Most of your sheep production year is centered around lambing. You plan the best time for lambing in your area and you’ve kept the ewes in good condition, so you are as ready as you can be. Then, when the lambing season is only days away, you wonder how do you know if a ewe…
Sheep normally give birth to 1 or 2 lambs at a time, with higher numbers possible in some prolific breeds raised under great management. But, chances are you already knew that so what about your sheep? Since different breeds of sheep and varying flock conditions produce different numbers of lambs, how many lambs can you…
Even on nice spring mornings, it can seem too chilly for newborn lambs. Healthy lambs with ewes that are actively working to warm them up by licking them dry will be up and going pretty quickly. But the healthy lambs are easy, what about a few of the other lambs that are not quite as…
While lambing is always an exciting time for any sheep owner, sometimes things do not go as planned and you end up with a rejected or orphaned lamb. What happened that made the ewe not take care of her lamb? Is Keeping Sheep Easy? gives you a look at the life and daily responsibilities of…
Spring time means green grass, birds chirping and lambs jumping and running in the fields. While those lambs are super cute, why do you only see them in the spring? Can lambs be born at other times of the year or are all lambs born in the spring only? Most lambs are born in the…
Rejected or disowned lambs, can happen in most any flock and are one of the more confusing parts of lambing season to deal with. What can you do if you notice that a ewe has rejected her lamb? If a ewe rejects or disowns a lamb, you can try to rebond the ewe and lambs…
Sometimes sheep will steal the lambs from other sheep. Why? What is that ewe (mom sheep) doing with another ewe’s babies? Ewes have a powerful instinct to take care of their lambs. Sometimes that instinct is very strong before the birth of her own lambs, so she steals the lambs from other ewes so she…
You’re expecting lambs! According to the calendar, your flock’s lambing start date is anytime. Wow, a very exciting moment that’s taken some work and planning to get to! The time you’ve been looking forward to is actually here, now what? How do you know when your ewes are about to start lambing? Sheep that are…
Lambing supplies are advertised every where as “must have” items. Some are essential and others, not so much. Here is our list of the items we keep on hand and why. The minimum basic lambing supplies to have on hand are: We tend to keep things simple at lambing, especially since most of our lambs…
The start of lambing season is always a big day! Exciting but a bit scary, too! All of your preparation up until now will get you great results, or maybe not so great. Since your sheep income for the whole year starts here, let’s make sure we are ready! To be ready for lambing season,…