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Ridgetop
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Wednesday am:
Found a large leg bone in a roll of hay. It was very old so maybe even a cow boneGood idea - e will take Baby Bota back and just toss all the big bones into the bucket, then bring them back and do a burn pile in the garden.
No new lambs this morning.
DH wanted to know numbers of sheep, lambs, and how many still to lamb.
38 ewes were exposed to the first ram. Two weeks after he was removed the second ram was put in as a cover up.
28 ewes have lambed.
32 living lambs. 20 rams, 12 ewes.
10 ewes left to lamb BUT I don't think they all settled and one ewe died lambing (butt presentation), one heavily pregnant ewe died before lambing.
One stud ram died
7 stillborn or dead lambs.
Got to go - we are driving to Rockwall to meet DD2 and go to Costco and UPS. DS1 has to send a package back that was ordered by DS2 and delivered here by mistake. Raining like mad. Left both the gate to the creep pen and the barn open so the sheep could go in to lamb or shelter with their lambs.
Wednesday pm:
At Costco I bought some tamales. I am interested to see if they are as good as the ones at the California Costco. I can also get homemade ones at the coffee shop in Yantis so I will try those eventually. On the way home we stopped at Bucky's for some Mango and Peach salsa. Couldn't find any fruit salsa at Costco, Brookshires or Walmart. I like fruit salsa with tamales. Got back from Rockwall around 4:30 and the rain had stopped. DH and I unloaded the car while DS1 went out to the barn to feed grain. Found GR27 wth twin ewe ambs. They were sort of muddy since she had decided to lamb outside instead of in the dry barn. GR27 is one of Snowflake's daughters. Her twin had twin ram lambs. Jugs are efull again now since we removed 332's twin ram lambs from her jug into an adjacent one. They are taking the bottle well and I wanted the away from her since the larger one is nursing on her. She looked a little better this morning - head up while laying down, but still pretty sick. This evening she had moved around a bit but still was weak and didn't move when I gave her the mastitis udder infusions. I milked out as much as possible from both sides. The bad side had bloody pussy discharge. Then I gave her another 5cc Pennicillin. DS1 got her up but she was very unsteady since she has not eaten in a couple days. I don't think she has drunk much either. Definitely a cull if she recovers which is still doubtful. She has good South African bloodlines but I don't want to bottle raise lambs from her every year and fight mastitis. I don't think her mother settled this year either. There are several that don't look bred so I will put them in with a ram in another few weeks for late June lambs. Not ideal but better than holding them another year open.
Tomorrow DH and I must go to the Greenville VA for his medical checkup. He is transferring to the VA here in Texas. Will do a couple errands on the way back at stores we don't have in Sulphur Springs or Quitman. DS1 has a full list of stuff he wants to get done, starting with a run to the dump with our garbage, and then putting up more lights in the barn and tack/feed room.
New totals:
29 ewes have lambed.
34 living lambs. 20 rams, 16 ewes.
9 ewes left to lamb
Found a large leg bone in a roll of hay. It was very old so maybe even a cow boneGood idea - e will take Baby Bota back and just toss all the big bones into the bucket, then bring them back and do a burn pile in the garden.
No new lambs this morning.
DH wanted to know numbers of sheep, lambs, and how many still to lamb.
38 ewes were exposed to the first ram. Two weeks after he was removed the second ram was put in as a cover up.
28 ewes have lambed.
32 living lambs. 20 rams, 12 ewes.
10 ewes left to lamb BUT I don't think they all settled and one ewe died lambing (butt presentation), one heavily pregnant ewe died before lambing.
One stud ram died
7 stillborn or dead lambs.
Got to go - we are driving to Rockwall to meet DD2 and go to Costco and UPS. DS1 has to send a package back that was ordered by DS2 and delivered here by mistake. Raining like mad. Left both the gate to the creep pen and the barn open so the sheep could go in to lamb or shelter with their lambs.
Wednesday pm:
At Costco I bought some tamales. I am interested to see if they are as good as the ones at the California Costco. I can also get homemade ones at the coffee shop in Yantis so I will try those eventually. On the way home we stopped at Bucky's for some Mango and Peach salsa. Couldn't find any fruit salsa at Costco, Brookshires or Walmart. I like fruit salsa with tamales. Got back from Rockwall around 4:30 and the rain had stopped. DH and I unloaded the car while DS1 went out to the barn to feed grain. Found GR27 wth twin ewe ambs. They were sort of muddy since she had decided to lamb outside instead of in the dry barn. GR27 is one of Snowflake's daughters. Her twin had twin ram lambs. Jugs are efull again now since we removed 332's twin ram lambs from her jug into an adjacent one. They are taking the bottle well and I wanted the away from her since the larger one is nursing on her. She looked a little better this morning - head up while laying down, but still pretty sick. This evening she had moved around a bit but still was weak and didn't move when I gave her the mastitis udder infusions. I milked out as much as possible from both sides. The bad side had bloody pussy discharge. Then I gave her another 5cc Pennicillin. DS1 got her up but she was very unsteady since she has not eaten in a couple days. I don't think she has drunk much either. Definitely a cull if she recovers which is still doubtful. She has good South African bloodlines but I don't want to bottle raise lambs from her every year and fight mastitis. I don't think her mother settled this year either. There are several that don't look bred so I will put them in with a ram in another few weeks for late June lambs. Not ideal but better than holding them another year open.
Tomorrow DH and I must go to the Greenville VA for his medical checkup. He is transferring to the VA here in Texas. Will do a couple errands on the way back at stores we don't have in Sulphur Springs or Quitman. DS1 has a full list of stuff he wants to get done, starting with a run to the dump with our garbage, and then putting up more lights in the barn and tack/feed room.
New totals:
29 ewes have lambed.
34 living lambs. 20 rams, 16 ewes.
9 ewes left to lamb
It is amazng how these dogs can go from this to efficiently deadly predator control.
