It's nice to hear the lambing stories. Being new to sheep, I was contributing some of my Newbie stories a couple of years ago, and am taking a break on breeding--as we just past my only child's first birthday. I figure when he is old enough to stand, hold something, and also talk a bit, we can have another round. I already have a fresh, handsome sire picked out.
My friends all say my son is lucky since he's born on a "petting zoo". They are all suburban-folk, and enjoy the petting zoo themselves, from time to time. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies Sent from my iPad On May 9, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Natasha <meadowskuv...@gmail.com> wrote: > We had a crazy Friday the other week - when it rains, it pours! I > could see that Mercedes (the ewe with the prolapse) had dropped but I > was up to my eyeballs assisting my Kuvasz Keisha whelp a litter of > puppies. I kept checking on the ewe regularly (between puppies) > throughout the day keeping my fingers crossed that she could wait for > me to help. After an exhausting day and night I went to check on the > sheep in the wee hours of the morning - this time three evenly sized > lambs presented themselves all cleaned up and ready for the world! In > the other pen I had another fresh lamb being cleaned. I was totally > flabbergasted as I thought I'd have to assist with the triplet birth > but she did it all on her own. Thank goodness there were no tangled > feet or bodies. The other prolapsing yearling had two healthy lambs > earlier but I had to assist with that delivery. One of those twins is > not as accepted as the other and had decided to be part of the triplet > family. Amazingly enough that ewe was nursing four! I penned the > families in separately to establish family units. Now the lambs are > with their correct mothers. The next afternoon a ewe who didn't look > very pregnant produced two tiny lambs - maybe three pounds. There was > a weak lamb and a strong lamb. We needed to intervene and provide > goats colostrum for the weak one. He started to recover then the > strong lamb had a disaster and fell into a shallow dish of water and > went hypothermic! It was a big scare but we got everyone organized > and warmed up and all are doing really well now thankfully! So, in 48 > hours we had nine puppies and six lambs born and everyone is healthy, > safe and sound :) The puppies will be going out with sheep once their > eyes are open and they are a bit more mobile. It is still freezing > here at night. One more ewe to lamb... > > I am thrilled with all the new life! I hadn't planned it all > happening on the same day and night but it did and everyone is doing > well. > > A very tired and happy Natasha > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
