Feeding the ewe: Scanning to lambing
Thursday 26th October
7.30pm
LLM Whitchurch, Sy13 4AQ
Supper Supplied
Join us for supper and a discussion about feeding the ewe from scanning to lambing to help set your flock up for a successful and profitable lambing season. We will cover the different feeding strategies and their benefits and […]
With the madness of Spring calvings and lambings well and truly over and Summer marching on past the longest day, we are back at that time of year to reflect on the previous breeding season and start looking ahead to the next one.
At the time of writing, Southern Europe […]
The aim of this course is to expand your knowledge and skills ready for this years lambing season! We will be covering the following topics…managing your ewes in the pre and post lambing period, common malpresentations of lambs and how to correct them, and looking after the neonatal lamb. […]
The aim of this course is to expand your knowledge and skills ready for this years lambing season! We will be covering the following topics…managing your ewes in the pre and post-lambing period, common malpresentations of lambs and how to correct them, and looking after the neonatal lamb. The […]
Some of you will be in the thick of lambing while others will be hitting the ground running over the coming weeks. Either way, the importance of good hygiene in the lambing shed is hugely important in order to avoid losses, reduce antibiotic use and
labour costs.
Good hygiene practices can […]
Being Prepared For Lambing Is Key!
Wednesday 22nd February
Bakewell Practice, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, DE45 1AH
2 pm – 4 pm
We have Emily Wilton from Nimrod joining us to talk about being prepared for lambing.
What […]
Lambing Course
We will be running this on Wednesday 8th February at Clitheroe, please give the office a call for more information – 012005 45456.
There are a few of important dates in the sheep farmer’s calendar, scanning day being one. After meticulously studying the different raddle-marked backsides from tupping now is the time to really see if the rams have earnt their keep.
Scanning provides measurable values that can be compared to previous years […]
Lambing 2021 is well and truly in full swing, as we hear Steph tell us about her start to the lambing season.
We have had a fast start to lambing time this year; vasectomising a homebred shearling tup that didn’t quite reach the mark. He has really tightened up our […]
In late gestation the energy requirement of each fetus increases significantly. […]
