General sheep thread

Yes that might be the best option.

I have the triplets house already as they are well bagged up.

I'm in the same boat in that I have only 1 ready to lamb, was a hogget I bought that must have been gotten to by a ram. Have her in a small field nearby but the weather is savage..was going to house her and I more but worried about the change in diet and the fact they would be soaking wet going in...would 1 day without rain dry there fleece

You'd need ventilation alright, I wonder would it be enough to leave both ends open

I use a tunnel for sheep but it has 3ft galebreaker around the sides at the bottom

could.nt see any problem putting her in shed when i am lambing myself put them in at night and let them out during the day

let them in every night no matter what the weather is like and let them out every day .only put them in at night in case i have to catch one and look at them ar night doing it for years and never had a problem

Anyone have a picture of a simple dipping bath set up? Half thinking of putting in a concrete one and a yard around it. They’re not over dear at €650. For dipping only. Was thinking of a 20 foot by 15 foot yard off the cattle crush holding B pen.

ill second that hard job dipping big ewes when you have to catch each one, youd have to try and get a race they go up then almost slide in on plastic themselves , im putting a guillotine gate on our dipper this year anyone any good engineering ideas on that? basically need them to not be needed to be stopped going oout of dipper.

Fostering Question:

Bought a Foster Ewe as had a couple of triplets and didn't want to leave all 3 on their mother's.

Anyway the Foster Ewe is giddy enough in the pen with the lambs twisting and going round in circles when they try to suck so I'm holding her for say 5-6mins about 6 times a day.

Just wondering will this work and will she eventually take to them or would I have a better chance by putting her in a crate ?

The crate I have similar to the one below (without the solid metal sheets at the front) she can still see them - not sure if that matters.

Thanks

With them crates I'd cut out the vertical bar at the bottom each side. I'd a ewe lie on a big strong pet lamb once. The lamb was inside the bar and had nowhere to go.

This is some s#*t show of weather for Lambing.

Is anyone letting out Ewes and Lambs this week or will ye keep them in as promised rain everyday I think ?

Would putting a jacket on the lamb be an option..I've 1 that lambed early and is in the last week want to get her out to grass but every day for the next 10 days is showing alot of rain on yr

Awfull weather too for foot issues:(

We found Hampshire Downs the best to survive in rough weather. Charolais were the worst.

3 weeks from lambing and had a ewe with triplets throw the whole show on Friday and got one stuck on her side yesterday....bloody sheep