Slow start to lambing continues
24 February 2010 - 7:26pm | morganpell
At last today I had to remove a jersey while working with the sheep and I did not need a hat all day!
Lambing has been very slow for two weeks, barely 2 ewes per day and last week I wrote that I did not think ewes could "hold on" to their lambs until better weather but today as the temperature rose to 8oC so did the lambing rate! so far today the dizzy height of 6 ewes! (11 lambs). Hay and silage stocks are dwindling fast and I find myself counting the bales left and comparing that to the number of days until I can turn out the majority of the stock. The two do not match at present! the ration will have to change to make use of our good stock of straw. Walking round the fields today showed me that we need to loose a lot of water before we can do anything they are really wet. March will be upon us next week and it is surprising how quickly the ground will dry out. Hope lives eternal and no doubt my shorts will be brought out again soon, you have been warned!