Hi David here's wishing you and your lovely family a very happy Easter, thank you for your vlogs, very much appreciated as usual Sue & Ben (Woodhall Spa) x
If you set the lamb's up like a frog when they are struggling to breath it lets them fill both lungs with air. When lying on there side they are slow to fill the other one.
Hello from Iceland love your videos. One question for you I see that when you have triplets you go and take the second and third after the first is out why is that I’m always open to learn more about birth help thank you so much 😁
I try to let the sheep lamb themselves naturally without much intervention. In that instance I wanted a lamb to foster onto a sheep that had lost one lamb. The reason I took the 2nd & 3rd lamb was to pick the most suitable lamb for fostering which is generally a stronger male as I prefer to leave the female lambs with their mother as they are worth a little more in my enterprise. Hope this explains things ok?
Hi, enjoy your videos- just wondering if you ever have much trouble with first crop ewes not taking their lambs, whether their singles or doubles. Any tips to remedy this?
Oh my goodness I know your girls are adorable and can even be helpful at times, but really where oh where did you find such a super cute little boy. He is just at the right age to see all the wonder in the “lammies” and of course not want to let you be out of his site. Make the most of the wonder years with all your children, time goes by in the blink of an eye. Happy Easter to you and all your family and of course Robbie. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
As somebody that knows nothing about sheep I always thought that a hogget was from an old sheep after researching I find that Mutton is from older sheep. The learning curve never ends.🙂 God bless🙂
Extremely rare for a Lleyn to reject a lamb if wet fostered but timing is everything. No point giving her extra lamb after she passes the after birth. 50/50 success rate when adding a dry lamb onto to a single.
All my second lambers had smaller lambs,quite vigorous mind you,i don't mind that because they are not fully grown themselves yet since we usually have them lamb at one year old,they can lamb easily this way,and we feed them all the same,u find your lambs are on the big side that could get you in trouble.
A couple of questions I would be asking myself with the small lambs 1. did they all go to the same ram 2. is this their first or second year breed and does this make a difference - small is fine they will catch up - but the scales will tell you if you note Small on your system so you can see how they go in the next 7-9 months
From all 6 stock rams so can't pin it down to one ram but they are first timers. Unbelievable how fast they are growing so I don't think there will be much difference at weaning time.
I'm in no position to say anything definitively about hoggets lambing, but their pelvises are not going to loosen as easily as with later crops. If it's the same ram as was with the older ewes then nothing to worry about. If the ram was only with the young sheep then consider if you like his lambs or not. Good luck!
Leave them in big pens if the lambing pens are full and help is scarce for letting sheep and lambs out. Once the sheep lick their lambs there is no issue with them getting separated or trampled..
Just as well that the hoggets have smaller lambs. Really hard to get the feeding right for her continued growth and the lamb’s demands. Larger lambs = difficult birth and probably rejection after the traumatic experience. Ideally you want one lamb, but with Lleyns you also get unwanted triplets. I gave up on lambing hoggets, too much trouble.
I should have added lambing them late in May gives another month for the ewe to grow and enough good grass to thrive on. Then the lambs are weaned early and put onto creep, giving the ewe a chance to grow on.
@@patrickkelly1055I am a bit confused over the term as by the time the ewe lamb, lambs down, she will be a hogget, but yes I am accustomed to using the terns ewe lambs and yearlings.
I actually don't mind my ewe lambs/shearlings having smaller lambs . Its a little easier on them. My big older girls fire out some bigger lambs and they are fine.
Another wonderful vlog filled with tiny new lambs and your little children enjoying the lambs. Thank you for sharing, I love it. God bless.🙂
Thank you so much ☺
Great vlog, seeing new lambs is a great way to pass the time!
Great video. Your children are just adorable. That was some big lamb.😊👍👍
Thank you Linda ☺
Thank you for sharing your lambing adventures! You make my heart smile!
Thank you ☺
Those kids will be real helpers in no time.
Great to get them outside.
Hi David here's wishing you and your lovely family a very happy Easter, thank you for your vlogs, very much appreciated as usual Sue & Ben (Woodhall Spa) x
Thank you so much ☺
Great video, mother nature has a way of knowing when an animal is not ment to be. ❤
Thank you..
Thankyou , alot of hard work you do .
Take care have a nice weekend.
Thank you.
Great video David your flat out lambing 💪👌
Thank you Gary 👌
That's a great job with your sheep 🐑 lad tow lovely children to
Great video,, super big lamb,, and great to see the children around helping out ,, ❤
If you set the lamb's up like a frog when they are struggling to breath it lets them fill both lungs with air. When lying on there side they are slow to fill the other one.
Thank you for the tip 👌
Great vlog once again, many thanks especially at such a busy time.
Thank you 👌
Great video as always David. You automatic feeder coils have been a godsend this year with all the triplets
Thank you Jonathan, the feeder definitely save some valuable time at lambing. Glad it is working well for you..
Excellent video again thanks for sharing Happy Easter
Thank you 👌
Hello from Iceland love your videos.
One question for you I see that when you have triplets you go and take the second and third after the first is out why is that I’m always open to learn more about birth help thank you so much 😁
I try to let the sheep lamb themselves naturally without much intervention. In that instance I wanted a lamb to foster onto a sheep that had lost one lamb. The reason I took the 2nd & 3rd lamb was to pick the most suitable lamb for fostering which is generally a stronger male as I prefer to leave the female lambs with their mother as they are worth a little more in my enterprise. Hope this explains things ok?
Yes thank you so much for your quick reply ❤ and now I understand better 🤓
My favorite video of yours for a long time
Glad you enjoyed it 👌
Great videos, double dose rate of metacam for sheep..
Cracking video as always. You are a sound lad. Keep up the good work
Thank you Paddy👌
Hi, enjoy your videos- just wondering if you ever have much trouble with first crop ewes not taking their lambs, whether their singles or doubles. Any tips to remedy this?
Oh my goodness I know your girls are adorable and can even be helpful at times, but really where oh where did you find such a super cute little boy. He is just at the right age to see all the wonder in the “lammies” and of course not want to let you be out of his site. Make the most of the wonder years with all your children, time goes by in the blink of an eye. Happy Easter to you and all your family and of course Robbie. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much. They are so much fun at this age..
As somebody that knows nothing about sheep I always thought that a hogget was from an old sheep after researching I find that Mutton is from older sheep. The learning curve never ends.🙂 God bless🙂
Is Twin Lambs feeding the pellets⁉️
Good stuff
Great content.
25:26 Is Twin Lambs, a boy or girl⁉️
How often does substituting a wet lamb for a dead lamb work? Does the ewe ever reject the lamb later on?
Extremely rare for a Lleyn to reject a lamb if wet fostered but timing is everything. No point giving her extra lamb after she passes the after birth. 50/50 success rate when adding a dry lamb onto to a single.
Have you used Orphan-No-More to sprinkle on lambs?
Not yet. How successful is it?
RUclipsr Sonne Farms (Iowa, Angus cattle) swears by it. Also marketed for use on lambs.
This reminds me of A Christmas Romance (1994)
I thought that backwards lambs can also take a breath in the birth canal when the cord breaks which makes it harder for them to breath.
10:31 - 10:39 Is Twin Lambs, a boy or girl⁉️
Did you dose them for endo and toxo, I’m not 100% exactly on it but it’s got to do with ewes aborting lambs early
Yes all vaccinated for toxo and Enzo 👌
@@sheepschool365 well I suppose there’s always just the odd few, had one this year born without a bottom jaw
@@sheepschool365 do you have a necropcy do e with lambs like that to rule out the diseases you talk about?
All my second lambers had smaller lambs,quite vigorous mind you,i don't mind that because they are not fully grown themselves yet since we usually have them lamb at one year old,they can lamb easily this way,and we feed them all the same,u find your lambs are on the big side that could get you in trouble.
How do you know which lambs has which mother…
A couple of questions I would be asking myself with the small lambs 1. did they all go to the same ram 2. is this their first or second year breed and does this make a difference - small is fine they will catch up - but the scales will tell you if you note Small on your system so you can see how they go in the next 7-9 months
From all 6 stock rams so can't pin it down to one ram but they are first timers. Unbelievable how fast they are growing so I don't think there will be much difference at weaning time.
Wonder is the hoggets lambs something to do with the sire maybe?
I’d rather two small viable hardy lambs than one bid soft brut.
He marks them with paint in different places.
I'm in no position to say anything definitively about hoggets lambing, but their pelvises are not going to loosen as easily as with later crops. If it's the same ram as was with the older ewes then nothing to worry about. If the ram was only with the young sheep then consider if you like his lambs or not. Good luck!
Can pin it down to one ram. I'm thinking the lambs are smaller because they're first timers.
Why do you leave new born lambs in a big pen of sheep overnight? Do they not get trampled or separated from their Mum?
Leave them in big pens if the lambing pens are full and help is scarce for letting sheep and lambs out. Once the sheep lick their lambs there is no issue with them getting separated or trampled..
This is Texel?
Where is Robbie?
the main man 😊😊
Just as well that the hoggets have smaller lambs. Really hard to get the feeding right for her continued growth and the lamb’s demands. Larger lambs = difficult birth and probably rejection after the traumatic experience. Ideally you want one lamb, but with Lleyns you also get unwanted triplets. I gave up on lambing hoggets, too much trouble.
I should have added lambing them late in May gives another month for the ewe to grow and enough good grass to thrive on. Then the lambs are weaned early and put onto creep, giving the ewe a chance to grow on.
So you lamb ewe lambs instead of hoggets is it?
@@patrickkelly1055I am a bit confused over the term as by the time the ewe lamb, lambs down, she will be a hogget, but yes I am accustomed to using the terns ewe lambs and yearlings.
@@patrickkelly1055 No ewe lambs lambing this year. Only 2 year olds. I have lambed ewe lambs every year up till this year.
@@wendyrowland7787 Find it confusing also because I believe a hogget is 11-24months old?
Good job as usually happy.easter
Thank you 👌
Always find the hoggets will have bigger lambs if they lambed as ewe lambs. First crops are generally smaller
Had llyens for years and get an odd full black llyen lamb
I actually don't mind my ewe lambs/shearlings having smaller lambs . Its a little easier on them. My big older girls fire out some bigger lambs and they are fine.
Absolutely agree with that unfortunate that mortality increases as birth weight drops but same at the other end of the scale. Hard to get it right..
Always find the hoggets will have bigger lambs if they lambed as ewe lambs. First crops are generally smaller
That interesting as most of these hoggets with small lambs are first timers...