30 mm of rain has fallen over the past three days. The feed is really starting to grow now so by the end of the month we should have all the sheep on pasture. Today we drafted up 2000 single bearing ewes (ewes with only one lamb in gestation) and took off the poorer 25% and put them onto 2000 kg DM( dry matter) (a measurement of pasture quantity. On average, single bearing lambing ewes require 1200 kg DM and twins need 1800 kg DM) This should give them a good boost before lambing begins in about 4 weeks. The other 1500 go back to the holding paddock to be fed wheat for a least the next three weeks while the pasture gets a chance to get to 1200 kg DM.
We put the wethers we shore two weeks ago in the shed as there is a sheep weather warning out tonight. It's very cold, wet and windy outside, even with the fire cranked up full we are having trouble keeping the house warm. Tomorrow it's going to be a Max temp of 12 and a min of 5 with 45 km/hr winds. Winter has arrived.
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