Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Lamb Update

Thanks to Ben, Josh and Gabe (and their Mom and Grandpa!), Lara, Roger, Tristan, Keaton, Keira and Cassie (and their folks Paul and Trina), Courtney and Josie, Zach, and Matthew Shapiro and the Living Lands interns for all of the help yesterday!  We were able to shear 16 more lambs (before the sheep shearer got too hot), and we vaccinated and weighed all of the lambs.  We also put everyone (ovine) through the footbath.  A busy day, to say the least!

Here's an update on everyone's lambs:

Ear Tag   Owner   Weaning Weight   7/19 Weight
90           Josh              66                      73
96           Gabe             62                      63
960         Matt              65                      68
965         Lara              36                      41 (wether)
967         Lara              44                      46 (ewe)
995         Keira             54                      57
997         Callie             65                      64 (ewe - after shearing)
1007       Keaton          56                      65
1010       Ben               79                      83
1012       Cassie           53                      63
1035       Gabe             64                      67
1046       Tristan           60                      67

Since different people operated the scale, the weights are not entirely accurate.  Low weight gains may be attributable to coccidia or other parasites (which we've treated) or to scale operator error.  Overall, the lambs all look great.  We should see some significant weight gains next time.

Hopefully, others who took photos will post them (if we can figure out how other authors can post entries!).  Thanks again!

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