#LAMBMETRICS for the day
Drysdale & English Leicester Flocks
Born 13-18/9/19: 3
Total Lambs Born: 72
Drysdale lambs (live total): [no purebreds in 2019]
DrysdaleX lambs (total): 38
English Leicester lambs (live total): 33
Total Sets of Twins born: 15
Total Sets of Triplets born: 0
Total ewe lambs: 33
Total ram lambs: 39
Ewes lambed /68: 57 (83.8 %)
Lamb % : 124 % [live]
Assisted/Dystocias: 8
Losses: 1
FINAL FIGURES:
Plus! More stats!
| English Leicester | Drysdale X | |
| Ewe lambs | 14 | 19 |
| Ram lambs | 20 | 19 |
| Sets of Twins | 9 | 6 |
| Ewes lambed | 24 | 33 |
| Ewes empty | 6 | 5 |
| Total Lambing % | 113% | 100% |
| Assisted/Dystocia | 2 | 6 |
| Losses | 1 | 0 |
| Lambs needing ongoing supplemental feeding | 2-4 | 0 |
| Lambs needing colostrum supplement | 12 | 1 |
| Lambs requiring treatment for infection | 4 | 2 |
Notable Midwifery tales:
Well, looks like we’re finally finished for 2019!
It wasn’t a bad effort in the end – despite the season and a shorter than usual “joining” period. We actually expected a much lower figure of lambs because of the reduced time frame. Looks like the rams had ideas of their own…!
We hope you’ve enjoyed our annual lambing journey. 🙂
