Peg,
Thanks for writing about your friend's Dorset. I have also heard
from two other people that this unusual separation of birthing times
can happen in sheep, in dogs and in humans as well.
The great news this morning is that my ewe actually did deliver
healthy, normal sized twin ewe lambs
If I recall, Sheep have two horns to the uterus. And like many animals with
such an arrangement, one can maintain a pregnancy in one horn while 'expelling'
a pregnancy in another. Nature's redundancy can be helpfull this way. Many
rabbit breeders I communicate with indicate that the need to
Triplets-- if they have the same 'conception' date'
Terry W
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Peg,
Thanks for writing about your friend's Dorset. I have also heard
from two other people that this unusual separation of birthing times
can happen in sheep, in dogs and in humans
In the boy aren't we having some weird stuff happening at lambing
category, last night I called the vet out ($165) for what I expected
to be delivery of a dead lamb. She had placenta and a shrivelled
water bag hanging from her vulva, and because there was no swelling
or discharge, I figured
We are very new to the sheep business have one dumb question. Do we
have to keep a ram? Can we borrow or rent a ram? or Does anyone do AI?
Logistically it just seems tough to keep the old boy separate from
everyone else. Doesn't he get lonely?
Thanks!
Eileen
The Pacific
Eileen,
Yes, you could probably borrow a ram, though don't know how easy it
would be to find one of the appropriate breed (American Blackbelly, I
assume) in your region. AI is not easily done in sheep because they
are so small, so this is not routine. And yes, a ram will be lonely if
by
Hi Eileen,
If you have access to a ram you can borrow or rent, and you are
confident that the ram has no diseases that could infect your ewes,
then of course you don't need a ram. In such a case, it would be
important that you know the genetics of the ram you obtain and the
owner of the ram
I keep my ram with the ewes year-round, but I imagine you could rent one if
someone fairly close by is willing. I wouldn't keep a ram by himself though.
I have read where some on this list keep their ram with a couple of wethers
to keep him company while he is separated from the ewes. That would
