[Jacob-list] Lambing question

[Robert May]

HELLO JOY, ET ALS...

MOST OF OUR LAMBS HAVE BEEN BORN EARLY IN THE
MORNING...AS THEY HAVE BEEN STANDING WITH THEIR DAMS
WHEN I GO OUT TO FEED.  THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE BORN
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, AS WELL.

I FEED HAY MORNING AND NIGHT AND GRAIN IN THE MORNING,
BUT I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN ABLE TO DETECT ANY
CORRELATION BETWEEN WHEN I FEED AND WHEN THE LAMBS ARE
BORN.

THIS YEAR'S LAMBS ARE BEAUTIFULLLY MARKED AND
PRIMARILY EWES (9 EWES TO 3 RAMS).  ALSO, LAMB WEIGHTS
ARE LARGER THIS YEAR, WHICH I ATTRIBUTE TO BETTER
PASTURE CONDITIONS/HENCE BETTER NUTRITION FOR THE
FLOCK.

REGARDS TO ALL, AND HAPPY LAMBING!
BOB MAY
SWAYZE INN FARM
HOPE, NJ
--- "Joy Thomas, SonRise Farm"
<shepherdofspots at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've heard several say they went to the barn in the
> morning to find new lambs. My ewes have almost
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> lambed mid-day. 
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> I live in NC.
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> Does where you live determine the time of day for
> lambing? Is it random?
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> Read once that it depending upon what time of day
> you
> fed -- I feed usually at night.
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> Eager to hear what others think about this.
> 
> Joy
> (who is eagerly awaiting our first lamb of 2005!)
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> Joyce M. Thomas 
> Son Rise Farm & Rabbitry, Creedmoor NC
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