Mr Rhode Island Red Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Yesterday, the man who scans the sheep came to scan my 6 ewes. After 20 minutes of waiting, I decided to run inside to get some paper to take down notes etc. and when I came back to the field...the scanner had come and gone. He had scanned the ewes and marked them with dye, and then left. I can't believe I missed it Anyway, Scan results, 3 ewes are carrying 2 lambs (twins) 3 ewes are carrying 3 lambs (triplets) ______________________________ = 15 lambs I'm going to have my work cut out, Wish me luck Mr Rhode Island Red, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Wow! you have fertile sheep good luck and we would love to see some photos when they arrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 You could be waiting a while, the first ewe isn't due until 16 march next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Good scanning % Hope they're easy to lamb and look forward to seeing the photos Not sure when they're scanning at the few farms I go to Lamb, might ask tomorrow and see if I can go along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Here are some pictures of the 6 ewes carrying the lambs, amount of lambs they are carrying is marked with blue dye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Aww What are they + what was the tupp - Mule or Suffolk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 3 Texal+Blue Lister 3 Suffolk+ Blue lister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Ahh ok, was half way there Our Welsh Mules (commercials) at the farms are Blue Faced Leicester X Welsh mountain, then put to a Charollais terminal sire to give good lambs. At the Uni farm we've got BLF, Texel, Suffolk, Lleyn and other pure breeds and they're a Performance Recorded Flock so have to write down everything we do or see, inc weighing feed, lambs etc... Can be a pain at 4am but its good and soon get used to it, just confusing lambing on 3 farms and doing different stuff at each one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Three Two Very funny pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 The bloke over the stream has some rather plump looking ewes, so am expecting to see some lambs around May time here. Will have to check on their dye markings! Also neighbours in the Smallholding next door have some Cornish sheep ( not so good in Windy West Wales), but the black ram has been very active & so think there will be a few lambs there too! They've not had them scanned though as yet. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
