#LAMBMETRICS for the last 2 days
Drysdale & English Leicester Flocks
Born today: 19
Total Lambs Born: 78
Drysdale lambs (live total): 43
English Leicester lambs (live total): 18
English Leicester X lambs (live total): 10
Total Sets of Twins born: 27
Total Sets of Triplets born: 0
Total ewe lambs: 39
Total ram lambs: 38
Ewes lambed /70: 49 (70 %)
Lamb % : 145 % [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 8
Losses: 6 [lamb]; 0 [ewe]
Castledale & Merino Flocks
Born today: 16
Total Lambs Born: 56
MerinoX lambs (live total): 7
Castledale lambs (live total): 44
Total Sets of Twins born: 26
Total Sets of Triplets born: 0
Ewes lambed /62: 32 (51.6 %)
Lamb % : 159% [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 2
Losses: 5 [lamb]; 0 [ewe]
NOTABLE MIDWIFERY TALES:
Lambs everywhere at the moment. Obviously “peak lamb” !!! And absolute chaos!
Unfortunately, all the lambs that needed a colostrum supplement were all born the same day! Yesterday ended up supplementing 4 sets of twins. Just one of those things.
And today there was a TINY lamb born and then another that was a WHOPPER (his mother still isn’t walking properly..!)
And that’s it for today – I need to get back to check the ewes as the fox has been back and causing trouble.