Hi Julie; Some times you'll get diarrhea due to the rich grass' available this time of year. We have so much green grass for our sheep to eat they are a little loose. Although I have to agree some ewes have diarrhea before birthing. There system cleans itself out before birth. Ours did not stop eating though, so this is different from ewe to ewe. I did notice on our yearling with her first lamb this year she would get up and lay down move to another place and do it all over again. Like she's uncomfortable. She did this about 12 hours then we found her with her lamb. Her "pooched out privates" is also a sign. If she's in a field with trees or brush you might find her laying out of sight, ours like to go to a quiet place by themselves and give birth. Sandy
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:46:13 -0700 (Pacific Standard Time) "Julie Riha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have another question. Since this will be our first lambing I am > not sure > what to expect. My ewe is expecting in the next week or two. Today I > noticed > that she has diarhea. Is this normal for being this close to lambing > or is > it something I need to be concerned about. This is her first > lambing, also. > Not knowing what else to call them, I noticed for about the last > week her > privates" are pooched out. Other than the diarhea she is acting just > fine, > eating, drinking. > > Thank you, > Julie Riha ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
