Recent content by Heather gray

Well I already see this is in the wrong area... sorry!

As a few of you may know ( and the rest have figured this out already) when we attempt to give our large ram a penicillin shot it is difficult and down right impossible at times. We were wondering if putting the penicillin dose on his grain would be ok. If not do you have any suggestions on...

I used the Corid for 5 days and the small ram still has scours. He has been off it for two days but I'm thinking I should put him back on Corid. Any thoughts on this ??Just a reminder that his fecal sample did show that he has coccidia. I have still been given him a 1/2 bottle of kefir/whole...

Update on our lamb.. I was able to get a glob of a fecal sample and yes he does have coccidia. So a huge thanks to everyone who suggested this and recommended giving him Corid just in case!!. I was going to buy Corid from the vets office just to establish myself there however the gal. jug was...

So much wonderful advice! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! We have not changed the food and the hay is not moldy. We do give them grain specially for sheep/lambs. I got a fecal sample ready to take to the vet and then found out they need fresh,moist and about a tablespoon ... how do you...

They are katahdin hair sheep and were born on january 30 .... so they are not 2 months yet...(boy do I feel silly.) It appears that his sister also is showing signs too and both of them are white. Our 3 brown lambs ( one is their sister) may also have some signs but is harder to see.. I also...

I first want to thank you for your very thorough information on what to do with my lambs! My husband just got home and we took his temp. and it was 102.7 which I do believe is normal... correct?

We have 5 lambs with 2 ewes born in January and one has a case of scours. I have read a number of threads on kids with scours but so far have not found one on lambs. We washed his bum yesterday and gave him some kefir mixed with water and lamb replacer powdered milk. He had diarrhea again...

My Ewe is in late pregnancy and appears ready to deliver.( I apologize in advance if this id=snt the correct place to write this however I couldn't find the correct thread) Should I be concerned if she discharged some blood two days ago and now the area around her udders is getting pink? She was...

My Ram has been coughing for a few weeks and now it sounds like it is in his lungs. I have noticed that his spent grain has had some mold( which I always take out but could have possibly missed some ) and is dusty...Could this cause his coughing and possible lung issue?

Our ram Maxx has been coughing for a while and now sounds congested. Is there any natural ways of helping him ? We have a few shots of penicillin available. Would that be a good thing to give him?

We have a great source for spent grain and would like to feed it to our sheep but I am concerned that it may not be good for them. Has anyone ever fed their sheep spent grain or heard if it is ok for them?

I would like to thank everyone for their condolences.It has been very difficult for both our Ewe , Millie and my husband and I. We ended up milking Millie just the one time and have frozen her milk for our next group of babies.I really appreciate everyone's advice and it sincerely helped to know...

Thank you for the great ideas and turning a very sad situation into something good.