#LAMBMETRICS for the day
Drysdale & English Leicester Flocks
Born today: 3
Total Lambs Born: 46
Drysdale lambs (live total): 30
DrysdaleX lambs (total): 12
English Leicester lambs (live total): 2
Total Sets of Twins born: 12
Total Sets of Triplets born: 1
Total ewe lambs: 20
Total ram lambs: 26
Ewes lambed /72: 31 (43 %)
Lamb % : 142% [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 3
Losses: 1 ewe, 2 lambs (stillborn)
Notable Midwifery tales:
A little quieter today. Just the one maiden ewe lambing as well as Gilbert’s older sister, Minty. All easy and no worries. 🙂
Pic today is of a set of twins that are 10 days old. These are F2 Drysdale X Romney. With no new purebred genetics coming into Australia I have been breeding up some “fresh” lines from some Romney ewes. This is what most people did in the 1980s when Drysdales were new in the country. Genetically, the Drysdale is “pure” Romney anyway since it is a one gene mutation that causes the horns and “hairiness”. Purebred Drysdales are “NN” for the hairy/horn gene and the crossbreds are “Nn”. (Romneys being “nn” I think) It can take 2-4 generations to get “pure” Drysdales from the crossing.
