Baymule
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I hope those shots give you the results you want. 
Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal
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Mike CHS
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They don't last very long but they have to make sure they are getting all the nerves so they can feel like the next step will finish this.
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Mike CHS
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We went to Kroger this morning. They had rib roasts on sale so we picked up a couple and turned them into rib eye steaks at home.
We had a three week break in lambs being born but Missy (our oldest ewe) delivered a 9 pound ewe lamb this morning and now we still have 6 more ewes to lamb.
We had a three week break in lambs being born but Missy (our oldest ewe) delivered a 9 pound ewe lamb this morning and now we still have 6 more ewes to lamb.
Baymule
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That’s a big baby!
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Merry Christmas to you and Teresa.
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Mike CHS
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Thank you Jan. The same to you,
sandy10m
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Has anyone tried DMSO on sheep legs? One of my ewes has some kind of injury I think. I checked her hooves at least 3 times but cannot see anything wrong to make her limp. She is a bit porky, pregnant and due Feb 2, so she might have laid on the leg wrong, or maybe she got accidentally knocked around by one of the rams. I figured some DMSO would help with a sprain or strain. Anyone try this before? Any pointers?
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Mike CHS
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I diagnosed myself with a bit of a sinus infection several days ago and have been treating with amoxicillin for the last four days. It appears to be going away so that is a good thing.
We plan on bringing the sheep in again this coming week since we haven't given the lambs their shot yet. We had put it off assuming we would have had most of the lambs here but they don't seem to be in a hurry. This is the longest lambing time that we have had in the last ten years.
We plan on bringing the sheep in again this coming week since we haven't given the lambs their shot yet. We had put it off assuming we would have had most of the lambs here but they don't seem to be in a hurry. This is the longest lambing time that we have had in the last ten years.
Ridgetop
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Same here. I wonder what is causing it. Have had rams in with this batch of pregnant ewes since May and only started lambing in mid November. In addition, only half of the ewes have lambed. Granted the remainder are mostly first timers, but they don;t seem that far along. I wonder if somethinig happened to make them slip their early pregnancies to the first ram, and then they rebred to the second ram. I suppose that the second ram (1 3 yer old) that went in during the heat of late summer could have gone sterile for a month or two, but never had that happen with White Dorpers before.
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@Ridgetop ; You are dealing with ewes that have been displaced from their original environment. You are dealing with a different type of heat/humidity. You are dealing with different latitude so different amount of sun... yes dorpers are supposed to be less photo estrous... but sheep are all photo estrous. You are wanting this to change in the course of a year, when it has taken how many years for them to breed in the environment that you were in.
They are not going to get their cycles reset in one year. And the fact that many are first time young ewes is simply a result of their genetic code that has been developed in the ewes over time...
Do you keep a detailed weather recording of what the weather did day by day? You might want to go back and look to see what the actual weather was doing when you put the ram in, and then if there were any excessive heat spikes and such. Not unheard of a male becoming sterile for a period of time if there was a heat surge or something. Also, feed/grass and what they were eating. In Ca you mainly fed alfalfa all the time, with some grazing for the "fire control" correct? But you have changed their diets, and they are relying more on grasses and such... The nutrients available changes with the season, heat, and amount of moisture in the soil affecting the nutritional quality of the grasses.
As for @Mike CHS and Teresa's sheep not all lambing in a short time frame, it would seem that the environmental factors might be a bigger player... since they are fully accustomed to their environment there and several generations having been there.
We find that we will see a "lapse" of time in some groups of the cows... calves may come in a bunch... then have a "break" and then some more... if I trace it back, I can often see where we had a heat spike during the summer breeding time... or sometimes a cold spell with the ones that the bulls are in with in Nov-Jan...
I keep a daily "weather recording" on one calendar.. high/low temps... what the weather is.... can easily trace back when we have the heat spikes... and that will translate to low/no fertility about a month later.... due to sperm movement through their reproductive tracts...
They are not going to get their cycles reset in one year. And the fact that many are first time young ewes is simply a result of their genetic code that has been developed in the ewes over time...
Do you keep a detailed weather recording of what the weather did day by day? You might want to go back and look to see what the actual weather was doing when you put the ram in, and then if there were any excessive heat spikes and such. Not unheard of a male becoming sterile for a period of time if there was a heat surge or something. Also, feed/grass and what they were eating. In Ca you mainly fed alfalfa all the time, with some grazing for the "fire control" correct? But you have changed their diets, and they are relying more on grasses and such... The nutrients available changes with the season, heat, and amount of moisture in the soil affecting the nutritional quality of the grasses.
As for @Mike CHS and Teresa's sheep not all lambing in a short time frame, it would seem that the environmental factors might be a bigger player... since they are fully accustomed to their environment there and several generations having been there.
We find that we will see a "lapse" of time in some groups of the cows... calves may come in a bunch... then have a "break" and then some more... if I trace it back, I can often see where we had a heat spike during the summer breeding time... or sometimes a cold spell with the ones that the bulls are in with in Nov-Jan...
I keep a daily "weather recording" on one calendar.. high/low temps... what the weather is.... can easily trace back when we have the heat spikes... and that will translate to low/no fertility about a month later.... due to sperm movement through their reproductive tracts...
