Labour-Saving Ideas for Winter Housing and Lambing

Sheep Specialist, Damian Costello, joins us to discuss practical approaches to reducing labour demands during the winter housing and lambing period. Damian outlines key husbandry practices that can help minimise interventions with ewes later in the season, highlighting how early planning can pay dividends when workload is at its peak. We also explore the importance of shed layout, pen design and ventilation in creating an efficient working environment. The discussion covers a range of potential investments, from simple, low-cost improvements to more significant upgrades, all aimed at making day-to-day tasks easier and reducing pressure during this time of year. For more episodes from the OviCast podcast, visit the show page at:

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Labour-Saving Ideas for Winter Housing and Lambing is an episode from OviCast by Teagasc.

This episode is 20:46 long.

This episode was published on Dec 16, 2025.

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