Hi everyone,
We have seen the same that Carol stated " bottle fed usually catch up by the time they reach maturity". We had 2 ram lambs and a ewe lamb from a set of triplets. The ram lambs got more of momma's milk than the ewe did but she was persistent and dug into the grain and grass consumption earlier than her siblings. You know the " survival of the fittest" scenraio. Ted did not want to keep the ewe lamb feeling she wpuldn't be the best stock for breeding but my son and I became attached to her and " coaxed" Ted into letting her get bred at least once. She is now 3 years old and a good producer of stocky healthy lambs.
This same ewe had triplets this spring. They are good and healthy but yet are smaller than all the other lambs in the pen. I am positive that they will eventually catch up with the others. Those 3 are out grazing more often than the other lambs in the pen so know they eat more. I know how their momma turned out so I have faith. I guess the basic thing here is notto give up on them just because they are smaller right now than the others. Logic would also point to the fact that the more in the multiple births ( triplets, quads, etc.) would render smaller lambs at birth and slower weight gain - not much different than human nnultiples. Just our thoughts. Ted and Sue
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