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Thank you all for the advice. The lambs were going to the nipples but were not able to latch on and the ewe turns away. Maybe she is sore.? Anyway, We took them in and gave them the colostrum replacement. They drank some bit not nearly enough I guess. W3 will put them back with the mom...

We have twin boys from 12/26. They don’t seem to be getting milk from mom. We squeezed her teats and intermittently some milk squirted. Of course, we are newbies and may not know how to squeeze, but at least no wax blocking The lambs are not getting milk, so we took them inside and tried to...

Thanks everyone. I don't know for sure that she is pregnant. We are not experience sheep farmer. We have not engaged the vet to do a pelvic exam. We just saw her getting bigger and bigger in the past months after we put her with the ram for a couple of months. We will keep an eye on her for...

One of our katahdin ewes has been behaving strangely. We thought that she was bred sane as the other ewes in our small flock. She has given birth before. She looks huge like the other ewes and we are expecting that they will be lambing in the next few days. We noticed that she has been...

Hi, we are new as well. We have 3 female lambs born in late January to early February timeframe. I was advised by someone in this forum to separate the ram asap. In addition to preventing the lambs getting impregnated, you would also want to give the new moms sometime to nurse their babies and...

Being newbies with raising sheep, we are ecstatic with our lambing experience. We bought 3 ewes and 1 ram just before xmas. All 3 ewes turned out to be bred. The two younger ewes gave birth to single. They both looked strong but we didn't think to weigh it at birth. The third older ewe gave...

Mission accomplished! We spent the good part of the day setting up the other paddock and the barn and isolated the ram. He is separated from the ewes and lambs until the fall when his service is needed again. Hopefully the new moms are not already pregnant. Thanks for all the advice.

Hobby farm in New Jersey. Newbie to sheep. Our small flock consists of a ram, 3 ewes, and 2 newborn lamb.

Thank you both for the reply. What would you say the minimal size for the pen? Our pasture is only two acres divided into 2 paddocks separated by 4 feet high t-post wire fence. So they are in plain sight of each other. Also, how bad would it be to keep him on its own? Thanks again.

Hi all, this is my first post on this site. We are new sheep owners with no prior experience. We added a small herd of 4 katahdin to our homestead just before Christmas, 3 ewes and a ram. Two of the ewes have given birth to two female lambs. We are expecting the big ewe to birth twins. All...