Our March Madness
Here is a short video of our 1st Lambs of 2021 at about 1hr old. Mar 1: 1 set of twins Mar 2: 1 single and 2 sets of twins Mar 3: 1 single and 3 sets of twins Mar 4: 1 set of twins Mar 5: 6 s...
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Mar 12: 4 sets of twins
Mar 13: 1 single and 3 sets of twins
Mar 14: 3 singles and 2 sets of twins
Mar 15: 1 set of twins (as of 8:30am)
51 ewes have lambed
90 live lambs
4 dead lambs
After lunch on Sunday we checked on the flock and found three new born lambs; a black on with a black ewe and two mostly while lambs each with a mostly white ewe. We brought the black lamb and ewe into the barn with out issues and she delivered another lamb. We brought one of the white ewes and a lamb into the barn without issues. The last white ewe was too skittish to follow me carrying her lamb and was too determined for a dog to bring her in on her own; so we brought the entire flock into the barn yard. After a lot of running around in the barnyard we were finally able to get the skittish ewe into a pen in the barn.
We noticed the calm white ewe had not delivered a lamb (too clean and dry under her tail) even though she was mothering and nursing one of the white lambs. Both white lambs were about the same size and coloration. We put both white lambs with the skittish ewe and she starting mothering and nursing the one that was not with her. We kept the calm white ewe in a stall suspecting she would deliver soon.
The calm white ewe delivered a large signal lamb around dinner time and we noticed that the skittish white ewe had rejected her other lamb. Every time the other lamb would try to nurse the ewe would run circles in the pen preventing the lamb from nursing. Her reaction was also preventing her other lamb from being able to nurse. Since we really had nothing too loose we moved the rejected lamb into the pen with the calm white ewe that had been nursing it at lunch time; the calm white ewe immediately started mothering and nursing her adopted lamb (we are certain she did not deliver this lamb). The behavior of the skittish ewe (rejecting her own healthy lamb and being very difficult to manage) has gotten her put on the cull list.
Mar 13: 1 single and 3 sets of twins
Mar 14: 3 singles and 2 sets of twins
Mar 15: 1 set of twins (as of 8:30am)
51 ewes have lambed
90 live lambs
4 dead lambs
After lunch on Sunday we checked on the flock and found three new born lambs; a black on with a black ewe and two mostly while lambs each with a mostly white ewe. We brought the black lamb and ewe into the barn with out issues and she delivered another lamb. We brought one of the white ewes and a lamb into the barn without issues. The last white ewe was too skittish to follow me carrying her lamb and was too determined for a dog to bring her in on her own; so we brought the entire flock into the barn yard. After a lot of running around in the barnyard we were finally able to get the skittish ewe into a pen in the barn.
We noticed the calm white ewe had not delivered a lamb (too clean and dry under her tail) even though she was mothering and nursing one of the white lambs. Both white lambs were about the same size and coloration. We put both white lambs with the skittish ewe and she starting mothering and nursing the one that was not with her. We kept the calm white ewe in a stall suspecting she would deliver soon.
The calm white ewe delivered a large signal lamb around dinner time and we noticed that the skittish white ewe had rejected her other lamb. Every time the other lamb would try to nurse the ewe would run circles in the pen preventing the lamb from nursing. Her reaction was also preventing her other lamb from being able to nurse. Since we really had nothing too loose we moved the rejected lamb into the pen with the calm white ewe that had been nursing it at lunch time; the calm white ewe immediately started mothering and nursing her adopted lamb (we are certain she did not deliver this lamb). The behavior of the skittish ewe (rejecting her own healthy lamb and being very difficult to manage) has gotten her put on the cull list.
