As the snowy weather has passed (we hope)
we have started to move the ewes according
to their scanning results. This year we have
scanned at 180%. This means we will have
1.8 lambs per ewe resulting in over 450 lambs due to be born this March.
We had an incident with the ewes on the farm at the
beginning of January which was a dog attacking the sheep.
I was out moving electric fencing when I was disturbed by
screaming and shouting. To my shock my pregnant ewes
were getting attacked by a dog which had been allowed
off the lead. The dog took down a ewe with triplets inside
her and from the stress she aborted the lambs and died
the following day.
This time of year is very important to sheep farms. If
you are out enjoying the countryside with your dog just
remember to take a lead with you. If you see livestock,
or signs directing you to put
dogs on a lead, please do so. This
incident has had a big toll on the
farm and it has been keeping me
awake at night worrying about
J.C. Farming Ltd, Kings View Farm, Windsor Lane, Little Kingshill, Bucks, HP16 0DL
www.jcfarming.co.uk
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