Farming - Lambing Flashcards
What are the main facts about sheep?
Ruminant, 10-12yrs, 60-90 per min (HR), 12-20 per min (RR), 38.9 (BT)
Birth to weaning what is a sheep called?
Lamb
Weaning to shearing what is a sheep called?
Hogg, Ewe hogg
1st to 2nd shearing what is a sheep called?
Shearling hogg, Shearling ewe
2nd to 3rd shearing what is a sheep called?
Ram, Ewe
What are the main uses of sheep?
Meat (lamb, mutton), Fibre (by-product), Land management, Tick mops
Sheep farming types?
Different landscapes, 90 breeds, Hill Upland Lowland
Main benefits of stratification?
Better use natural resources, crossbreeding, heterosis (hybrids), specialised lines
What are the hill/mountain breeds?
Swaledale, Herdwick, North country cheviot, Welsh mountain, Scottish blackface
What are the longwool upland breeds?
Border leicester, Lonk, Kerry hill, Teeswater , Bluefaced
What are the lowland down breeds?
Suffolk, Oxford down, Wiltshire horn, Shropshire, Romney marsh
Continental sheep definition?
Lastly bred sheep for meat
Breeds of continental sheep?
Charollais, Texe, Beltex
Breeding information on sheep?
Depends on breed, stratification, Cycle every 17 days, Pregnancy 147 days
When is a sheep put to Ram?
October/November
When does lambing occur?
March/April
When does weaning occur?
May/June
When is Ewe flushed/ Lamb grassed or slaughtered?
August/September
How long is the breeding season?
3-4 weeks
What is the ratio of ram to ewe?
1:50 OR 1:25
Pregnancy criteria?
Nutrition, Scanning, Number of lambs, Vaccinations (6-8 weeks before)
What are the main dangers of overfeeding?
Difficult births, Metabolic disorders, prolapse, poor milk supply, weaker born
What are the main dangers of underfeeding?
Difficult births, Metabolic disorders, high lamb loss, poor milk supply, lambs slow growth
The reasons for abortions?
Disease (EAE, Toxoplasmosis, Camplylobacter, Salmonella abortion, Listeria) Mechanical injury
What are the main metabolic disorders?
Hypocalcaemia (deficiency), Twin lamb disease (last month pregnancy)
