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You are here: Home / Blog / LambMetrics – 3rd August 2021

LambMetrics – 3rd August 2021

August 3, 2021 by Wendy Beer

#LAMBMETRICS for the day

Drysdale & English Leicester Flocks

Born today: 2
Total Lambs Born: 6
Drysdale lambs (live total): 6
English Leicester lambs (live total): 0
English Leicester X lambs (live total): 0
Total Sets of Twins born: 3
Total Sets of Triplets born: 0
Total ewe lambs: 3
Total ram lambs: 3
Ewes lambed /70: 3  (4.28 %)
Lamb % : 200 % [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 0
Losses: 0 [lamb]; 0 [ewe]

Castledale & Merino Flocks

Born today: 0
Total Lambs Born: 0
Merino lambs (live total): 0
Castledale lambs (live total): 0
Total Sets of Twins born: 0
Total Sets of Triplets born: 0
Total ewe lambs: 0
Total ram lambs: 0
Ewes lambed /62: 0  (0 %)
Lamb % : 0% [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 0
Losses: 0 [lamb]; 0 [ewe]


NOTABLE MIDWIFERY TALES:

The day started simply enough – drizzle and no lambs.

The twins mob casually trouped over to their Day Paddock and all was quiet.

Come time to move back to the Night paddock it seemed straightforward until a quick check of one paddock corner revealed 2 ewes lingering.

Hmmmmmmmmmm 2 lambs. 2 ewes. All good …. but this is the twins group….. that means an investigation is required!

Turns out that one ewe hadn’t actually lambed yet but was CONVINCED. Totally convinced that those lambs were hers.

So began the typical “walk to the shed” carrying the lambs – just that this time there were 2 ewes following!

Those 2 lambs definitely look like MINE!

Once the new mother and her twins were safely in the shed it was deemed wiser to leave the wannabe mother outside the shed…… Video below!

Am hoping she calms down and just has her own lambs. For the safety of the other ewes she’s away from the rest of the mob too.

Meanwhile:

One of the new lambs today.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring? 🙂

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