farawaygrass wrote: » Do you tag them at birth? I don’t tag till autumn time, and just put two of the same colour in each ear
White Clover wrote: » I just use a small management tag at a day old and tag permanently in the autumn.
farawaygrass wrote: » Do the lambs ever lose them management tags?
Kevhog1988 wrote: » Theyd hardly all lose them?
OneMan37 wrote: » I think 2/3 out of the group of 16 lambed about 5 weeks ago and nothing since.
Kevhog1988 wrote: » Could be on the next cycle. I think its every 17 days??
OneMan37 wrote: » Highly doubt it, as I’ve another group that weren’t stressed all lambing in last few weeks. They were all running with the same ram, in one field. I separated them later.
White Clover wrote: » Any tips on dealing with an outbreak of orf in pet lambs inside? Never before had orf here, inside or outside.
joe35 wrote: » Anyone know when would be the best time to put a dog in pup. TIA
J.O. Farmer wrote: » Round about the time she's in heat, roughly every 6 months. After that how will it suit you if when she has them 9 weeks later. Other than that time of year doesn't matter so much.
joe35 wrote: » Thanks farmer, how do you know when she's in heat. I've to leave my dog down with a fella and I'm not leaving him there for 6 monthsðŸ˜. He said he didn't know when she'd be round
razor8 wrote: » Blood tests will probably tell you they aborted
OneMan37 wrote: » Vet doesn’t seem to know about blood test. But they were running with older ewes mid to late pregnancy. Maybe they weren’t getting enough meal due to competing with older ewes around feeding trough ? This could have impacted them adversely, they were on very poor (non existent) grass.
farawaygrass wrote: » Bought hoggets last year and some are jumping walls. Have them separated as don’t want them to spoil the rest of the sheep. Wondering am I better off fattening them up and factorying them or sell them on for breeding again. They would be all sound for breeding and any person interested would be told before hand about their problem. But would anyone be interested in such sheep?
wrangler wrote: » They'll probably settle after lambing, our hoggets that didn't lamb are a lot wilder than those with lambs Can you summer them somewhere with sheep wire
farawaygrass wrote: » They lambed this spring (majority did-a few slipped lambs). I had them separated in a well wired field for about 3 weeks and gave them another chance with the main bunch this week and they jumped again after a few days. I actually went through them there and 75% of them had the same flock tag number. The fella I bought off bought them as lambs off a few different farms. It must be in them. I’m leaning towards getting rid of them now as last thing I want is to spoil my own sheep. I was leaning more towards buying breeding hoggets going forward but it’s it can be hit and miss with various different issues. Maybe time to buy a nice maternal ram and breed my own again from next year
farawaygrass wrote: » I left them in a field beside the yard(very bare, no grass at all)while I brought in the rest and low and behold they are gone into another field with a nice cover! Definitely have my mind made up now!
wrangler wrote: » I thought they'd settle if ithey were fenced for a few weeks. best to get rid so. I like breeding our own here and it was good when we had a big number, but it's awakward now in a small flock. All my ewes are fifth generation doubles and I can honestly say it doesn't guarantee higher prolificacy. you'll improve the lamb crop better with good management at mating
Young95 wrote: » Do you think the whole only keep doubles thing is a con wrangler? I’ve kept a few single lambs here and there just as prolific as double or triplet lambs .
OneMan37 wrote: » What breed mix are they. My Hilltex are quiet but Charollais cross lambs are wired.
Kevhog1988 wrote: » Does the ram have any input on how prolific the lambing is?. Almost finished lambing and im at 212% after using a zwarbtle this year.
wrangler wrote: » Not really, the ram put's in enough semen for loadsa lambs, ewes determine the lamb crop. We used to AI ewes here and we'd jump the rams on site. you could get 50 servings out one jump
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