Lambing/Breeding 2014-Parsnip

[Kitsara]

 

[Parsnip]

Went down to the barn to check on everyone again, AND on either side of Wendy's tail it looked kind of.. "caved in" just a little? I have a picture, but it's inside the barn and the lighting is bad lol.
Or more hollow looking than it has been. Does this mean something?



Also Wendy's daughter, MaryEllen is getting rounder, and her udder is small, but growing
Just about another month until MaryEllen should lamb!

 

[bonbean01]

Wendy will probably go before my girls...checked back on my calendar and I am wrong, wrong, wrong...Dolly is not due until the 30th and who knows about Chickapee???

 

[Kitsara]

Do sheep have pin ligaments that drop when birth is eminent like goats do? If so, that could be it.

 

[bonbean01]

I've never had any luck checking those back ligaments for impending birth...have also tried a few times on ewes in labour...have seen and read lots about how to do this, but no luck here. Long strings and a water bag, and then I'm positive...LOL

 

[bonbean01]

In that pic she is holding her tail out a bit...could mean getting closer to lambing. Is she yawning and stretching out her neck at all? Once she is pawing and getting up and down...grab your birthing kit and your camera!

 

[Parsnip]

I hope Wendy has her lambies soon!
This week would be great
The weather is supposed to clear up and be in the mid 40's
SUNSHINE thank goodness, I absolutely hate the rain.
I get so depressed in the rain!

I don't know what to feel for with the whole tail ligament test.
I felt hers, and it felt like mush, there was nothing there?
I just felt her spine basically! lol But yeah, where it's caved in, it's just squishy.

Yesterday Wendy's tail was basically horizontal, but today she's just holding it out a little.
She always stretches her neck before she eats, and she always yawns when she lays down SO I'm lost for those signs XD
BUT I did notice that this morning she was shifting her back feet a lot and stretching her back?
Maybe that is just because she's uncomfortable right now though. I would be too if I had a baby in me.

MAN I am such a newbie to all of this THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE HELP

 

[Parsnip]

She's been pawing at the ground the past few days too.
WHICH IS NEW

 

[bonbean01]

If it's squishy where she is caved in...bet you get your lambie soon!!!! I've never felt the ligaments squishy ever...and I have hair sheep, so you'd think that would be easier than wooly ones. Can't wait for your post saying she is in labour!

 

[Parsnip]

Yup yup, REAL squishy, like I was "am I supposed to be feeling something?"
SOON?

Maybe I'll stay up a bit later tonight and keep an eye out on her
I'm gonna take more pictures in a bit because they are out in the pasture right now.
Perhaps the extra exercise will do Wendy well!