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Ok. So I have two lambs that are a month old. The girl is smaller than boy. I got help from a neighbour to castrate the boy just over a week ago because he was harassing his sister a lot. He was even doing that thing rams do where they blow raspberries to court their ewes. At two weeks old...

Hi there. Yes I did notice the post was from 2016. My lambs are a meat breed, Romney Suffolk. Wool isn't really worth much. More wondering if they will be hot or not. Wool is probably a couple of inches long.

At what age do you normally fist shear a lamb. I'm in NZ, it's November so spring going on to summer. My lambs are currently 4 mths old

Thanks. I've been letting them out for a few hours each day. I've put steer in with them now to eat down some of the grass. Most of it is long and seedy so not new growth. I'm leaving them in the paddock now so hopefully they will not over eat.

I have two Romney Suffolk lambs, almost four months old. They have been in a penned off section of the paddock while still on milk and small enough to get through the fences. Today I've added square wire fencing to the existing fence to ensure they are safely contained. The pasture is a mixed...

Hi guys, My name is Shelley, I have a couple of lambs, and I have not raised them since I was a child. I thought it might be good to join a forum like this to fill in any gaps in my knowledge. As many of you have probably found, there is a great deal of information on the web and much of it...