Brown Sheep 2014 Lambing-New Pictures

[BrownSheep]

One more this morning.

 

[BrownSheep]

Unfortunately the one born on Sunday ( a black ewe) didn't make it. She was incredibly tiny when she was born. Think legs like markers. We had kept her inside during the nights and made certain she got a surplus of colostrum ( very good eater). She unfortunately never stood.

We think her first time momma might have accidently stepped on her shortly after birth damaging her back end.

 

[Womwotai]

So sorry to hear that BrownSheep.

 

[BrownSheep]

It happens not much we can do about it.

 

[BrownSheep]

One more this afternoon from a first time ewe.

Also, I have to tell you I love this ewe lamb. She is one of the quints and her ears and nose don't match!

 

[Heather]

Brownsheep, didnt you have a small lamb born? In my set of triplets, one is quite smaller than the other two but I have seen her nurse once just after she was born last evening, this morning and just now. I am worried about her being so small but she seems to know when to sneak in a quick meal from mom. I am worried the other two larger ones will keep her from nursing. Am I overreacting? So far this year we have only lost the one(the triplets sister/brother) and there was no way it would have ever survived. It was still in the sac and when I opened it to look at the lamb it was not fully formed and fit in the palm of my hand. Mom is doing a good job so far and loves all her babies!

 

[BrownSheep]

Big black ewe lamb this morning

 

[BrownSheep]

Well that black ewe lamb just looks iffy...but she doesn't want a bottle and seams to be nursing from her momma.
As I told my dad, she's black, she's a ewe, and I really like her...of course she's trying to die.

We got every one banded and tagged. Minus two little rams whose testes were small enough we have left them for a latter date.

This afternoon I tried giving the aforementioned lamb a bottle. She didn't want it and we didn't really want to leave it in the fridge, where it most likely would be later tossed. So my dad started feeding it to the bottle babies from years past.
We had every former bottle baby ( and some non-bummers) trying to drink it. It was pretty entertaining watch 4 year old ewes fight with yearlings for a bottle.

 

[BrownSheep]

Black ewe is fine! Just figured she seem off enough to keep me worried at school.

We have hippity hops going on and the group of little lambs will be sent out to join everyone else soon.

Milly still hasn't lambed. I am a little conserved just due to her size.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

How are all the lambs and ewes doing?