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Also- absolutely agree 💯 We do not, as a common practice, breed that young. But we adopted her from another ranch and we were unaware she was pregnant. Though she’s such a sweetie, I bet we still would have taken her even if we knew ☺️

Thank you! I was thinking that was the case but was hoping to have someone confirm 😌 The Zoetis website advises: "For intramuscular or subcutaneous administration in cattle, and intramuscular administration in sheep and swine at the single dose rate of 1 mL per 10 kg body weight, thus providing...

Hi y'all - This isn't exactly an emergency, just curious if this is normal. Long story short, we adopted a ewe we did not know was pregnant when we got her. She is less than a year old and very small IMO. She went into labor on Tuesday early morning (2:30 am) and labored for hours before we...

Thank you all so much for your advice! Here is what we did, and it seems to be going fantastic so far (3 days post-surgery). When we brought her home Friday afternoon, hubby took her partner LGD on a walk while I walked her around the paddock on the leash so she could make sure everything was...

Thanks Baymule, I'll have to see if I can get her in the house. We made the mistake of never bringing her in when she was a pup so she is very reluctant and anxious when we try to get her in the house. We received poor advice from another rancher who said if we want her to protect her herd we...

Good morning y’all! We have taken our female Great Pyrenees LGD, Frostee, to be spayed this morning. I’m hoping y’all can help with some post-surgical advice. She does live outdoors 24/7 in a fenced paddock with our two lambs. We have set up a separate space for her to recover alone but will...

Great advice, thank you so much! We will absolutely work on this over the next few days/weeks. Frostee is a very friendly girl so I know once she gets to know their voices she won’t be so upset. And once they’ve been here for a while they will stop having so many people drop by to see the new...

Good morning y'all! For the past two years that we have lived on our property, the lot next to us has been vacant. Over the past year, however, someone has purchased the lot and built a home on it. They moved in two weeks ago. My poor LGD, Frostee, is having a rough time adjusting to the new...

Just as with humans, the babies come when they’re ready 😆 You could figure the due date to the date and she won’t kid until a week later, it’s just hard to get God to nail down a date for us lol In my sheep experience, if I feel like they’re getting close, I get them ready. Move to a smaller...

That could be. Pelibuey is a very popular breed around here. We have a couple Pelibuey/Dorper crosses which could be why she doesn't look like them.

@Finnie - We don't know what breed Mama is, the person we got her from wasn't sure either. Our best guess was Mouflon. @Baymule I absolutely know not to believe everything I read on the internet LOL And the article did state that the only "reported" case of such was from the UK in 1974...

In September, we received a female pregnant ewe on a trade. Unbeknownst to us, she was pregnant. She birthed two lambs but only one survived. The lamb is now five months old and has not gotten any bigger since about the eight week mark. We have a doper/black hawaiian lamb who was born one...

Thought I would update y'all on this. So our little Sadee is still doing this odd behavior. Vet said it must be allergies... ? Since she is eating/drinking/foraging with no issue, we are just going to assume he is right. Thank you all for your input and advice!

I agree, it is Cherry Laurel. I have an app on my phone that I use all the time to identify things like this. Glad you got rid of it. In my experience with goats, they will eat anything. Especially anything that you don't want them to eat :lol:

This is so fun! What a great community to be a part of ❤️❤️❤️

No one else is showing symptoms. Figured it was better to treat if/when symptoms develop and hopefully avoid resistance. Praying no one else starts cough-baaing! 🙏

Small world! We drive through that area all the time, that's the nearest "big" city to us. We definitely want to go fishing, but neither of us have much experience with it so have been looking for someone to hook up with to show us the ropes! Would love to do a deep sea charter one day...

Thank you, everyone, for your help! We are treating her for lungworm with Valbazen. The vet still hasn't been able to come out. It has been 24 hours since her first dose. The cough is still there, but it is better. Hoping she continues to improve.

The ram is no longer on our property. We traded him for a ewe at the end of October. At first, I thought maybe she was doing some sort of call as well, as they always baa when they see us because they know they're going to get food. Here's another piece of the puzzle that we didn't consider...

Our first set of twins ❤ Ewe lamb is white with brown rear leg- Dakota... Ram lamb is mostly white with just a little brown- Biscuit. Biscuit earned his name because he did not want to come out, he entered the world an hour and a half after his sister! He was cookin in Mama like a biscuit! Mom...