[blackbelly] Twins: 1st time Mom

[Diane Wright]

I've got a set of twins born to a first time mom.  She's 2 or nearly 2 yrs old (she wasn't born 
here).  I've got the mom & babies separated from the flock, locked in the barn so that I can monitor 
them more easily.  The boy baby was larger at birth.. and still is.  When I pick up the babies to 
check them, I can feel their tummies, but their tummies aren't bulging full like new lamb bellies 
seem to be.
It seems whenever I'm in the barn, they are both trying to nurse.  I see them nursing waaay more than 
a younger ewe & her single lamb, who is only one week older.

The moms share a stall... have lots of water & hay to munch on... and every couple days I take them 
out some grain to share.

Should I supplement the moms more? with what? I don't want to bottle raise the babies... but I don't 
want to lose them either!  (I don't reeally think I'm in danger of losing them... but they are never 
really full.)

Diane
Silver Lining Farm
Michigan
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