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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
January 11
March 11
June 11
August 11
October 11

Year1

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

2 Jan 11 - 22 Nov 11

Lambings
89
119
202
116
74
615

Lambs delivered
181
262
373
169
122
1131

Lambs delivered per lambing

2.03
2.20
1.85
1.46
1.65
1.84

Lambs born alive
166
217
326
156
117
1006

Lambs born alive per lambing

1.87
1.82
1.62
1.34
1.58
1.64

Lambs alive at 60 days

143

190

291

138

110

892

Lambs alive at 60 days per lambing1
1.61
1.60
1.44
1.19
1.49
1.45

Death loss at 60 days, % of delivered
21.0
27.5
22.0
23.1
9.8
23.6

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

11.3

16.7

6.0

14.1

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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