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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
March 11
June 11
August 11
October 11
January 2012

Year1

Lambing dates
3 Mar 11 -
24 Apr 11
1 Jun 11 -
5 Jul 11
2 Aug 11 -
17 Sep 11
23 Oct 11 -
22 Nov 11
28 Dec 11 -
29 Jan 12

3 Mar 11 - 29 Jan 12

Lambings
119
202
116
74
193
709

Lambs delivered
262
373
169
122
356

1291

Lambs delivered per lambing

2.20
1.85
1.46
1.65
1.84
1.82

Lambs born alive
217
326
156
117
332

1159

Lambs born alive per lambing

1.82
1.62
1.34
1.58
1.72
1.63

Lambs alive at 60 days

190

291

138

110

300

1038

Lambs alive at 60 days per lambing1
1.60
1.44
1.19
1.49
1.55
1.46

Death loss at 60 days, % of delivered
27.5
22.0
23.1
9.8
15.7
19.6

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

11.3

16.7

6.0

9.6

10.4

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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