Lambing On A Small Scale Hints And Tips For Successful Lambing.

I explain in detail my method of lambing. I talk about feed, supplements, pen size and everything in-between. Its essentially a farm tour of my lambing operation.
Great watch for beginners and people just starting out.

[@richarddavis7124]

Hello I run a similar set up in Ireland. There is a product that keeps foxs away from young lambs called "Orlden" its made in Co.Down. i have used it for the last 3 seasons and lost no lambs to fox, the lambs would be 4-7 days old. another handy tip maybe to colour code the numbers on the lambs and ewes. i use green numbers for singles, red for twins and blue for triplets.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Richard Davis hi! Il look up that product sounds interesting!! Colour coding the numbers is a brilliant idea!! Will definitely be doing that this year! Thanks for the comment 😊

[@tower2914]

I farm in co down as well.using orlden 4 years never lost a lamb first 3years.last year a fox took 6in one week even with the orlden.needless to say that fox is dead now

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Fox can be a real problem at lambing time...heard stories of them going on and out of sheds too!

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[@paulbell4845]

Cheers Taffy. Top quality information.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks 😊

[@gerinevicencio9603]

Family Home Entertainment presents Nursery Rhymes (1983)

[@danagoodman3519]

Hello from Indiana U.S. Nice videos about lambing tips. We are about to have our first Lincoln Longwool lambs in April. Excited! We have two guardian donkeys, very sweet but they do not not like dog-type predators. I love Wales and will be in Scotland and Yorkshire in July. Keep the videos coming. Dana Goodman

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Dana Goodman hi Dana! Thanks for the message! 😊 good luck with new lambs!! 😁 the lambs will be the same. The biggest enemy of the sheep in Wales are foxes and domestic dogs! Scotland and Yorkshire are beautiful places! Hope you enjoy your holiday there!😊

[@desgrimes7627]

I agreed with everything but I feel you keep them in the bonding ones way to long and inside way too long too.we leave them in bonding pen for a day or two that’s about it.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Sometimes it is like that, all depends on how many lamb at the same time. Agree with you though a day or two is enough time to bond.

[@emmanuelspromisefarm6118]

Thank you for your video. We are expecting our first babies any day and are very NEW to raising sheep and goats. Where is the best place to get the high energy licks??? Thank you again.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Hi, wishing you all the best with your sheep!! 😊 You can buy them from any farmers supplies store. wynnestay, countrywide, mole valley etc

[@petecater700]

Great video, I’m a first timer with sheep and lambs so I found this very informative. 👍🏻

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks for the comment Pete, really glad you found it useful

[@garrysmith898]

good video.... i bought a barn conversion on a farm... the farmer has retired and just has a dozen or so sheep... i thinking of hiring one of the fields of him and buying some young lambs to fatten up and for meat and keep a couple to breed .. which would be the most cost effective way in doing it.... buy yews or young / orphaned lambs....

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Lambs will be to expensive to buy in the spring. You could buy some store lambs later in the season and get them on good grass to finish them. I would buy breeding ewes and lamb them. You can either sell them lamb an ewe. Or just sell the lambs and then do it all again! 😁 Orphaned lambs never sell for a good price. They will never be as big as a lamb reared off the ewe.

[@garrysmith898]

@@gwenyngruffydd thanks for that.. i will look in to doing that then

[@gwenyngruffydd]

😊👍🏻

[@blakebespokefurniture7669]

Love your videos pal, just getting prepared to lamb my 50 down in March this was great to watch. Getting me excited for the best time of year 👍

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thank you I really appreciate that. 😊 Good luck for lambing this year!! Hopefully lots of doubles!!!😄

[@gerinevicencio9603]

Is Lambs feeding the pellets⁉️

[@gwenyngruffydd]

yes, the main source of food for the lamb is the others milk. Hay and pellets are good for heath and growth of the lamb

[@RykerPlay]

Brilliant tips mate, I plan to start my own after military service. Thank you.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks 😊

[@emmabryn7477]

Mynd I helpi gyda defaid wythnos yma felli roedd y fidio yma yn dda i wylio. Diolch yn fawr i ti.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Emma Bryn dim problem! 😊 falch clywed fod y fidio yn fuddiol i chi!

[@timberwolf2353]

Phwoah! The size of that lamb! I would have guessed 5 to 7 days, not 24 hours! That said, I'm more familiar with Llanwenogs and Lleyn cross sheep. Quite a bit smaller. Still a sunday roast and good pair of slippers!

[@gwenyngruffydd]

😂👍🏻👍🏻

[@gerinevicencio9603]

This reminds me of “Little Bo-Peep” & “Mary Had a Little Lamb” from Nursery Rhymes (1983)

[@gwenyngruffydd]

😂😂

[@johnnytasker1531]

Hi mate. Thanks for the insight into tour lambing routine. It is similar to mine, though I imagine that you run more on than I do. I use a building like yours but also have some old buildings as well. Your ideas and methods are almost the same as mine. Up here some neighbours lamb on the open moor but I like them at home for convenience and it beats fiddling about in poor weather and darkness. We will start lambing very soon, although we had one in early January- it's dad must have been a wall jumper! I hope your time goes well and we all hope that the weather will be on our side, it is unusually mild here atm. Thanks for the vid and good wishes for the season. Johnny. Northwest England.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Hi, thanks for the kind comment! 😊 wish you all the best this lambing season too! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@johnnytasker1531]

Hi. Many thanks. I hope all goes well. Weather turned colder today- with quite a wind, dry though which is good for us here atm. Best wishes. Johnny. Northwest England.@@gwenyngruffydd

[@bluethru808]

We use livestock guardian dogs (maremmas) that live out with the flock all year round on the mountain protect from foxes, and also aerial predators (ravens etc) since having the dogs our losses are 0. We are based in south wales and have a Facebook page facebook.com/caecanol if you wanted to see what they are about. Really informative good video and lots of helpful hints 👍 subscribed and will be looking out for more. Cheers.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Sounds super interesting!!! Will look it up right now!! Thanks for the comment 😊

[@muhammadchoudhry5864]

Hi, your videos are very informative.Just wondering, how much does it cost to build the shed like you have and how many lambs can we fit in it?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thank you, in todays prices I honestly don’t know. About 6 years ago £15,000 would go far, not anymore

[@con-iw5tg]

Good vid, very helpful

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks! 😊

[@thefattyfarmer6087]

Hello sorry to be cheeky !could you give me a shout out please?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

On one of my farming videos? Can’t see why not!

[@thefattyfarmer6087]

Gwenyn Gruffydd yes please,thank you ,I will give you a shout out-if it will help a bit,my next video will hopefully be a lambing one! 🐑

[@Flowing23]

great video, how many do you lamb, how big does the shead have to be for, say, 50 ewes

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Hi, We lamb 40-50 depends on the year. Our shed is roughly 45ft long by 20ft wide. We get them all in there! 😊....but it is tight.

[@victoriaelliot735]

really helpful - thank you

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Your welcome 😊 glad you found it useful

[@rogerrogers7393]

What breeds of sheep do you have or cross breeds are they ?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Hi most of those sheep are Suffolk cross. Slowly moving over to polled Dorset’s. No bad word to say about the Suffolk. A good solid hardy sheep. What do you keep?

[@rogerrogers7393]

@@gwenyngruffydd I have only three 3 ryeland sheep and two are pregnant which should lamb soon and 1 unrelated brown ram lamb

[@gwenyngruffydd]

roger rogers wish you all the best for lambing! 😊👍🏻

[@jacksugden8190]

Amazing what can be achieved.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Jack Sugden thanks 😊

[@worrenchavalala2909]

What are those numbers on sheeps for?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

I mark the sheep and her lamb with the same number so their easier to round up 😊

[@worrenchavalala2909]

@@gwenyngruffydd thank you so much. 😊

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Your welcome 😊

[@ericstebenne6368]

Very interesting Thank You so much for Sharing

[@gwenyngruffydd]

No problem 😊

[@seanbreen5122]

how many rams do you have we keep 1 ram per 30 ewes and we have 200 ewes

[@gwenyngruffydd]

1 per 30 is a good number. We have only got around 50 ewes and have 2 rams to cover them. I’m sure 1 would do it quite easy. But the more you have the better chance of them lambing together I suppose and get it finished in one cycle. What sheep do you keep?

[@seanbreen5122]

I keep Lanark ewes put to blue faced Leicester rams then cheviot ewes put till Suffolk rams

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Sean Breen nice lambs no doubt off the blue faced Leicester!! 💪🏻💪🏻

[@Wayne0017]

How do you cut the tails for the lamb and at how many days after birth would you recommend

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Hi, I ring them a day or two after birth. I find that's the best time to do it and it doest bother the lamb at all.

[@Wayne0017]

Ok thanks Gwenyn I have ringed mine a week after birth I though it was a bit early..I was panicking at moment when I ringed them cz they were all sitting after I've ringed but the following morning they were all fine and moving around.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Yea they will be fine 😊

[@carladurland5194]

😍💕💕💕💕🥰😊

[@jefffraser6666]

Damn you Scots talk funny😁

[@gwenyngruffydd]

I’m not Scottish!! I’m Welsh!! 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@annathornburn4716]

Nice setup! I sadly don’t have the space to lamb inside, only a bit of space if one was really struggling. Your sheep and lambs all seem really friendly! Most of my tups are friendly lads too, makes working with them easy but got one who I think is going to be a pain in the backside as he’s so skittish! 🙈

[@gwenyngruffydd]

All my sheep used to be wild. They cool down eventually 😊😅

[@carladurland5194]

I love sheep they are so cute😊😊

[@gwenyngruffydd]

😁😁

[@HushE2AskolE]

Hi enthusiasm in such farming beautiful

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks 😊

[@HushE2AskolE]

You welcome in my nature site land in July August shigar garden. You have this beautiful texel sheep but I don't have? I learning different techniques by your video. How I have this breeds in north mountain in Pakistan.

[@evereststudios2347]

Love this!

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thank you 😊

[@ericstebenne6368]

How many ewe you have

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Around the 50 mark. Mainly Suffolk cross but slowly building a flock of poll Dorset. 🐑

[@glyndavies591]

Diddorol iawn ma defaid gyda r ferch diolch am y tips fe joiodd hi y fidio help mawr diolch eto

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Glyn Davies hello Glyn! Falch bo chin mwynhaur videos! Feedback yn meddwl lot. Diolch 😊

[@glyndavies591]

@@gwenyngruffydd iawn dim probs

[@paulgregory6233]

thats a good set up for sheep you have i used to do all that my self good idea with the ram in side keep up with the videos good .

[@edmondfinucane5506]

Are yous Welsh ya?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Yes!! 😄

[@edmondfinucane5506]

@@gwenyngruffydd nice accent sounds a bit Scouse. Do you speak Welsh aswell? I'm Irish and can speak Irish/gaelic

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Yes welsh is my first language and English is second. 😁

[@gerinevicencio9603]

Is Lambs, a boy or girl⁉️

[@gwenyngruffydd]

it could be either 😊

[@zaTeeks]

Probably a very passionate sheep handler

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thank you 😊

[@zaTeeks]

@@gwenyngruffydd please do more sheep videos

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Will do 😊👍🏻

[@zaTeeks]

Thanks🐑

[@jakelowrison57]

Really good video mate

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks Jake 😊

[@jakelowrison57]

@@gwenyngruffydd no problem you helped me with the video 👍

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Really glad you found it useful 😊

[@deborahfoltyn5510]

Thank you 😊 love this 🥇

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Glad you found it useful 😊

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