Lambing Advice

We know how busy you are this time of year, so Lamlac has developed some handy lambing advice to help you get through the lambing season.

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Body Condition Scores: Key to top condition at tupping

It’s common knowledge that pre-lambing, ewes need to be at their optimum condition to ensure good birth weights of their lambs and that they can produce enough nutrition via their milk supply to raise their offspring to weaning. But why is BCS so important at tupping?

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Celebrating the big 5-0!

Can you believe it? It’s been over 50 years since Volac began supporting sheep farmers worldwide with the development of our much loved ewe milk replacer, Lamlac.

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Sheep farming: how planting trees can help your business blossom

Yes, it’s true: planting trees can have a transformative impact on your sheep farming business. From increased productivity to a reduction in disease incidence, here are a few of the ways that branching out and planting trees can benefit your bottom line.

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Tips for successful lambing: Q&A with sheep farming influencers

Sometimes the best way to learn about successful lambing is to see what other sheep farmers are doing. So we asked some experts about their experiences. Here's what we found.

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Surplus lambs chewing feeder teats?

If you’re struggling with surplus lambs chewing on the teats of your ad-lib milk feeders, try a few of these tips to help prevent the issue.

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Managing surplus lambs

Scanning results will provide the first indication of how many lambs are likely to need fostering or artificially rearing.

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Winter feeding

It's never too early to think about winter feeding, but what should you be thinking about?

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Feeding colostrum to newborn lambs

Colostrum is the first feed for the newborn lamb and the key to survival. Can you remember the 3Q rule?

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Bedding options for the lambing sheds

To help you get ready for lambing, we take at the different bedding options you might consider for housing your ewes and lambs.

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Countdown to lambing: Management of the ewe

Correct ewe management in the last eight weeks prior to lambing is one of the most critical stages in the sheep calendar.

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Body Condition Scores: Key to top condition at tupping

Celebrating the big 5-0!

Sheep farming: how planting trees can help your business blossom

Tips for successful lambing: Q&A with sheep farming influencers

Surplus lambs chewing feeder teats?

Managing surplus lambs

Winter feeding

Feeding colostrum to newborn lambs

Bedding options for the lambing sheds

Countdown to lambing: Management of the ewe