Maralynn Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 I've heard the theories behind this, but am wondering if this is actually the case. Do your ewes tend to lamb around a full moon? Is it just an old wives tale? I've had 20-30 lambs born a year for the past 8 or so years and never really paid attention. Someone I was talking to brought it up today when I told him how many of my ewes had lambed so far. My ewes started lambing on Sunday, and there were 8 lambs born in 24 hours (4 sets of twins). Since then I've had 3 more ewes lamb. It has been great for me as I have this week off work. If they keep up this pace they'll be done by the end of the week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi44 Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Don't know about lambing and a full moon - but seems like everyone gets even crazier around here then. My girls like to wait until I have something planned - you know, the kind of thing you're really looking forward to or can't get out of - then they explode and we have lambs everywhere. At Purdue, they taught us that the gestation for pigs was 3 months + 3 weeks at 3 in the morning. Good luck with the babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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