purplequeenvt - Ivy Knoll Farm

[goodolboy]

Post it here now. can always start one later.

Great looking lambs

 

[marlowmanor]

Name suggestions:
Gwendolyn
Guinevere
Gillian
Gabrielle
Genevieve
Gertrude
Ghada
Giselle
Gladys

Cute little girls!

 

[purplequeenvt]

Twin 1 #0008

Twin 2 #0009

 

[purplequeenvt]

Name suggestions:
Gwendolyn
Guinevere
Gillian
Gabrielle
Genevieve
Gertrude
Ghada
Giselle
Gladys

Cute little girls!

I kind of like Gladys!

 

[purplequeenvt]

The Birth of a Lamb

Signs of impending labor/early labor

Udder fills and the vulva gets pink and swollen

Raised tail

Lots of stretching

Sunken sides

Labor

When the ewe starts pushing, she will brace herself with her rear legs

The first water bag is usually filled with light colored fluid

The following bag or bags are filled with a darker fluid

The toes start showing

Two toes and a nose = proper presentation

Here she is!

Sometime after the lambs are born, the ewe will pass the placenta

The ewe will often eat the placenta. It is a good source of energy for her.

A healthy, happy lamb!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Isn't that amazing? Always so amazing to see. Good picture tutorial, especially easy to see certain things when they are without wool. Like the sunken sides... the tail being up is helpful too. I think one of the things I've looked for in my Tunis is their nipples start to point outward. Then they are close.

When the toes start showing I get in a panic, because I can't quite tell if they are feet or a nose. This picture clearly shows what it should look like. Thanks for posting this PQVT!

The new twins have such chubby little cheeks. So cute!

Have you ever had sheep that don't bag up until the last minute?


P.S. I still think you should post this in the sheep forum, too!

 

[purplequeenvt]

I probably will post it over there in a little bit. We have some ewes that bag up most of the way a week or two before they lamb and there are some that don't bag up until right before.

 

[purplequeenvt]

The girls have been named! Twin #1 is Emily and #2 is Gladys.

Put the lambing pictures up in the "birthing, weaning, and raising sheep" section. I also put it on my website.

 

[Queen Mum]

What a great set of educational photos. This is relevant, NOT ONLY to sheep, but to goats as well. The signs and behavior are almost exactly the same.

Those lambs are ADORABLE...

 

[Shelly May]

CONGRADS , I was right on the guessing HAHA everyone, glad they are doing great, and my name choice is in late, but I would have said to name at least one of them, which ever one it fit........GRACE............., But I am too late, dang lambing keeps me from being on here as often as I would like.

Great birthing photo's also, don't you just hate how long it takes to post them? , Again congrads and they look GREAT....