Hello from Ohio! We are very new to herds. Coming from city life to country life has been so satisfying. We’re definitely not farmers, and in our late 50s, so I’m glad to have a forum like this. I’m already on BackyardChickens. Do you have an app?
SO we started with chickens last year and then the hubby wanted some goats. And then a friend offered us two bottle fed Dorset lambs. We have two Boer doelings and one Nubian doeling, and a eweling and wether. The goats are doing great, established the goat order and getting into mischief.
My lambs are not so good. The wether came with scours and sister got soon after. I expected them to be sad and scared, but they aren’t even playful with each other. They still get water by bottle, though one was drinking from the waterer today, which is a relief since it’s 91°. They were given one dose of cydectin Saturday, the day we got them. They are on lush grass, have good hay, got nutridrench and electrolytes. Tell me if I need to do something else. Poor little lambs 😢 I have other wormers and Corid.
Thanks in advance for any and all comments!
SO we started with chickens last year and then the hubby wanted some goats. And then a friend offered us two bottle fed Dorset lambs. We have two Boer doelings and one Nubian doeling, and a eweling and wether. The goats are doing great, established the goat order and getting into mischief.
My lambs are not so good. The wether came with scours and sister got soon after. I expected them to be sad and scared, but they aren’t even playful with each other. They still get water by bottle, though one was drinking from the waterer today, which is a relief since it’s 91°. They were given one dose of cydectin Saturday, the day we got them. They are on lush grass, have good hay, got nutridrench and electrolytes. Tell me if I need to do something else. Poor little lambs 😢 I have other wormers and Corid.
Thanks in advance for any and all comments!