How much longer until she's due? First lambing season on my own.

[trampledbygeese]

I just realized that there's a little over three weeks till the next lot of lambs come due!

Not certain if I should be or or simply .

Need to do some major sheep moving next week - take the hair sheep and put them in the empty pasture. Put the main flock full of prego-black welsh mountain and welsh mountain X sheep, in the big pasture next to my window. These pastures are not close together! I wish I had a boyfriend - um, I mean sheep dog. I wonder if geese can be trained to herd sheep. Really wish I had done more work on halter training over the winter.

 

[bonbean01]

Love your sense of humour !!!! Boyfriend, sheep dog, geese...whatever works ;

 

[trampledbygeese]

No boyfriend yet, but I did manage to scare off two more candidates by offering them to come and wrestle my sheep for sheering day. sigh, I might have to lower my standards. Who am I kidding? It's always going to be 'love me, love my livestock.'

Question for you: Mum number one - 6 year old Buttercup with the huge lambs (one made it one didn't), is still bleeding from her lamb hole. Not a lot but enough that her tale is getting matted in blood. It's been 8 days since she 'hatched' out her lambs. Thankfully no flies yet, but I was wondering if there is something more I should do?

Normal appetite and behaviour, no signs of gums or under eyelids going pale.

 

[babsbag]

The discharge is perfectly normal, it can go on for a few weeks. I try to keep them washed off but I have the advantage of putting the goats on a stand for milking so they are an captive victim. I have trimmed their hair a few times to cut out the dried blood. Nothing to worry about, just disgusting looking.

 

[trampledbygeese]

Thanks for the reassurance.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats on the babies!