The Poultry Keeper

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2236 Location: South Cumbria

our local Radio here in Cumbria does this every year but I have never heard of it anywhere else maybe you know different Rolling Eyes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2008/01/02/lamb_bank_2008_feature.shtml

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6805 Location: isle of lewis

we have a pets corner on the radio ,the rest of the year it's chickens ,dogs ,cats. in april it's orphan lambs ,it's a great idea ,i'm not allowed to listen any more Embarassed

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1400 Location: Clawddnewydd

Dont worry MM, I'll send you some of mine!! Actually, I'm hoping that as I have roughly an equal split between singles, twins and triplets, that they will lamb about the same time and I can chuck a spare triplet on to a single...... we'll see Rolling Eyes

Its never worked out like that before though Mad

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6805 Location: isle of lewis

that's how they said it worked on the lambing course ,that i took Shocked

you mean nonies lecturer lied ,bad jim marr:lol: Laughing

,if nonie shows him this i'm in trouble next year,it's a worry when daughter talks to her lectuerer and he says oh yes i remember your mother Embarassed

debcat · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject:

especially when they are over 200 miles away

BB I've only seen it work like that once and that was a single that was born dead, the one in the next pen had twins so we whipped one as it came out.
easiest and quickest fostering I've ever seen Very Happy

skye girl · Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 638 Location: Isle of skye

wwwwwooo not long now, it will be here before you all know it, sleepless nights, I was a good girl and resisted, the Tups have only looked at the girls over the fence Wink

I hope

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1400 Location: Clawddnewydd

Yeah, thats what I thought last year and ended up with 12 extra to lamb Shocked

I have managed to "adopt" a triplet onto a ewe before who had a single, she lambed same time as one had trips. The trip ewe spat them out almost together and so when the single lambed, I just chucked the first one to hand over to her and she took it without a murmur. Never happened again Twisted Evil

Blimmin things are wise to me now and lamb days apart from anyone who I may be able to pressgang into taking a spare Rolling Eyes

Happy days indeed, no I'm not loking forwards to lambing this year. Thank heavens I've only got 30 this time round........ Last year it was 65 Shocked

debcat · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject:

I've got 6 to lamb, OH has 78 to go Shocked

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1400 Location: Clawddnewydd

Those days are long gone!! I used to lamb 400 indoors Shocked

Not funny!!

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2236 Location: South Cumbria

our neighbour has 600 I think though they spread them out, they usually hire a marquee, but they have been putting footings down maybe a new lambing shed ??? but they are tenants so maybe just a hard standing for the marquee just Dad and 2 sons and they have a milk herd too I don't know when they sleep !

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6805 Location: isle of lewis

nonies place lambs feb to august Shocked

i think she is looking forward to lambing this year silly girl Rolling Eyes

skye girl · Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 638 Location: Isle of skye

I'v not had lambs this year, with the move and getting the farm sorted, sorting OH mum and dad living with us in the cottage and just everything I am just to tied, I don't think I will even have any chicks this year well not as I feel at the moment, anyway I only have 2 ewes old enough this year will be 4 next year and 8 the year after, I have not done anything to the farm house not had the time (but have fully decorated the cottage and had a extension built for the outlaws, got to look after the crinklies )good luck to you all with lambing (I am a bit jealous, but got to be sensible for once in my life)

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1400 Location: Clawddnewydd

Jealous??

How you fixed mid Feb and then 17 days later?? I'll swop with you! I know exactly how you are feeling re moving, I should have been in 4 months ago........now its just going to be a huge rush to get all equipment over to Wales before the ewes start lambing. Try bedding a shed down without a tractor to move heston bales and feeding silage.......... Sad

Oh well, suppose it will all work out in the end Very Happy

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6805 Location: isle of lewis

bb you need a fergi ,have you seen nonies sign off she's getting some real stick over that one Twisted Evil

,we cannot get a tractor up our land rock and peat ,bedding down isn't the problem ,mucking and spreading is .
moving silage is a messy job all hands to the pump ,knew i had children for a reason Laughing

,the bales have to be rolled up the slope :?across the front garden and though the fence isn't it funny how farmers and crofts always put their gates in the muddest part of the feild Rolling Eyes

manic nonie · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:34 am Post subject:

I'm really looking forward to it the late nights and early morning hehe, I bet I could a tractor on if I really tried milkmaid but I don't think dad would like it. Jim says hi by the way.
We could always brought the bosses Masse Fergi but I'm thinking he wouldn't like it so we might be in trouble
nonie