My mama ewe didn’t have any milk so I’ve been bottle feeding her twins (born a week ago on Jan 30). They weren’t able to get any real colostrum, but did get colostrum replacer. I dipped his umbilical cord in iodine at birth.
The ewe lamb is doing fine. Mom hasn’t rejected either, she just has...
My proven mama ewe just had twins yesterday morning. I had been watching an abscess in her udder since July and in the last couple weeks as she bagged up it burst so I figured we were heading in the right direction.
Well, she’s all bagged up and absolutely no milk is coming out. Believe me -...
Hi!
Have you ever seen a lump in the udder that did not seem to be mastitis? The udder was never hot. This lump came shortly after we brought her to our homestead. So she’s had it at least 5 months, probably a little longer (definitely before she was bred).
Today when I was checking on her...
We are new to lambing, though our two ewes are not. Rue, this brown ewe, I suspect will go first. I’ve had an eye on her for a while. How close do you think she is? Days? Weeks? Christmas lambs?!!