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Lambing records at the Cornell Sheep Farm

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Last 5 years

Past summaries (year and lambing season):

Ewe age distribution

June 2011 birth weights

 
 
Lambing season

Item
October 10
January 11
March 11
June 11
August 11

Year1

Lambing dates
1 Oct 10 - 29 Nov 10
2 Jan 11 -
1 Feb 11
3 Mar 11 -
24 Apr 11
1 Jun 11 -
5 Jul 11
2 Aug 11 -
17 Sep 11

1 Oct 10 - 17 Sep 11

Lambings
121
89
119
202
116
651

Lambs delivered
211
181
262
373
169
1203

Lambs delivered per lambing

1.74
2.03
2.20
1.85
1.46
1.85

Lambs born alive
193
166
217
326
156
1067

Lambs born alive per lambing

1.60
1.87
1.82
1.62
1.34
1.64

Lambs alive at 60 days

164

143

190

291

138

933

Lambs alive at 60 days per lambing1
1.37
1.61
1.60
1.44
1.19
1.43

Death loss at 60 days, % of delivered
22.3
21.0
27.5
22.0
23.1
22.4

Death loss at 60 days, % of alive at birth
15.0
13.9
12.4

11.3

16.7

12.6

1May not sum to total of lambing seasons because a few ewes lambed outside of scheduled lambing seasons and therefore they and their lambs were not counted in the seasonal columns.

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