Lambing in or out?

drive it

Country lad wrote: »

I myself lamb ewes outside during the day and bring them in at night and find this works very well .no problem with diet as they are fed outside and put a round bale of hay in shed at night so they have something to pick at

Do many lamb at night or would the most of them lamb during the day when they are out?

orm0nd

finally managed to turn out some lambs this morning, about a week behind schedule

was pleasantly surprised how well they have done indoors ,, ewes have loads of milk,

I got my own formula sheep mix this year & see a huge difference, just makes one think what sh1te is in the commercial mixes,(even the expensive ones)

back on topic, all ewes are lambed indoors here,

the ewe lambs will be brought in when shed space is available,

rangler1

orm0nd wrote: »

finally managed to turn out some lambs this morning, about a week behind schedule

was pleasantly surprised how well they have done indoors ,, ewes have loads of milk,

I got my own formula sheep mix this year & see a huge difference, just makes one think what sh1te is in the commercial mixes,(even the expensive ones)

back on topic, all ewes are lambed indoors here,

the ewe lambs will be brought in when shed space is available,

what's the mix

razor8

orm0nd wrote: »

finally managed to turn out some lambs this morning, about a week behind schedule

was pleasantly surprised how well they have done indoors ,, ewes have loads of milk,

I got my own formula sheep mix this year & see a huge difference, just makes one think what sh1te is in the commercial mixes,(even the expensive ones)

back on topic, all ewes are lambed indoors here,

the ewe lambs will be brought in when shed space is available,

Hi, What mix did you put together and how do you manage storing it? Do you have to spend much time mixing it?

orm0nd

razor8 wrote: »

Hi, What mix did you put together and how do you manage storing it? Do you have to spend much time mixing it?

I priced from 3 suppliers, & bought from the cheapest,
ready mixed & blown in ... in bulk,

I don't have the % s to hand , but in descending order

maize, barley, soya hulls , soya bean meal, rape, molasses , vits./ mins.

(personally I would have preferred beet pulp in lieu of the hulls, but it wasn't cost effective)

razor8

Looks a very good mix, soya bean meal only job for good quality & quantity of milk, prevents a lot of problems

orm0nd

learned one thing over the last 24 hours, ... you can never have enough/too many lambing pens,

any how off duty now until morrow morning ..... junior shepherd is going to have a busy night by the looks of things

& I accidentally forgot to charge my phone , completely dead :D:D

sea12

orm0nd wrote: »

learned one thing over the last 24 hours, ... you can never have enough/too many lambing pens,

any how off duty now until morrow morning ..... junior shepherd is going to have a busy night by the looks of things

& I accidentally forgot to charge my phone , completely dead :D:D

How is it going for you in general.

orm0nd

sea12 wrote: »

How is it going for you in general.

very few lambing issues, but all ewes would be third crop upwards so they just get on with it,

a lot of triplets, (maybe too many)

I only count when I'm selling :rolleyes: but junior says we're very close to 200%,

sea12

orm0nd wrote: »

very few lambing issues, but all ewes would be third crop upwards so they just get on with it,

a lot of triplets, (maybe too many)

I only count when I'm selling :rolleyes: but junior says we're very close to 200%,

Yea u can't beat the experienced ewe compared to shifting around with hoggets or ewe lambs. Definitely makes life easier

Bullocks

I put mine in the last day because the weather was so cold and wet . Just pulled the first of a triplet a few minutes ago (first lamb in about 40 yrs according to the father ) .
Should she have milk straight away ? The teats seem empty even though she is bagged up well

Username John

Bullocks wrote: »

I put mine in the last day because the weather was so cold and wet . Just pulled the first of a triplet a few minutes ago (first lamb in about 40 yrs according to the father ) .
Should she have milk straight away ? The teats seem empty even though she is bagged up well

As in she just lambed a few min ago?
She should have milk straight away yeah. Are you sure the kernel wasn't in the pap stopping you get milk?
sometimes they can be harder than you'd expect to get em out.

whitetail

Lamb everything out from mid March on have good sheltered fields for lambing down and move to grass 24 -36hrs later depending on strength of lamb also have about 30 lambing pens in sheds, we sell all triplets at scanning makes life easier.

Bullocks

Username John wrote: »

As in she just lambed a few min ago?
She should have milk straight away yeah. Are you sure the kernel wasn't in the pap stopping you get milk?
sometimes they can be harder than you'd expect to get em out.

Yup just there awhile ago , got the curd out after the other 2 came out . Its fairly thick milk but they are making attempts at sucking anyhow and I gave them a small bottle each just in case . Ill have a look in at them in awhile to be sure they all look ok.
First time I ever lambed a ewe and the old boy and two of his mates decided to give me an audience at it :rolleyes:

sea12

Bullocks wrote: »

Yup just there awhile ago , got the curd out after the other 2 came out . Its fairly thick milk but they are making attempts at sucking anyhow and I gave them a small bottle each just in case . Ill have a look in at them in awhile to be sure they all look ok.
First time I ever lambed a ewe and the old boy and two of his mates decided to give me an audience at it :rolleyes:

Yep the milk should be thick as it's colostrum. Turn the ewe over on her back, put the lamb onto the teat and it should suck away.