SheepGirl's 2015 Lambing Thread - Lambs are here!

When you feed a fine/powder feed like that, do your sheep (literally) inhale it? Or is there no problem?

No they lick it up. I could add water to it, but u don't have the kind of feeder for that...i would want plastic and I have wood.

1.5 to 2 more weeks for lambs!! Unfortunately ive been sick the past week with norovirus so I havent been out to see them. My dad has been out feeding them since my mom is sick with me, lol. I barely have the energy to stand up longer than a few minutes before feeling dizzy but the antinausea meds the doctor gave us seems to be helping with getting us rehydrated and less dizzy. Im just happy im sick before the lambs arrive, lol.

FOUR days until the earliest possible due date!! Ciqala has lambed on days 143 (twins), 145, and 146 (last two triplets) before so who knows what she'll do again. I'm thinking she has just a single in her, maybe small twins.

Checked out the ewes this morning. Ciqala doesn't look like she will lamb today. I give her another 2-3 days (days 145-146). Bella is due tomorrow, but I think she has another 2-3 days as well (days 144-145).

SheepGirl said:

Checked out the ewes this morning. Ciqala doesn't look like she will lamb today. I give her another 2-3 days (days 145-146). Bella is due tomorrow, but I think she has another 2-3 days as well (days 144-145).

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Yesterday we got 6 to 7 inches of snow. Last night we had a pipe freeze and burst, so water is shut off for now until my parents come home for the weekend and can call the insurance and plumber. Im supposed to close tonight but if I cant shower then im not going to work! I work with food so if someone sees a dirty person serving food thats like a turn off, lol. Especially since ive been out with the sheep and chickens im kind of stinky haha.

Anyway, both ciqala and bella have puffy pink vulvas. I dont think bella is going to lamb in the next 12 hours but probably late at night or early in the morning. Definitely tomorrow im thinking as she was walking away from the feeder today instead of just standing there stuffing herself full of hay. ciqala I still think will lamb in 1 to 2 days. She has a swollen pink vulva but other than that she doesnt look too terribly close. I think bella will go before her, but thats up to them to decide lol. And then rosie is due tomorrow, but she doesnt look close at all. Maybe 3 to 5 days yet for her.