Lambcam: Lambcam
Lambcam is brought to you by a small but dedicated team. Once things get going there are experienced staff on hand during the day and through the night. As well as the area you can see on camera, there are separate nursery sheds for the ewes and their lambs. The team will always assess the needs of the whole flock and prioritise the most vulnerable. A very sick newborn lamb that needs tube feeding may be taking precedence over a ewe in labour. Remember that there may be a staff member just out of shot watching on.
More answers on the #lambcam FAQs blog
Lambcam 2021
Lambing is an exciting and unpredictable business with plenty of highs and a few inevitable lows. As well as checking up on our girls here, you can read the lambcam blog, or follow the hash tags #lambcam #sgrinwyna on Twitter - We'll be posting news and updates on our mums and babies. There's also a gallery of highlights from the shed.
Total: 87
Shed Weather:
Highlights from the shed:
| No. | Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleaning New Babies | 28/02/2021 | 03:21 | |
| 2 | New Family | 27/02/2021 | 01:26 | |
| 3 | 2 at a time | 26/02/2021 | 04:26 | |
| 4 | Night Vision Lambing | 25/02/2021 | 06:33 | |
| 5 | First Twins 2021 | 25/02/2021 | 05:12 | |
| 6 | Second Lamb 2021 | 24/02/2021 | 03:48 | |
| 7 | Lambing Day Course 2020 | 13/03/2020 | 02:06 | |
| 8 | Radnor twins (Part 1) | 13/03/2020 | 02:39 | |
Comments - (157)
Good Morning Lambcammers
Alison: The blue strap ewes are wearing uterine prolapse retainer harnesses. Fuller explanation here
Belle: Thank you – we love that so many people check in every day to see how we’re getting on!
Sue: You may see ewes that are not keen to let their lambs feed. They are mostly first time lambers who are not quite sure what to do. This usually resolves itself with a couple of days in a nursery pen getting to know each other.
Regarding stillborns – I would guess a very small handful each year. You might be interested in this blog from 2016 that details the losses from that year (with causes). We have more sheep now, but the principles still apply.
Lambs that get hand reared are mostly from 3 categories:
• The weakest of triplets, where the other two get all the ewe’s milk
• Lambs whose mothers aren’t producing enough milk (could be due to mastitis or other reasons)
• Lambs who have had a very bad start, and needed tube feeding directly into their stomachs, usually wouldn’t go back to their mothers.
Hi Chloe
Lovely to hear from you - and good luck with your lambing too! We will look forward to seeing you and the family at the Museum again soon.
Hello Bernice! It's chloe that was on the lambing course last year with you, loving the lamb cam as we haven't officially started lambing yet, but have had a few early ones. Including a set of twins at the end of January:O
Gutted we can't come down to visit, my little boy would love it! Hope your all keeping well, and that lambing will be a good one for you
Hi Sue
The pregnant ewes are all scanned around Christmas time and marked up according to what they are having. One red dot on their backs = twins, two red dots = triplets, no red dot = single lamb. The ewes in the main shed are all expecting twins or triplets, the ones in the shed across the track are all having singles.
Regarding fleece colour. If the lamb is from two same breed parents it will have their characteristics eg Black Welsh Mountain - black fleece, Llanwennog - white fleece + black face/legs, Hill Radnor - white fleece + tan face and legs. If the lamb is a hybrid - it could be any combo of its parents genes
The blue straps are uterine prolapse retainer harnesses. (Check out the Lambcam 2021 FAQs blog on this page for a fuller explanation)
Do you know which ewes are having twins. Do black or brown sheep have white lambs and vice versa. What do the large blue lines on the ewes mean
Good Morning Linda and Sue
Linda: So glad that you're enjoying Lambcam again this year - so much has happened since last time!!!
There were a couple of very long labours in the shed yesterday. But I have checked with the farm team this morning and am happy to report that all the ewes and lambs from yesterday are doing okay - and feeling much better after a bit of tlc in the nursery sheds overnight.
Sue: Welcome aboard - we hope this is helpful and enjoyable for aspiring vets and virtual shepherds alike!
We have approx 250 breeding ewes. About 200 from 3 pedigree breeds with accompanying rams - and about 50 hybrids with a commercial Texel x ram. The boys go in with the girls at the beginning of October for lambing approx beginning of March
Thanks so much for showing the lamb cam. I read about it from Waitrose. Watching it is addictive and surprisingly therapeutic. My daughter has started vet school and will be helping out with lambing later in the month. How many ewes do you have on your farm. Are they all artificially inseminated. How long are they pregnant for.