#LAMBMETRICS for the day
Drysdale & English Leicester Flocks
Born today: 3
Total Lambs Born: 15
Drysdale lambs (live total): 8
DrysdaleX lambs (total): 7
English Leicester lambs (live total): 0
Total Sets of Twins born: 4
Total Sets of Triplets born: 0
Total ewe lambs: 8
Total ram lambs: 7
Ewes lambed /73: 11 (15.1 %)
Lamb % : 136% [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 1
Losses: 0
Notable Midwifery tales:
No lambs born yesterday but they remembered what they were supposed to be doing today.
Had some concern yesterday that the first lamb born sired by Gilbert was in trouble. Not sure whether it was sick and then not drinking or the other way around. Either way, the lamb required tube feeding and antibiotics for pneumonia. It’s turned the corner, hopefully, and improving now.
Our property has a lot of slope on it and moving newborn lambs can be extremely tedious (we move the newborns every evening to in/near the shed). That’s where the trusty green shopping bag comes in handy. It helps the mother much more since the lamb is at “their” level.