Comments on: that was lambing http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/that-was-lambing/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:15:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: colouritgreen http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/that-was-lambing/#comment-615 colouritgreen Fri, 09 May 2008 22:06:11 +0000 http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/?p=216#comment-615 well yes - I take your point - in fact 'bonfire night for all fools day' is the tradition - and that's what we ended up doing pretty much. The suggestion is that as teh westcountry is warmer.. breeds have been encuoraged to lamb earlier to allow for good size of lamb by end of summer etc. but there are other theories on why they did not get into lamb - from bad luck - through to abortion. ... who knows. we will try again and take it from there well yes - I take your point - in fact ‘bonfire night for all fools day’ is the tradition - and that’s what we ended up doing pretty much. The suggestion is that as teh westcountry is warmer.. breeds have been encuoraged to lamb earlier to allow for good size of lamb by end of summer etc.

but there are other theories on why they did not get into lamb - from bad luck - through to abortion. … who knows. we will try again and take it from there

]]> By: alifelesssimple http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/that-was-lambing/#comment-614 alifelesssimple Fri, 09 May 2008 16:53:08 +0000 http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/?p=216#comment-614 I wouldn't have thought that November was too late for the ram to go in, the local sheep farmer always puts his ram in on bonfire night so as most of the bad weather is over by the time he lambs and for the last could of years running I've put my goats (not sheep I know but very similar) in kid in my week off over Christmas so am due in a couple of weeks. I wouldn’t have thought that November was too late for the ram to go in, the local sheep farmer always puts his ram in on bonfire night so as most of the bad weather is over by the time he lambs and for the last could of years running I’ve put my goats (not sheep I know but very similar) in kid in my week off over Christmas so am due in a couple of weeks.

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