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You are here: Home / Blog / LambMetrics – 23rd August 2021

LambMetrics – 23rd August 2021

August 23, 2021 by Wendy Beer

#LAMBMETRICS for the day

Drysdale & English Leicester Flocks

Born today: 4
Total Lambs Born: 107
Drysdale lambs (live total): 48
English Leicester lambs (live total): 36
English Leicester X lambs (live total): 13
Total Sets of Twins born: 35
Total Sets of Triplets born: 0
Total ewe lambs: 52
Total ram lambs: 54
Ewes lambed /70: 69  (98.5 %)
Lamb % : 140 % [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 11
Losses: 9 [lamb]; 0 [ewe]

Castledale & Merino Flocks

Born today: 3
Total Lambs Born: 95
MerinoX lambs (live total): 19
Castledale lambs (live total): 67
Total Sets of Twins born: 36
Total Sets of Triplets born: 0
Ewes lambed /62: 57  (91.9 %)
Lamb % : 151% [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 2
Losses: 7 [lamb]; 0 [ewe]

 


NOTABLE MIDWIFERY TALES:

Home stretch now….

Plenty of rain overnight and today. The sheep weren’t very happy with it – they’ve been enjoying the recent sunshine and perfect lambing weather!

The second to last English Leicester ewe finally lambed this afternoon. A relief since she was pregnant to the ram who seems to have been throwing large lambs and we won’t have to do 2am checks on her any more!

The remaining English Leicester ewe is a maiden so could lamb tomorrow or could wait several days.

The English Leicesters love lambing under this old cypress tree – which makes the shepherdess have to crawl in on her hands and knees if there is trouble!! But it keeps them very weather protected.

The bottle-raised lambs are doing well. More on them later…. in the meantime here are a couple of pics. 🙂

“Fluffy” – the first lamb of the year who is on the bottle after the fox attack damaged her face/jaw

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