Final Lamb Count

The final lamb for the season was born this afternoon (barring any unforseen circumstances). The final breakdown has been as follows:

29 Rams
17 Ewes

With 27 ewes giving birth, we lambed at 170% which is better than the 150% from last year. Unfortunately we lost 5 lambs, meaning our survival rate is 87% (slightly better than the average 85%). We had one set of triplets, 16 sets of twins (10 mixed, 5 all male and 1 all female) and 11 single births.

In all it was a fascinating experience yet again in which we learnt more than we could have hoped particularly assisting in several deliveries. We were slightly disappointed that the ram to ewe ratio was 2:1, but there are things we can try next season with regard to diet to hopefully alter that. We did get our 15 ewes which was what I wanted though.

Now we begin the task of deciding who we keep and who we cull. Unfortunately sentimentality only goes so far.