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Please help. Vet is closed and I'm not sure if I should get involved or let the ewe keep going on her own. I'm in tears with worry. 3 year old, black welsh mountain ewe, her name is Mini. This is her second year. This is my third year lambing, second year lambing on my own. I have a lot...

Black welsh mountain, 2 years old, hay and pasture, regular minerals, &c. First time pregnant. She's very pregnant, past when I thought she would pop. She's been acting like she's at the start of labour for at least three days. Big nipples, enlarged lamb hole. She did some mild pushing and...

Out of the four ewes who have 'hatched' so far this lambing season, I've had to assist 3 give birth. The problem being the lambs are far too big. Big head, big shoulders, and big overall. Two of the ewes are first timers, so it's understandable that they may have trouble. But even still...

Just finished a marathon lambing session. Ewe started to have contractions about 4pm yesterday, serious contractions 5am today, pre-birth 10am, 1 (ram)lamb out with serious help from me at noon. 1:50pm on day two, everyone's nursing and alive, although I suspect I may be partly zombified...

3 year old katahdin sheep, has a limp. It started about 5 days ago, and isn't improving. Was wondering if you could suggest anything else I should look for to diagnose or treatment ideas. Her hoof looks fine, no smell, no peeling, nothing misshapen, no clogged goo vent... between the toes...

I have a couple of years lambing experience under my belt but this is a first for me. I'm going to put it under emergency as I know the first 24 hours of life are the most critical for a lamb to survive and thrive. Two baby ewe lambs born just before midday today. Mum Southdown X Black Welsh...

Is this the right place to post about milking sheep? The lambs are about two and a half weeks old - ish, I think, I'll have to check the calender. Anyway, they are hay munching and nibbling on stuff now, so I thought it must be time to milk the ewes in earnest. Only... ...all I know about...

Poor little sheep is limping and generally not feeling well after a stressful day yesterday. I'm wondering what shall I do for her. Here's the story. Sheared/shorn? the black welsh mountain flock yesterday. Also last night we had the first hard frost of the winter. Of course. They have wind...

4 day old ewe lamb - we first met her on this rather long thread - is doing the weirdest thing. Every now and again she's walking on her front knees. This is less than 10% of the time, but still sudden changes in behaviour make me nervous (I guess I'm a lot like a sheep that way). Katahdin...

This is my first lambing season on my own, so I would love some advice to tell how much longer till the cute little lambs pop out. 6 year old Katahdin ewe (hair sheep) is probably pregnant, unknown due date. Udders changed shape last night, went from growing wider to wide and saggy. Today...

Any thoughts on where I can buy a good goat halter in Canada or that ship internationally? I have a 4 month old oberhasli weathered kid that I'm training to pack and eventually pull a cart. We are at the going for walks on the farm and meeting new people in a comfortable setting, and soon I...

There are so many flies on two of my sheep. What can I do? I have two hair sheep (breed starts with a K that I can't remember at the moment) that I bought from another farmer who was culling some of her ews. The freezer is full at the moment, so goal is to fatten the sheep up for winter, then...

Brought home my first goat today. Unfortunately the way things worked out is that he was also surgically castrated today as well, so the poor fella is pretty stressed. We've had other people's goats on the farm before, but this is the first time the goat is mine. And the others were all...

Wondering if you can help give me ideas how to diagnose what's wrong with my alpaca. We have a few rescue animals on our farm, including two very large llamas (1/2 again as large as the ones at the local agricultural fair) and two alpacas. One alpaca would be considered large, and the other...

My neighbour has some beautiful goats for sale, and I have to tell you, I am tempted. I already have chickens, sheep, llamas, &c... so I'm use to the routine of working on the farm. I especially like the hours spent doing morning and evening chores. Working and milking goats twice daily will...

I have a little bummer that came to us at a month old. That was three weeks ago. He had already been elasticated, and his tail fell off the same day he came to us. How much longer until his ballsack falls off? When should I worry? I'm not terribly worried yet as the sack is a lot larger...

I'm just so excited, my bottle lamb didn't ask for a bottle at lunch today! :weee I had to share this with someone. Sam, who answers to Larry, spent the morning out with me in the yard. He munched on grass and weeds while I planted seeds in the garden. About three hours later, he was board...

In another thread I talked about my Icelandic ram yearlings going off their feed... added salt and kelp meal to their pasture and they are much improved. However, during the last week, I've noticed that lesser ram is walking differently... wondering if you could help brain storm what it could...

Sorry for the title, it's hard to know how to label this. Could you help me brain storm what's up with my rams? Both are still drinking, eating grass and chewing cud, so it's not as urgent as it could be...however... I have two Icelandic ram yearlings living together. They have just over...

Back in the day in England, they use to feed Mangelworzles to sheep as winter fodder. It's like a giant chard root, the roots keeps wonderfully well over winter (so long as it doesn't freeze) in a clamp. They use to get a couple out and chop it up for the livestock, everything from cattle to...