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Also what are the chances I am in the long haul with this herd now that all the ewes were probably exposed in the pen? I have to get to it but thanks for your replies.

How common/uncommon do you find this personally in your flocks? There are management vulnerabilities here. They were in a pen for awhile being bucket trained. Also possibly over feeding for pregnancy since i was using creep and occasionally grain to bucket train daily. Though I did account for...

also I hadn't seen this elsewhere but there is really not a smell. even now. hopefully that means it hasn't been too long. but for others I was operating under the understanding I would know by smell for certain and as you can see it's been quite awhile since she could have potentially aborted.

ok. I can do that. I briefly imagined this moment when I first started educating myself on lambing. I wondered if I would be brave enough..but because of what I have put this poor ewe through I feel like all hesitation has vanished. The first time I took a temperature I needed someone there to...

WARNING GRAPHIC DELIVERY Description. We've been monitoring our sheep, checking her temp each day, she's been doing great. Normal temp. Eating fine. smelling fine. socializing fine (she is queen of the flock) She never developed milk. I wasn't sure what to thnk but I thought we were in the...

I will see if I can get a picture. Her udder is evenly filled on both sides, no discoloration, nipples are 'alert'. I do have one ewe still nursing a lamb ram, the nursing ewe's udder is maybe 20% larger if even that, they look pretty similar. The ewe in question is 5 years old. According to...

Are there any diseases that would effect their udders? One ewe's is merely soft and dropped (looks almost like testicles honestly but double checked that :P ) but the one in labor has full udders. I haven't squeezed because I don't want to mess with the plug but this is the one thing I can be...

Hi. Very new shepherdess here. About a month ago I picked up a small flock of soay sheep, 3 adult ewes, a yearling ewe, and a ewe and ram lamb. I was warned they were with a ram but all the ewes had birthed this spring. I've been watching all the sheep gain condition (they were a bit...