Farmer Jen Blog

My niece Emily has moved in with us and was just stoked today to see the birth of twin lambs this afternoon, her first time seeing lambs born and our first lambs for this season.  Mum, Baa-Wun and Baa-Tu are doing well... however we have had a number of ewes and more recently a ram fall prey to wild dogs and foxes so I'm about to go on night patrol to try and keep the predators at bay!  Not the best photo but I needed to keep some distance - they were still a bit shaky on their pins and I didn't want mum to refect them if they had my scent.

From: The Daily Telegraph
March 02, 2010

THE cost of breeding sheep has more than doubled on a year ago as producers bet prices - already at records - will keep on rising.
Crossbred ewes fetched an average of $120 a head in February, according to official Meat & Livestock Australia data. A year ago the average was $53, meaning prices have jumped by 126 per cent.
The demand has come from farmers who want to increase the size of their flock to take advantage of the record prices that butchers and other consumer suppliers are paying at saleyards.

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