Photo: Twin lambs born September 2022

LAMBING ON HIGHLAND FARM

Watch Steve on the YouTube clip tagging new-born lambs in 2017.
​This needs to be done the same time they are born, otherwise they are too hard to catch.
OUR EWES start lambing September through until October.
  • Spring in Rangiwahia is never easy.
We certainly experience some beautiful sunny days, but generally the weather can be tough and changeable with heavy rain, cold, wind, thunderstorms, hail & snow.
  • Since 2019, we have used a mix of sires  over our flock of ewes.
Only ewes, which have free-lambed and reared their lamb/s successfully, are retained in the flock. 
  • ​We are aiming for sheep, which are quiet, have good mothering ability, scan & rear twins (subjected to severe storms). 
  • The sheep also must have a structurally sound confirmation with sloping shoulders, meaty back ends and active.