We're getting ready........for lambing
Here is our checklist to be completed by early February Purchase hay square bales for lambing jugs: done Purchase heat lamp bulbs: done Repair tilt table: done Purchase & install rolling stop ga...
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We had 4 sets of twins and a single yesterday. We’re a little over 1/2 way (33 ewes delivered out of 62 bred) and have 60 live lambs.
We’ve had a few lambs stillborn and 2 die a day or 2 later. We had a lamb born yesterday that’s not right (appears to be a neurological issue, it was euthanized). Our friend is starting to think our flock may be affected by Cache Valley Fever; this is new for her. She is sending a blood sample from the euthanized lamb to Cornell. In 2020 there were the first reports of this in MD flocks. Most of our lamb deaths would fit this. The lamb with the broken back may have been a birth defect and not an injury.
We’ve had a few lambs stillborn and 2 die a day or 2 later. We had a lamb born yesterday that’s not right (appears to be a neurological issue, it was euthanized). Our friend is starting to think our flock may be affected by Cache Valley Fever; this is new for her. She is sending a blood sample from the euthanized lamb to Cornell. In 2020 there were the first reports of this in MD flocks. Most of our lamb deaths would fit this. The lamb with the broken back may have been a birth defect and not an injury.
