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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Towards the end of the time our friend was here helping with lambing we had a ewe that needed both lambs pulled. They were not coming out on their own; they were already dead and badly deformed (which is why the ewe couldn't deliver them). While this ewe was recovering another delivered two very large lambs. The ewe was thinking about rejecting the largest lamb. Instead of forcing the mother to nurse both we gave the largest to the ewe that had the defective twins; either way we were going to halter a ewe and hold it to allow the lamb to nurse. I can report that the foster mom and lamb are very tightly bonded and both are doing well. Having a lamb to nurse will help prevent the ewe from getting mastitis.
