In like a lamb
Spring lambing season at Penn State
Students and staff are busy at the Penn State Sheep Barns as spring lambing season begins. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
March 13, 2024
By Patrick Mansell
Every spring students and staff at the Penn State Sheep Barns oversee the breeding, feeding, management, and overall day to day care of the flock of sheep and their new lambs. March is the primary time of year for lambing at the facility. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
Lambing season at the Sheep Barns, part of the Penn State's Department of Animal Sciences, provides students hands-on educational experiences in breeding, feeding, welfare, and overall care of the new flock of lambs and their mothers. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
Lambs ranging in age from 1 week to 4 weeks old are being cared for by students in Penn State's Department of Animal Sciences during spring lambing season at the Sheep Barns. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
Lambs ranging in age from 1 week to 4 weeks old are being cared for at the Penn State Sheep Barn facility during the annual spring lambing season. Penn State's roots as a farmer's high school can be traced back to the start of the Department of Dairy and Animal Sciences in 1887. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
It's spring lambing season at the Penn State Sheep Barns. The facility is a hands-on learning environment for Penn State students, agricultural extension and outreach programs, and Pennsylvania 4H and FFA groups. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
A true sign of spring at Penn State is lambing season at the Sheep Barns. Lambing time is often the busiest season of the year at the Department of Animal Sciences facility. Students learn hands-on how to plan for, assist in birthing, and ultimately care for the newest members of the flock throughout the month of March and well into the late spring. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
The Penn State Sheep Barns are one of several agricultural learning facilities on the University Park campus that serve as an important tool to teach breeding, feeding, management, and overall welfare of livestock, Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
Every spring students and staff at the Penn State Sheep Barns oversee the breeding, feeding, management, and overall day to day care of the flock of sheep and their new lambs. March is the primary time of year for lambing at the facility. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
Lambing season at the Sheep Barns, part of the Penn State's Department of Animal Sciences, provides students hands-on educational experiences in breeding, feeding, welfare, and overall care of the new flock of lambs and their mothers. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
Lambs ranging in age from 1 week to 4 weeks old are being cared for by students in Penn State's Department of Animal Sciences during spring lambing season at the Sheep Barns. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
Lambs ranging in age from 1 week to 4 weeks old are being cared for at the Penn State Sheep Barn facility during the annual spring lambing season. Penn State's roots as a farmer's high school can be traced back to the start of the Department of Dairy and Animal Sciences in 1887. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
It's spring lambing season at the Penn State Sheep Barns. The facility is a hands-on learning environment for Penn State students, agricultural extension and outreach programs, and Pennsylvania 4H and FFA groups. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
A true sign of spring at Penn State is lambing season at the Sheep Barns. Lambing time is often the busiest season of the year at the Department of Animal Sciences facility. Students learn hands-on how to plan for, assist in birthing, and ultimately care for the newest members of the flock throughout the month of March and well into the late spring. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
The Penn State Sheep Barns are one of several agricultural learning facilities on the University Park campus that serve as an important tool to teach breeding, feeding, management, and overall welfare of livestock, Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons
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