I have a 4 month old Barbados lamb that refuses to eat, drink, or stand on her own.
She is having regular bowel movements and peeing (hard pea-sized pellets, and slightly yellow urine).
I think she ate something in the pasture that didn't agree with her, and she bloated. I have been successful...
I've been trying to upload them! We have satellite internet, so uploading is terrible, especially when we have a dense storm cloud system roll in. I'll keep trying.
They are doing great! They are still closed in the shed/barn as this storm has just gotten colder and colder (not nearly as bad...
I have been doing tons of reading regarding temperature tolerances of sheep. I have a small flock of barbados blackbellies that were given to me by a friend (6 sheep and just got 2 new lambs the other day as a surprise!) In general, sheep do well in the 40s to 70s F range (as per what I have...
The ewe and lambs are doing well. They are closed in the shed/barn we have for the herd by themselves so nobody gets stepped on. The rest of the herd is out under a the stands of trees on the property and are none too pleased that they are not allowed in the sheep shed. The storm is starting to...
Thank you! They were a most unexpected addition to my day! I haven't been down to the flock much lately because of a recent foot surgery that made it next to impossible to walk. Today was my first real visit to them in over a month.
It took a couple tries to get all three in their little shed...
We got our flock of Barbados Blackbellies of 6 in early August and our girls must have already been pregnant, because I found a nice pair of surprises when I went out to them today: one of my ewes had twins! The gentleman we got them from said the two ewes were likely pregnant when we got them...