Diary of a Sheep Dairy Farmer

Why so Many Singles This Year? Figuring Out the Mystery

22 min · 21. mar. 2026
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Our first lambing group of the year has wrapped up and the results aren't terrible but I had an unusual amount of single lambs born. Today I talk about why this may have happened and what I think contributed to the resulting singles in my flock.

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