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We moved our next batch of ewes to lamb over to the shed yesterday as they are due to lamb on the 28th jan and we were very lucky to wake up this morning with two very nice ewe lambs from our ewe Rosie. They must have been born around 2am as we had checked the ewes at 12pm and when we checked them again this morning at 6am they were full of milk and licked dry.  Rosie gave us two very good lambs last year and has done the same again this year.  Keeping our fingers crossed that the rest do as well.

 
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We moved our ewes and lambs to a small field with good shelter and the mild weather we are having now is giving them a great start. As you can see by the picture they are very content. We are still feeding the ewes silage and meal to keep them in good condition and to keep the milk coming. We will start to creep feed the lambs in the next few weeks. We sold our last pedigree hogget last week to a new member in Rousky but we have 2 very nice ewe lambs that were born in september that are for sale.   

 
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Our ewe Gloria (originally from the Stonecroft flock in wicklow) had two huge ram lambs today with a little help at the end as they were so big. We have had 3 ewes lamb now and they have had 7 very healthy lambs between them.                                                                    

 
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Our ewe Jenny had 2 ewe lambs on Monday and both are a good size and very well marked. This ewe always seems to give us doubles and she is a great mother.