By Toby Spruce
Although it feels like we have only just finished lambing, for many, it will be time to start thinking about breeding in preparation for next year’s lambing season. So now is the ideal time to start thinking ahead for ways to tighten up your lambing block to […]
The wet weather has forced many outdoor lambing flocks to retreat indoors. With sheds bursting at the seams and hygiene becoming difficult to maintain, this has led to an increase in E.coli (Watery Mouth Disease) cases in newborn lambs. Increased housing periods would normally cause us to be concerned about […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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