SheepGirl's 2014 Lambing Thread

[SheepGirl]

Well make that two bottle babies. Lady Gaga lambed tonight, her vulva opening is really small. Like I can't fit two fingers in when two legs are coming out. I kept pulling on the legsuntil the head came out and then finally he came out nice and easy. Lady Gaga didnt want him, she was head butting him whenever he tried to walk over to her . But boy he was trying to stand up almost as soon as he got out of his momma.

I will get weights tomorrow morning. But over the past 36 hrs I've only gotten 4 hours of sleep and over the past 24 hours I hadn't eaten until now. So needless to say I didn't have the patience or energy to try to get these ewes to accept their lambs. I did milk both of them out though for colostrum. i got like 1.5 cups out of one half of Bellas udder. But i got enough and i am sleeping with them in the living room. I'm on the couch and they're in a play pen haha.

 

[SheepGirl]

These are my bottle babies.

Bellas baby is the one with the black spots on the back (nutridrench stains) and Lady Gaga baby is the other one. Bellas baby weighed 8.4 lbs and Lady Gaga baby weighed 10.2 lbs

 

[taylorm17]

They are so cute! Congratulations. I am glad they made it!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Sheep Girl,
I wasn't following the forum for a while due to some family health issues.
I've had the chance to look through your thread.
Just want to say you have some beautiful animals. I think you do a fantastic job. You are a wonderful steward for your herd.
Really loved the feeder you built too. That is definitely a project in my future.

 

[SheepGirl]

Ali at 142 days bred yesterday morning.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I think she has 10 in her

 

[SheepGirl]

Ali lambed out in the wind. So we have two, one boy one girl. The boy is very hypothermic, his mouth is ice cold and clenched shut. Completely cleaned off and a full belly (or maybe just fluid in his belly?) But he's in my house in the bathroom with a space heater. Moving a lot more than he was a half hour ago. Well see how things go, we aren't out of the woods yet.

 

[norseofcourse]

Best thoughts that the little guy makes it

 

[SheepGirl]

Well he has warmed up a lot. In about a half hour I'm going to take him back out to his mom to get him to nurse. I may leave him outovernight but iI'm not completely sure yet.

 

[SheepGirl]

Didn't leave him out overnight. Last night Ali tolerated him nursing off of her. Brought him back out this am because it was too cold to leave him out and she didn't want anything to do with him. So looks like I have another bottle baby That's okay I guess--my parents like raising them. They're doing all my feedings

The ewe lamb though has the cutest brown tips on her ears All my ewe lambs (well just two haha) have brown markings in unusual spots. The ram lambs have all been white, except for one of Ciqala's with his little black spot on his nose.