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Fleeces demonstrating from left to right a category A fleece, category B fleece and category C fleece with significant daggings present.
Outdoor lambing works best with hill and hill cross breeds with grass supplies sufficent to elimate supplementary feeding.
Declan Miley and his brother Mark delivering a breech birth at Ballyglass, Knockcrochery, Co Roscommon.
With a breech birth, it is important to bring the lamb quickly and aid breathing once the lamb is born.
Declan Miley of Ballyglass, Knockcrochery, Co Roscommon, with triplet pedigree Charollais lambs. With a difficult birth, the ewe and lambs may need closer supervision.
Ewes making their way back to the hillside, Castlegregory, Co Kerry. \ Valerie O'Sullivan