#LAMBMETRICS for the day
Drysdale & English Leicester Flocks
Born yesterday/today: 17
Total Lambs Born: 69
Drysdale lambs (live total): 44
DrysdaleX lambs (live total): 17
English Leicester lambs (live total): 5
Total Sets of Twins born: 21
Total Sets of Triplets born: 1
Total ewe lambs: 29
Total ram lambs: 40
Ewes lambed /72: 45 (62.5 %)
Lamb % : 147% [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 4
Losses: 1 ewe, 3 lambs
Notable Midwifery tales:
The sad news: Hermione smothered her lamb the night after she lambed. 😥 She’s a maiden ewe and obviously wasn’t too good on “judging distance”. 🙁
Better news: Lots of lambs born yesterday and today. An extra 7 set of twins!
I shift each day’s newborns and their mothers into a different paddock from the expectant ewes at the end of day. Sometimes, the ewes have lambed a fair distance from where I want them. My good old “green shopping bag” gave up the ghost last week so I’ve been needing a new one. Thankfully, I have an awesome friend who has an industrial sewing machine – so now I have a new, shiny lamb bag! It got its first work out today. Thanks, Melanie!! 😀
(Sheep equivalent of falling asleep in the car!)