Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Bottle baby at least for now as we see how much it wants to survive.

 

[farmerjan]

I would say "holy cow" on the numbers of lambs.... but I guess "holy lamb" would be more appropriate????

That is fantastic on the numbers... going to be a good year for income, if only you have some good early grass growing soon...

Good luck with the triplet...

 

[Ridgetop]

I want to know the magic you are using on your ewes! So many sets of triplets! Yu know the old saying that you need 2 lambs per ewe to make a living:
"One lamb for the bank, the other for the shepherd."
With triplets you are money ahead!

 

[Mike CHS]

We haven't done anything different and never did flush the ewes before going in with Oshi in two different groups. I know the ewes control the numbers with lambs but Oshi was a triplet also so who knows.

 

[Mike CHS]

Just fed and put the lamb to bed for the night and he is looking better. There is no doubt that if we had left him out he would have been dead in the morning. There is no way to know for sure but it looks like 52 had all three of her lambs pretty fast with the weak one being first. He is walking about and taking a bottle pretty good.

 

[Ridgetop]

Can't go a season without at least one bottle lamb! LOL

 

[Mike CHS]

Pixie appears to be over the hump and is eating and drinking normally. Her lambs weren't as hungry this morning when we gave them a bottle so she seems to be dropping milk again.

The little bottle lamb told me his name is Reggie and he really enjoys his lap time.

 

[Baymule]

Did you tell Reggie that you enjoy his lap time more than he does?

 

[Mike CHS]

He figured that out fairly quick.

I did get a picture of Reggie.

 

[Ridgetop]

Still have lamb pix on my phone from year we were there, and the ewe wouldn't feed one of the ram trips. LOL