Erinlovescows
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We had a sheep give birth last night and the lamb was on her feet (very wobbly) and walking last night, but we noticed she keeps her head down. Her neck is curved down, almost like she is hunchback.. :/ Temp seemed fine, but I'm not sure she can actually reach the teat with her head like that, though she's been trying. Mom was very interested, licked her clean, and we helped lamb to the teat a few times. She's definitely got the sucking reflex. We've supplemented some bottle feeding.
I'll see if I can grab a picture to post, but anyone have experience with this? We maybe should have left it alone to naturally cull... but we lost two chickens to hawks yesterday and the day before we found a stillborn lamb in the stall and just wanted one good thing! There wasn't any evidence on any of the ewes that I could find, so I'm not sure if it was this mommas and she had twins on her first go and the baby with the curled neck was stuck in a funky position for awhile?
I'll see if I can grab a picture to post, but anyone have experience with this? We maybe should have left it alone to naturally cull... but we lost two chickens to hawks yesterday and the day before we found a stillborn lamb in the stall and just wanted one good thing! There wasn't any evidence on any of the ewes that I could find, so I'm not sure if it was this mommas and she had twins on her first go and the baby with the curled neck was stuck in a funky position for awhile?