We're getting ready........for lambing
Here is our checklist to be completed by early February Purchase hay square bales for lambing jugs: done Purchase heat lamp bulbs: done Repair tilt table: done Purchase & install rolling stop ga...
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As of 8:30am on 22 Feb 2022 we have 81 live lambs from 44 ewes.
We had one more lamb die; this one was from malnutrition due to an mother not taking care of her lambs. We didn’t notice this one (amongst the 70+ lambs). We put the ewe and the sibling in a pen; the sibling is well fed but not by its mother (she was barely letting it nurse). The sibling must have been stealing milk where it could. We’ll keep this ewe and lamb up until we know she is letting it nurse or until we find a foster mother. This ewe will be culled.
We have 18 bred ewes left to lamb. We’re running at a 184% lambing rate; higher than previous years. We’re also getting more triplets than typical. We had good rain last fall which gave us lots of grass; the rich nutrition for the ewes before breeding likely increased their productivity.
We had one more lamb die; this one was from malnutrition due to an mother not taking care of her lambs. We didn’t notice this one (amongst the 70+ lambs). We put the ewe and the sibling in a pen; the sibling is well fed but not by its mother (she was barely letting it nurse). The sibling must have been stealing milk where it could. We’ll keep this ewe and lamb up until we know she is letting it nurse or until we find a foster mother. This ewe will be culled.
We have 18 bred ewes left to lamb. We’re running at a 184% lambing rate; higher than previous years. We’re also getting more triplets than typical. We had good rain last fall which gave us lots of grass; the rich nutrition for the ewes before breeding likely increased their productivity.
