EVEN if lambing isn’t for a few months, the pre-season preparation begins now.
Ewes should be maintained in Condition Score 3 throughout pregnancy and in the lead up to lambing.
This will mean that lambs will be heavier at birth and thus have a greater chance of survival, the ewe will have adequate body fat reserves to cope with lactation and the lambs will grow more wool follicles for wool production over their lifetime.
There is a significantly greater incidence of ewe mortality in ewes in Condition Score 2 or below . . .
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