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Lambsey the flock mascotIt seems to come around more quickly every year but lambing is nearly upon us, The in-lamb ewes are housed and being fed concentrate feed (GM free) to build them up for lambing.
This is
Lambsey the flock mascot
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The new barn is just wonderful we can store all the hay
and straw and still fit in 17 ewes!
The in-lamb ewes stay in here until about two weeks before they are due to lamb and then they are moved up to the lambing pens.
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The lambing shed has had its walls and partitions pressure washed and disinfected and new straw put down ready for the first ewes to lamb. This photo shows the pen system, so when a ewe is about to lamb we move her to one of the smaller pens so she has a room of her own! The ewe and her lamb(s) stay in this pen for 48 hours and are then moved to one of two post-lambing pens - one for those with single lambs, the other for those with twins. |
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This is the first lamb of 2011, born at 23:30 hours on
12th January with
the help of the Vet, this is the first time we have had to call out the Vet to
a lambing, so not a good start to lambing! The lamb is weaker and
more wobbly than our usual thriving lambs, but she weighed in at 5.3kg, is
feeding well and has a very attentive mother - so fingers crossed. 15-1-2011 The lamb now appears to be doing well 12-1-2011 Birth weight was 5.3Kg and on 15-1-2011 weight now 6.2Kg |
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Ewe and her lamb now doing well Lamb born weighing 6.3Kg now at 2 weeks she is 11.3Kg on mother's milk only |
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This ewe is called Jasmine and these are her first lambs and one was only 2.5Kgs! |
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The Ewes and their lambs going out for the first time this year several of them took some persuading to leave the barn |
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Twin lambs going out for the first time with their mother calling them to come out and eat grass. |
The scores on the doors - err sorry the pens
| Ewe tag 82r - Josie | a Ewe lamb |
| Ewe tag 138 - Iris | a Ram Lamb |
| Ewe tag 69 - Rosie | Twin Ewe lambs |
| Ewe tag 85r - Amy | a Ewe Lamb |
| Ewe tag 31 | a Ram Lamb |
| Ewe tag 24 | a Ram Lamb |
| Ewe tag 81 - Millie | a Ewe Lamb |
| Ewe tag 25 | a Ewe Lamb |
| Ewe tag 21 - Judi | a Ram Lamb & a Ewe Lamb |
| Ewe tag 174 - Trudi | a Ram Lamb |
| Ewe tag 62 - Lily | Not in lamb - just along for the extra food! |
| Ewe tag 178 - Betty |
a Ram Lamb |
| Ewe tag 30 - Sherry |
Twin ram Lambs |
| Ewe tag 22 - Jasmine | Twin Ewe lambs |
As of 26 March 2011
Lambing now finished for this year. Back to a full nights sleep!