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Lamlac offer trusted, practical lambing advice to help UK sheep farmers rear strong healthy lambs. Follow us for all the latest advice and top tips.

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30/10/2026

The next generation of sheep farmers, as photographed by this year's entrants 🐑

Here's a compilation from our ‘Little lamb fans’ category.

Can you spot yours?

29/10/2026

Sorting the shed now is far easier than sorting it in February 🐑

Using your housing well keeps stress down and reduces the threat of disease once ewes come in.

Our expert advice 👉 https://www.lamlac.co.uk/resources/lambing-advice/view,housing-ewes-and-lambs_28.htm

28/10/2026

Scotland's bluetongue restrictions have eased for store and fattening animals moving ahead of the autumn sales, though breeding stock still need testing or vaccination.

As Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie put it, vaccination remains the only viable long-term strategy for controlling the disease.

Read the full update:

The Temporary Blue Tongue Control Zone in place in south-west Scotland will be replaced today, 10 September, with a Restricted Control Zone. Under the change livestock such as cattle, sheep and oth…

26/10/2026

St Cadoc Farm on the north Cornwall coast lambs around 350 ewes indoors each year 🐑

In our webinar they talk through their approach to triplets, from colostrum to abrupt weaning at five weeks.

Watch on demand 👉 https://www.lamlac.co.uk/news/view,winning-at-weaning-ondemand-webinar-on-colostrum-management-and-milk-replacer-feeding_132.htm

25/10/2026

With the clock change, noticeably darker evenings start today 🐑

Nobody relishes working in the dark, so lighting, head torches and a bit of extra care underfoot all matter that much more.

What's your one top tip for evening work through the winter?

23/10/2026

Friday, and someone's already clocked off and found a comfortable seat 🐑

Can you caption this one for us?

21/10/2026

As lambs grow in late pregnancy, they take up more space inside the ewe and leave less room for her rumen, so it gets harder for her to eat enough as lambing gets closer 🐑

That's why late pregnancy rations need thinking about well in advance.

More in our guide �https://www.lamlac.co.uk/ugc-1/1/4/0/lambing_advice_october_2026.pdf

19/10/2026

Stepping milk temperature down over the first weeks encourages lambs to eat more creep, so the rumen is properly developed by weaning 🍼

The trial results behind that are in our webinar.

Take a look 👉 https://www.lamlac.co.uk/news/view,winning-at-weaning-ondemand-webinar-on-colostrum-management-and-milk-replacer-feeding_132.htm

15/10/2026

Guessing at forage quality can be an expensive habit 🐑

Three cores from a clamp, or samples from four or five bales in a stack, sent to a reputable lab is all it takes.

More in our guide 👉https://www.lamlac.co.uk/ugc-1/1/4/0/lambing_advice_october_2026.pdf

14/10/2026

Some wins are about more than the result. This is a nice read on the family history behind this Welsh pair's success at the Sheep Dog World Trial. 👉

A father and son from Wales have made history after both were crowned world champions at the Sheep Dog World Trial 2026 in Scotland.

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