Hi all... I need some help please... so last week friday I get a call from a farmer to please fetch a kid that the momma has rejected... off I go to collect the little one... she was not even 24hours old... I asked the farmer if she had managed to drink off her momma and get some colostum into...
Hi all. So I now have 6 beautiful babies. Unfortunately I have no history on the mom's with regards to vaccinations so I have just vaccinated all the lambs with multivax. Anyone know how long I need to wait before i can deworm them after the vaccine has been given. As you cant deworm lambs that...
Hey Kusanar. I was there when she gave birth. The little ewe was born first and momma cleaned her up and let her nurse no problem. Then she gave birth to the little ram and things went south from there. She only wanted the ram. Kept pushing the ewe away. I went in a few times to chat to momma...
Hi all. I need help... again. My mutton merino gave birth to twins this morning. A little boy and a little girl... the momma wants nothing to do with the little girl hits her to the ground and the sides of the enclosure... what can I do?
Thanks for the kind words on the preemie she is super fat now.. the ewe put on weight once she got to us. They were all a little on the bedraggled side. I have had them for a year now... and she has got nice body coverage.. the placenta did pass and we burned it. There is no smell to the...
Ok I have just checked on the ewes as I have 2 more left to lamb... the ewe that is so big even after giving birth 3 weeks ago now has a vaginal discharge that is milky in colour and what looks like blood in it. Anyone ever had anything like this before?
I also thought of delayed twinning but surely she would have had the little one by now... also her udder is getting bigger...and her belly is bulging on the ones side... I really am stumped here...
I know that this specific sheep carries a dwarf gene and some guys in Australia managed to separate this gene and now produce dwarf Persian sheep in aussie as well... it is a super hardy sheep...
So baby number 3 has arrived.. looks like my ram got it on and then took 1 week and 1 day off before he decided to do it again😜. First lamb born on a friday. The following week the next lamb born on the saturday and then a week and the next one on the sunday😂😂😂. Here are pics of our latest...