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purplequeenvt Lambing 2016
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purplequeenvt
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Another black Border Leicester ewe lamb tonight. Her mom spent the last almost 2 weeks prolapsing and I was pretty sure that that the babies were dead. Penny was leaking some nasty goop this afternoon. She went into labor this evening and I pulled one very dead lamb and one very alive lamb. Altogether a much better ending than anticipated.
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Glad it some what worked out. Any idea how long the other had been dead?
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Long enough that it was soft and squishy (felt like it was boneless), but not so long that it was losing hair and putrid. Those ones are the worst. Had a ewe years ago that lost 2 or 3 lambs (can't remember now). They got to that putrid point and I could not get the smell off of my hands.
I had to bring the baby in a while ago because she got too cold. She's now warm and up on her feet and starting to figure out the walking. Almost ready to go back out.
I had to bring the baby in a while ago because she got too cold. She's now warm and up on her feet and starting to figure out the walking. Almost ready to go back out.
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We pulled a putrid one this year....in peices. Luckily, the ewe came through it just fine....Hopefully she'll concieve again
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Things have been a bit touch and go with the new baby. She got chilled last night. I brought her at 10:30. She hadn't nursed and her temperature was 94F. We spent a couple hours getting her warmed back up, got some milk into her, and eventually back out to mama.
I checked her at 2:30 am and she seemed ok, but a 5:30, when my sister checked, she was cold again. Not as cold, but cold enough that she wasn't making a lot of noise or trying to nurse. She came back in until 8:30 when I brought her back out. At this point I was concerned her mom wouldn't want her. But as I was coming down the path to the barn, Penny saw me a baa'd, the lamb baa'd back, and then Penny screamed for her baby. I put them back together and Penny checked her all over.
I've been keeping a close eye on her and monitoring her temperature. At my last check she was lively and her temp was normal.
Mom and baby are both on antibiotics in case they got an infection from the dead lamb. I have a call in to the vet to ask his opinion on the chances of them getting sick from that, but I haven't heard from him yet. He was dealing with back to back emergencies this morning.
I checked her at 2:30 am and she seemed ok, but a 5:30, when my sister checked, she was cold again. Not as cold, but cold enough that she wasn't making a lot of noise or trying to nurse. She came back in until 8:30 when I brought her back out. At this point I was concerned her mom wouldn't want her. But as I was coming down the path to the barn, Penny saw me a baa'd, the lamb baa'd back, and then Penny screamed for her baby. I put them back together and Penny checked her all over.
I've been keeping a close eye on her and monitoring her temperature. At my last check she was lively and her temp was normal.
Mom and baby are both on antibiotics in case they got an infection from the dead lamb. I have a call in to the vet to ask his opinion on the chances of them getting sick from that, but I haven't heard from him yet. He was dealing with back to back emergencies this morning.
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Thinking good thoughts for the little lamb...
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#517 Zirconium (Connie) is doing very well now.
Her mom, Penny, was a decent mother her first year. 2nd year, she was terrible. Killed one lamb and starved the other. We ended up pulling the starving lamb and bottle raised her. This year was Penny's 2nd chance. She blew it by prolapsing, but she has won points (not enough to save her) for her mothering skills. Apparently taking her baby away to warm her up kicked in her maternal instincts. She tries to hide her baby from me when go near the pen.
Her mom, Penny, was a decent mother her first year. 2nd year, she was terrible. Killed one lamb and starved the other. We ended up pulling the starving lamb and bottle raised her. This year was Penny's 2nd chance. She blew it by prolapsing, but she has won points (not enough to save her) for her mothering skills. Apparently taking her baby away to warm her up kicked in her maternal instincts. She tries to hide her baby from me when go near the pen.
