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Lambs born in Autumn (unintentionally)

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  • 02-10-2022 4:22pm
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    ChrisBarrett7
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭


    Hi all,


    We've never seen anything like this before, where a handful of our ewes have lambed between the end of August and October of this year. Has anyone here experienced this or would know why it happened?


    Background: My father has been sheep farming his entire life and has never seen it. We're lowland farmers in Kerry.


    Thanks!



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    farawaygrass
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    Ya we had this happen a few years. Now we just keep the rams well away for the non breeding part of the year. I take it they had lambs in early spring too? It must me a sign your ewes were in good condition after tut first time. They’ll be a nice little money earner in January or February when there’s nothing else coming in



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    Jonnyc135
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058265739/lambs-born-in-autumn-unintentionally

    There could be a drop of dorset or some off season breeding in them maybe, but as farraway said they must have been in great condition.



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    orm0nd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,174 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    We used to call them "cuckoo lambs". They usually were conceived about the time the cuckoo arrives.



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