Signpost: 'The difficult weather at the start of the year has been challenging for our flock'

Lambing this year has been complicated by adverse weather, which has meant the lambs have had to be kept indoors for longer

Brian Keane from Enniscorthy, Co Wexford on his farm. Picture: Patrick Browne

Lambs were weighed recently and performance is back on other years. It was to be expected, and while the weights might make hard reading they will be really useful in terms of making a plan for how to get the lambs finished in the coming months.

Birth weights are on target for the singles, twins and triplets. Performance of the twin lambs is 228g/day while the singles are 287g/day. This is behind target for both so grassland management, lameness control and parasite control become all the more important to try and get the best possible performance out of them up to weaning.