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This week s weaning allows lambs to be offered the highest quality grass, while tightening up ewes for drying off will reduce grass demand. / Phill Doyle
There was 55 lambs drafted for slaughter on Tullamore Farm this week.
This brings the total number drafted to 108 lambs or about 35% of progeny born in 2021.
Farm manager Shaun Diver drafted lambs well down in the weights in the last draft on 8 July, so he was particularly pleased with lamb performance over the last two weeks.
Ram lambs
As Table 1 shows, the greatest percentage of lambs drafted to date have been ram lambs.
This is influenced by the fact that ram lambs have performed slightly ahead of ewe lambs, but more so by the fact that up to 40 ewe lambs which could also be drafted have been put aside as potential replacement ewe lambs.
First batch of 2021-born lambs drafted on Tullamore Farm
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