A Practical Lambing Record for Sheep Farms

Learn which ewe, lamb and birth details create a useful lambing history for flock decisions and daily follow-up.

Start with the ewe

Confirm the ewe’s identity before recording the event. Capture the lambing date, location or pen, number born and whether assistance was required. Consistent dam identification is what makes later reproductive analysis possible.

Create a record for every lamb

Give each lamb a temporary or permanent identifier and record sex, birth status and birth weight when available. Link every lamb to its dam and, where known, its sire. Do not combine twins into one record.

Record outcomes, not just births

Note survival, fostering, rejection, supplemental feeding and important follow-up. These observations help the team know which lambs need attention and provide context when comparing growth or mortality later.

Review the flock

Useful measures include lambs born per ewe, lambs surviving to a defined age, assistance rate and growth by litter type. Define each measure consistently before comparing seasons or farms.

This guide is for general organization and education. Health and medicine programs should be approved by a licensed veterinarian for the farm and product instructions.