of the extra lambs . I’m going to sell the ewes with lambs in the coming week so not sure how buys would like triplets.
I had a quad but I had to lamb it 1st one was dead ,pulled the next one out felt a 3rd so let it get on with it ,checked it after it had two put it in a pen and the bastion had another. Did think ewes were that fit at tupping time but had more 3’s than usual

 

[Northeastfarmer]

In the end I got shot of the extra lambs . I’m going to sell the ewes with lambs in the coming week so not sure how buys would like triplets.
I had a quad but I had to lamb it 1st one was dead ,pulled the next one out felt a 3rd so let it get on with it ,checked it after it had two put it in a pen and the bastion had another. Did think ewes were that fit at tupping time but had more 3’s than usual

Never ever have we had as many triplets as this year

 

[Bob]

I disagree. Last time I costed cades, reared on a machine and kept indoors on creep until finished, they cost about £50/hd (half a bag of milk powder, so £25). My early cades are reared like that but those born now are weaned at 5 weeks, outdoors with a creep at 8 weeks, then weaned down onto grass until they disappear into the rest of the lambs at weaning.
They’re not much bother on an ad-Lib machine, taking next to no labour, and it means the ewes can rear two on few inputs and at less risk to the ewe.

exactly what we do here.Used to turn them away with 3 never again since having the eco feeder
Expensive but at least you don’t need to spend much time with them

 

[aangus]

Never ever have we had as many triplets as this year

Same here, just seems to slow up every thing as well

 

[Chasingmytail]

Got a few triplets this year taken a couple off as 1 usually weak and have one poorly one now. So I have 1 set triplets in the pen already got 5 pet lambs. My issue is Im slowly running out of singles to adopt. Messed up a few by not being organised and 1 was too weak so had to put it back in pen. Gutted missed a single yesterday afternoon with loads of milk. Was planning to have just 2 pet lambs this year but not looking good.

I have a cracking ewe with quads and all lambs are equal and strong. I wont cull her she is a brilliant mother and raising them well she is kind and caring a lovely ewe. If I take off another 2 plus the one triplet going to have 8 pet lambs and prob only 4 singles worthy of adopting with.

Messed up this year didnt have it set up properly for wet adopting and theres a lot of standing around waiting for the ewe to drop one.

Day 15 now and fed up with it now. I also have 2 ewes tired up as butting their own lambs seem to have a few of these. In the end on a few just took one off.

Any advice on how long I give this? I want to get everything out of shed asap. Weather is cracking at least.

Looks like I'll be raising 4 pet lambs again. Drawn out process.

 

[puppet]

Well here is the lush paddock and some of the triplets at 2 weeks. Will post again at 6 weeks to update