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I put some milk in a small bowl, placed that in a small rubber tub. She drank it. I guess I should have pulled her at birth. Hindsight is 20/20 vision.
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Baymule
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I’m done with the Cornish Cross chickens. Last one is in the freezer. Cleaned up the kitchen, was headed outside to clean and Clorox the ice chest, but it started raining.
canesisters
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FORCED BREAK TIME!!!!
Ridgetop
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Put her on a special sheep supplement for bottle babies. Why don't you call Howard Covington and ask abut some type of supplement for her. Although he and his wife don't do any bottle feeding, he might have some ideas for you. The ewe lamb you just bought was s small orphan and she has grown well.
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She refused her bowl of milk this evening. So I gave it to Sentry.
Ridgetop
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Probably getting enough from the pasture and stealing from the other ewes. How old is she now?
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6 weeks. Refuses a bottle, bowl of milk, but will eat pelleted feed. So I put some out for her, naturally she choked on it and scared me half to death. If she stays a tiny little bit of dandelion fluff, I’ll find her a pet home.
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I am furious. Buford had something white out in the field. Cattle egret? Lamb? I ran. I don’t run good, but I ran. Lamb. Not just any lamb, it was Dandelion. He had her down, she got away and ran and he downed her again. He saw me and knew he was in trouble. I grabbed his collar and dragged him to Lucy and the triplets. I was so mad that i slapped his face, I yelled, I slapped him so hard I hurt my hand. I put him in the kennel. I’m still breathing fire.
She is so tiny, she excites the prey drive in Carson. There is a fence between them, but he alerts and jumps at her. Big trouble. I had a tiny little lamb born in a snow and ice storm a couple years ago, she stayed hunched up and resembled a rabbit. Carson alerted on her and so did Trip. Both wanted to “get” her.
Buford is in big trouble. I’ll calm down, take him back to square one. He’s going to be seeing a lot of the kennel.
I’m still furious.
She is so tiny, she excites the prey drive in Carson. There is a fence between them, but he alerts and jumps at her. Big trouble. I had a tiny little lamb born in a snow and ice storm a couple years ago, she stayed hunched up and resembled a rabbit. Carson alerted on her and so did Trip. Both wanted to “get” her.
Buford is in big trouble. I’ll calm down, take him back to square one. He’s going to be seeing a lot of the kennel.
I’m still furious.
SageHill
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OH no. Arnica for your hand NOW.
Dang Dandelion and Buford.
Ridgetop
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Oh No! This is a common thing with teenage LGDs. Concerning, but if he wanted to kill her, she would have already been dead by the time you reached her. The question is, was he trying to play with her? protect her? "mother" her? keep her from going too far out in the pasture? Jumping a tiny lamb is a big no-no since the question is - Will he do it to newborns? However, he is still young so he can be trained.
You may have to move her into the front yard until she is larger - maybe with the Covington lambs? This will also make it easier to give her more supplement without fighting the crowd in the large pen.
Call Erick. He said any time you have a question he is there for you no matter what. He may have some insight into what Buford's motives were.
You may have to move her into the front yard until she is larger - maybe with the Covington lambs? This will also make it easier to give her more supplement without fighting the crowd in the large pen.
Call Erick. He said any time you have a question he is there for you no matter what. He may have some insight into what Buford's motives were.
