mysunwolf - four acres and some sheep

And the herd continues to grow! Grats on another successful (assisted) delivery!

For the most part (with goats anyway- I would think its the same with sheep) the antibiotics are not needed when you have to assist. They "weep" for several weeks after they kid (again- I'm talking goats) and that tends to clear everything out. A uterine flush would be better then antibiotics at this point- but I don't think she needs that right now either.

If for some reason she spiked a temp you would probably want to do antibiotics and the flush.

Sorry about the mastitis

Congrats on all those lambs! So funny that you say they are small, compared the Nigerian dwarf goat kids they look GIANT!

Pretty ewes and what a nice bunch of lambs! Congrats on the babies!

Goat Whisperer said:

For the most part (with goats anyway- I would think its the same with sheep) the antibiotics are not needed when you have to assist. They "weep" for several weeks after they kid (again- I'm talking goats) and that tends to clear everything out. A uterine flush would be better then antibiotics at this point- but I don't think she needs that right now either.

If for some reason she spiked a temp you would probably want to do antibiotics and the flush.

Sorry about the mastitis

Congrats on all those lambs! So funny that you say they are small, compared the Nigerian dwarf goat kids they look GIANT!

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Thank you, this is so helpful! I will let them be and lookout for signs of infection and/or a temperature over the next few weeks, but hoping for the best.

Honestly the lambies are not all that small compared to some sheep, just in comparison to my Katahdins last year! We got so used to 8-10lb lambs that these 6-7lb lambs seem tiny! But they're within a normal range. 5-6lbs is very light, and anything lighter than that is concerning.

The pelvic openings on the moms of both Thelma and Louise were so small that the intact water bags came out bullet-shaped instead of bulbous like usual (if that makes sense?). I took notes on Thelma's lambing and noticed that she started small contractions around 1pm, then real contractions around 2pm, and was restless the whole time, getting up and down and pacing and headbutting other ewes and lambs. Finally jugged her and started pulling on the two front lamb feet around 3pm or a little after. Same sequence with her sister Louise, only I waited longer to help her because I wasn't in the barn when she went into labor.

Thelma and her twins!!

Mocha, Charcoal, Dora, and Ginger


Louise and lambs (go home Louise, you're drunk).

Cow with her triplets! She stands 2-3 times as long to nurse as the other sheep, poor girl

You have such pretty sheep and lambs, but I confess to a favorite... I love cow!

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You have such pretty sheep and lambs, but I confess to a favorite... I love cow!

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I'd have to say that she's my favorite too I'd do anything for that sheep. We bought her off of craigslist for $80 when she was 4 months old. She had been dam raised as a single because her dam had lost her twin sibling during birth in the January cold. This girl was already taller than her mother at 4 months. I figured her for a keeper from the moment I saw her based on size and bone structure alone, but over the next few months she began to come up to me in the field just for scratches and to hang out. We call her spacey because she is... she'll just lift her head up and a little sideways and stare off into space. I thought she was ill or stargazing or something was wrong, but we have kept her healthy on minerals, dewormers, supplements galore for two years and she still does this! Now we just accept that it's part of her personality. Every time I have people out to purchase sheep, they ask to purchase her as well. Seriously, every time. And every time I tell them there's no way that I could ever sell her.

I am a Cow fan also.

I have a favorite too, Sheepalicious. If she even hears my voice, she BAA's loudly and sometimes I have to go up to the wire and stick my fingers through to get her to shutup. She runs to me, nibbles my fingers and checks me out for treats. Aren't sheep awesome?

I was already 100% sold on goats...Getting there on sheep

Got some nice photos of moms nursing last week in the rain.


Cow has gotten her triplets (Chamomile, Calendula, and Cappuccino) to 3 weeks old. Calendula is enormous since she takes two turns nursing, while Chamomile and Cappuccino are normal sized lambs for their age.

Bought some more hair sheep I was supposed to get out of them this year, but needed some more butcher lambs since we only had 3 ram lambs. And somehow I came home with an old ewe and her daughter??? They were extremely shy from a large, hands-off flock, but after a few weeks of quarantine and grain feeding, they've really improved. Names are now Honey and Caramel We'll try breeding them for fall lambs.
Ginger is still struggling with anemia but getting her out to graze on the (mostly) clean pasture has really helped. Plus iron shots (my vet says not to give these too often as it's bad for their liver, but we give every now and then to help) and drench. I hope she fully recovers before the barber pole worms get really bad again in June.


So happy with this year's lambing season. Now to figure out how to get more land for all my new sheep