It’s been a very quiet few days in regard to births! But, hopefully, we will be up-to-date now. 🙂
#LAMBMETRICS for the day
Drysdale & English Leicester Flocks
Born last few days: 10
Total Lambs Born: 91
Drysdale lambs (live total): 53
DrysdaleX lambs (live total): 23
English Leicester lambs (live total): 10
Total Sets of Twins born: 30
Total Sets of Triplets born: 1
Total ewe lambs: 38
Total ram lambs: 50
Ewes lambed /72: 58 (80.5 %)
Lamb % : 148% [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 4
Losses: 1 ewe, 5 lambs
Notable Midwifery tales:
It’s all been twins pretty much since the last update. Even the maiden ewes are having twins. 🙂
Only one single, and that was stillborn unfortunately. 😥 The poor mother was very upset. Some ewes don’t seem to care and others care very much. I couldn’t even give this ewe a baby to care for as it turned out her milk hadn’t come in properly (and, I presume therefore, that hers was actually a little bit premature). 😥
The English Leicesters that lambed have also required a bit of attention. One had mismatched sized twins and the little one has been missing out at the “milk bar” so he has been supplemented. And there was another special little boy born (all the English Leicesters are boys this year, bar one!?) who must have been deprived of oxygen so he’s been a bit “special” for the last few days. Thankfully, he’s headed in the right direction now! He will end up silver in colour, like his grandmother.
