Bridgie's Lambing Thread-More Finns

[greenbean]

Congrats on the babies! Sorry about the one though! And I agree, we need pictures!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Everybody is doing a little better this morning! They can almost stand on their own and are getting plenty of milk with a little help from us holding them up. Mommy is so cute talking and cooing to them. And turns out the two that lived are girls, and the one that died was a boy! They are so sweet. One is white with black nose, black eyeliner and black boots and knees. The other is the same but has more black speckling on her head. So cute! I'll try to get a picture today. They are all resting now, laying down next to mommy.

Don't know what happened with the ram lamb. I set my alarm for 2 a.m., but woke up at 1:30 and thought I would just go check on everybody. Well they were all three born, she hadn't passed the placenta yet, and the one was already dead so not sure if he was stillborn or what. He was full size like the others. She was in a lambing jug, thank goodness. But you know I was worried about her because of the groaning and moaning she was doing that one day. So who knows, I'm just glad that the 2 survived.

 

[bonbean01]

Yay for your lambies, but sorry for the lost one

Good job on tubing that one...that is something I've never done and I think I would be afraid of getting that tube in the wrong place...Mama must have been postitioning when she was moaning and groaning...with triplets that make sense? Jess did that one night of that last year and a week after she had twins.

Get some rest, and then we need photos!!!

 

[SheepGirl]

Great news!! Sorry you lost one

What breed/cross are these babies? And yes, we need lots of photos!!

We've had to tube feed two babies. It was scary the first time (don't want to get the tube down the trachea instead of the esophagus) but the second time was a lot better. Luckily my neighbor was there so he showed me how to do it. If I had to do it on my own... So good for you!! lol

 

[Bridgemoof]

Yeah it was a little nerve racking doing the tube feeding, but we knew we had no choice. We thought the lamb would die if it didn't get something into her, she was so weak and shaking and breathing really heavy. I thought she would expire any minute. So Tim only had a really skinny tube, we just fed it down and it went. We kind of new it went into her stomach and not her lungs because it went way far down. So then we just let that syringe go and she didn't choke! whew! Scary. We fed her 2 ounces by tube, which in a syringe looks like a lot! But after that she really perked up. It was a miracle.

So they are a Suffolk x Cormo. This is what you get when you mix the two! Speckles! Oh and Clementine has a little Dorper mixed in I think, that's why she's got that patch on her back. Momma looks so proud and relieved!

 

[bonbean01]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww...what beautiful lambie pies!!!! Just want to snuggle them

I'd be so afraid to tube and get it wrong!!! Should I ever have to do it, will be on here and get advice from you and others who have done it....you and Tim did good!!!

 

[Southern by choice]

Good Job Bridge..and Tim too! Sweet little things. You must be pretty relieved.

 

[CocoNUT]

OOOOOOOH AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!
HOW ADORABLE! They're soooo cute Bridge! Congratulations! (Sorry about the ram lamb.)
Good job on the tube feeding...I would've
YAY!

 

[BrownSheep]

TheY remind me of my Suffolk baby crosses!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Almost adorable as baby goats Bridge