Teresa and Mike Lambing Thread Winter 2019 Part2

[Mike CHS]

I have been massaging her neck when we feed her and can barely feel that joint like it was before. She has been running with the other two whenever we let them out in the yard and she's eating normally so the prognosis is good so far. At this point she is in no danger of being put down.

 

[Rammy]

 

[Baymule]

That is good news! We are glad that she is doing so much better.

 

[Mike CHS]

That is good news! We are glad that she is doing so much better.

Truth be told, there is no way she will be put down unless she appears to be in pain and she is raising her head normally now. The pressure massages seems to have put everything back in place. I need to get Teresa to take a picture of the three of them following me around coming back in the house at night. We haven't had bottle lambs until now so I'm curious about their personalities as they mature.

 

[Baymule]

That pretty marked little girl looks like she has her Maybelline make up on.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

So glad to hear good news on little Lambalina!

For once the cute one is the female offspring! Seems like it’s always the males on BYH!

 

[misfitmorgan]

I'm glad the lamb is doing better. The personality of a bottle lamb is much different then dam raised. They will forever be in your pocket, with the females it's great with the males it can get annoying during breeding season but otherwise it's pretty nice. As bottle fed males age they can become more and more pushy and have no fear/respect of humans often. Big boy was a bottle kid and is already being pushy at about 2yrs old but he has no horns so he isnt so bad. Captain our smaller ram was a bottle lamb and can be pushy for attention but is never outright mean or aggressive and he is 3 or 4yrs old now.

So glad to hear good news on little Lambalina!

For once the cute one is the female offspring! Seems like it’s always the males on BYH!

No kidding!!! x2

Also Mike I contacted bioworma and they said they only have the one US supplier atm but have several applications for other sellers that should be approved in the coming weeks. The new suppliers will be announced in their newsletter when their applications are approved so the price will likely be cheaper from other suppliers. As we all know premier1 has good stuff but its all pretty pricey. So you might keep an eye out for that and see if a better price comes up that makes it possible for you(us) to use bioworma.

Also if you do buy bioworma and enter your details of purchase into their site you get a free fecal egg test kit, not sure whats in it but might be worthwhile.
https://www.bioworma.com/livamol-with-bioworma.html#Faecal-Egg-Kit

 

[Mike CHS]

Thank you very much on the bioworma. I would like to give it a look see but when we crunched the numbers, the cost of that is a bit over what we sell for. I will keep an eye on it though since it should come down.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Thank you very much on the bioworma. I would like to give it a look see but when we crunched the numbers, the cost of that is a bit over what we sell for. I will keep an eye on it though since it should come down.

Not a problem, we are interested in it as well....at a lower price point. All total we have about the same number of ruminants as you do now.

 

[Mike CHS]

The pretty girl had to have a name so she is now Taffy. We haven't raised bottle lambs before and if given a choice I would rather not. That being said, it is amazing having these little guys follow your every move and start calling as soon as we come out the door. We are still putting them on the porch in kennels at night after their last feeding but it has been nice enough during the day to use the big dog kennel as a base plus we go out to let them run quite often. We switched them over to a milk recipe that @Baymule told us about and they love it. The milk replacer wasn't doing good things on their stomachs but it's better now. I'm not quite sure how to integrate them with the others but I'll ask that question when it gets closer to the time. Right now I'm planning on putting them with the other lambs about the time they are due to be weaned so it should be fairly simple (but simple doesn't seem to be the norm right now).