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Only have the one barn. We're making a farm store trip in a couple of minutes; I'll have them look for a lamb coat while they are there. Cherry/mama sheep is pawing the ground and fidgeting. My teenaged brother says he saw her belly wiggle like there was a baby still moving in there.

Thanks! Yes, it is a ewe lamb. Eyes wide open and hopes high for a twin.

All our rag towels were wrapping pipes for the freeze, so we put down good house towels on the muddy pasture to give the lamb a warm dry place to stand. :p

I'm just gonna be spamming this forum.

The other sheep were harassing baby, so we moved the interlopers away into another paddock. Does that look like a second bubble/amnion coming out of mama?

I just saw something white and creamy at the corner of baby girl's mouth, so I guess she's getting good stuff. :) I'll post pictures when I can. I just wish the ground was dry! I'm afraid to move them into the barn because mom/Cherry gets nervous when I get close and I think she has another baby...

Baby has passed meconium; does that mean she's getting milk?

Also, I suspect there is a twin yet to come.

Also, I just heard the words "up to 25 degrees" followed with a woot to describe the temperature. This is the coldest weather I have ever seen in Texas. It's sunny, but the ground is cold and wet from yesterday's rain and snow.

My GCN ewe just gave birth, even though I THOUGHT she was due at the beginning of February. Her udder is roundish, but small and I'm concerned about the lamb getting enough milk. She seems to latch on and suckle for a moment, but mom turns and baby loses her grip. Mom is a bit flighty, and...

Just a quick update: I found a farrier through our local TSC and am pleased with him. I have already made an appointment for next time.

The more dominant and cautious of my ewes, whose hobbies include giving small predators the stink eye and butting undesirable rams away from food, just stood for him this morning!

Aries-totle is similar to Captain in that regard; he's a twin and very docile.

This study suggests that extra or 'supernumerary' teats don't effect milk production in dairy sheep, but that amputation of extra teats can reduce milk production: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24665954...

One of my ewes has four teats, two of which look like non-functional miniatures. I do not know whether the smaller pair give milk. I'm not bothered by it, and don't feel that it is a problem. Some googling revealed this article from a University of Illinois website about a breeding experiment...

Update: Ringo is eating, drinking, and passing droppings. Amongst the latter, I found one of the bites of plastic. I haven't found the other piece yet, but I think it will be alright.

Thank you! I'm sorry to hear about your horse; that must have been devastating. I'll watch our Ringo carefully and hope for the best.

While I didn't catch him red-hooved, so to speak, I am positive he is the culprit.