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Thank you!! What are your thoughts on daily weight checks? I didn't weigh the ewe lamb until 6 days and she was 6.13lbs after we had botle fed every 6-8 hours for a couple days. We stopped supplemental feeding last night and weighed her tonite- 6.9lbs. Lost 4oz...

Great. Her belly isn't sunken in but it isn't full either. It seems she's always working on the teats. Going back and forth between them and never really getting satisfied. I gave the ewe 1/2cc oxytocin to encourage milk drop but it seems she's dropped all she had! The lamb is not resisting the...

Thanks for the responses. Started the bottle Sunday PM at 6p and have been doing every 6 or so hours. She's jugged with Mom and is so determined to get adequate milk from Mom. And Mom is still tolerant of her trying! Unsure of how much she's actually getting from Mom so imagine best way to tell...

Had beautiful twins on Tuesday evening. We jugged them until Saturday am. By Sunday, the larger ram lamb was dead and the ewe lamb was weak. No mastitis p or other evident issues. Bless the little lamb, she bunts away and isn't getting enough. We milked her and her bags are small and there...

great info. Adopted two 3.5 y/o Pyrs last week who have guarded goats only. Picking up some sheep next week and was hoping to find some introduction info and this is great. Thanks.

Tagging on here. Thanks for the post. Looking for manageable, utilitarian, dual-purpose for a newbie with a young family. Also interested in hearing herd size suggestions. Have 10 acres pasture but will just be raising them for family consumption. Get 2 heifers and 1 bull/steer? 1 of each...