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Hi y'all - This isn't exactly an emergency, just curious if this is normal. Long story short, we adopted a ewe we did not know was pregnant when we got her. She is less than a year old and very small IMO. She went into labor on Tuesday early morning (2:30 am) and labored for hours before we...

Good morning y’all! We have taken our female Great Pyrenees LGD, Frostee, to be spayed this morning. I’m hoping y’all can help with some post-surgical advice. She does live outdoors 24/7 in a fenced paddock with our two lambs. We have set up a separate space for her to recover alone but will...

Good morning y'all! For the past two years that we have lived on our property, the lot next to us has been vacant. Over the past year, however, someone has purchased the lot and built a home on it. They moved in two weeks ago. My poor LGD, Frostee, is having a rough time adjusting to the new...

In September, we received a female pregnant ewe on a trade. Unbeknownst to us, she was pregnant. She birthed two lambs but only one survived. The lamb is now five months old and has not gotten any bigger since about the eight week mark. We have a doper/black hawaiian lamb who was born one...

Hey friends, We have a pelibuey/dorper ewe. Not sure of her age but we’ve had her approximately one year. In October she birthed a healthy female lamb. About 5 days ago I noticed her doing an odd thing. She was almost like coughing with no sound? Yesterday she started kind of baa-ing while she...

Hey y’all! Had our first live birth lamb Oct 12. Mom and baby have been doing great! My question is, it seems Mama doesn’t want baby drinking from her any longer. She won’t allow her to. Baby is nibbling hay and alfalfa and eating some grain. Since it seems she has weaned herself, is this okay...

Hey y'all! Been reading these forums for a few months for advice and thought I should join so I can ask specific questions when needed and offer help where I can! We are on a small ranch in South Texas, with 2 Pygmy goats and 5 sheep, a mix of pelibuey, dorper and black hawaiian. We had two...