purplequeenvt - Lambs 2017

[purplequeenvt]

That must be one very big ewe to hold a lamb in so deep you couldn't get to/find it... Sorry about the prolaps(es) and lost lambs... Not a good start to your season, but I hope there are no more losses. Hope she recovers and can lamb again in the future.

She will never be bred again. She prolapsed too badly. I'm not even positive that she will survive.

 

[purplequeenvt]

When a ewe prolapses, does that mean that she will continue to do so? I am sorry that you have had such problems this year, it all seems to hit at once. You needed some good news, the twins sound wonderful, can't wait for pictures.

It all depends on why they were prolapsing. If they don't prolapse badly or it's only in the last week or so of pregnancy, then SOMETIMES they will be fine in future. We don't generally re-breed anyone that prolapses badly or that needs to be put back together more than a couple times/needs to be held together with a retainer or stitches. It's too risky and almost never ends well the 2nd time around.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Quinn passed away this afternoon. She wasn't doing well last night, but she seemed a bit better at 4 am.

There was a new life in the barn when I got home today. Lucia, who also happens to be the mother of Quinn, had a MASSIVE ram. Osmium weighed in at 16.3 lbs! He had quite the squeeze on the way out and his eyes are very bloodshot. He has the silver fleece that we've been trying to breed for as well.

 

[Bruce]

So so sorry about Quinn

Glad that Osmium came along to ease the sorrow a bit.

 

[luvmypets]

So sorry about Quinn

But Holy Cow that's a big boy! What's the biggest lamb you have ever had?

 

[purplequeenvt]

So sorry about Quinn

But Holy Cow that's a big boy! What's the biggest lamb you have ever had?

19 lbs

 

[luvmypets]

19 lbs

Oh wow! Did that lamb end up growing bigger than the others as an adult?

Hope you don't mind the questions I find it very interesting

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Sorry to hear about Quinn, always hard to lose an animal.

The look on Lucia's face tells you it was a big lamb… she looks like -->

In our first litter of quads, one kid came out (after much work) his eyes were completely bruised over!

Hoping this is the end of all the loss you've been dealing with!

 

[purplequeenvt]

Oh wow! Did that lamb end up growing bigger than the others as an adult?

Hope you don't mind the questions I find it very interesting

Nope, she ended up normal sized.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Sorry for your loss.

Congrats on the ram lamb!