BAYMULE FINALLY HAS SHEEP!!!

[ninnymary]

So sorry Bay. That would have been one cute baby. Hoping for healthy births on the other ones.

Mary

 

[bobm]

Bay... gathering from your description, this could be vibrio, causing abortion in up to 60% of the flock usually 1-3 weeks pre term. If the lambs are not aborted , some of the live birth lambs are usaully week and die soon after . Ewes are fine . She as well as your other ewes picked up the vibrio from the former owner's farm. I would dig up the lamb and placenta and have a State Vet. or your Vet. perform a necropsy on the dead lamb for a diagnosis to see where you stand and then allert the former owner to the possiblity of their losses to their and your further losses.

 

[valley ranch]

Tough to lose a little one, more so if it's the first of the lot. Best, and all good with the next.
It's good when you're there to help with the birth and take care of the little one, sometimes they ignore the offspring at first, when attention is most needed.
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To keep ,Hoviv, our McNab in the barn with the goats we did hot wire his escape route, to stop his getting out and coming to the house, just until he got the message.

We have a monitor so we can hear what's going on in the barn. It is nice to have power out to where the animals are, that doesn't have to be too deep and can be run inside 3/4" PVC. 10# Romex 2 with ground, doesn't have to be direct burial wire. Even hot wire from a fence charger can be run in that way, taken where you want it inside a wire made for that purpose.

Lords help, from now on!

Richard

 

[lesa]

Wow! How fabulous! Good for you, for making your dream come true!

 

[Smart Red]

So sorry about your lambing loss. You are right that such things sometimes happen when you assume responsibility for animals. I hope this is a slight setback in your sheep adventures and the rest of your lambing goes well.

 

[baymule]

Thanks ya'll. I posted a picture of her on BYH, the general consensus was that she was small, not full term and not able to live after birth. @bobm if this happens again, I will take your advice. I was also advised to do a necropsy on BYH.

 

[digitS']

I once worked for a local farmer whose daughter had recently married. They moved a doublewide onto the wheat ranch and the new son in law began to fence a few acres. Soon, he moved 32 first calf heifers and a Charolais bull onto the ground.

They calved in the fall and I stayed on to help with them. I wasn't there every night but only one calf was not pulled and only one was lost. The heifer tried to birth it overnight.

What a chore! I quit after that. Not because I was burned out but because they wanted me to work in the equipment shed over winter ... you gotta be kidding!

Steve
who left that job amicably and went to greenhouse work

 

[bobm]

Thanks ya'll. I posted a picture of her on BYH, the general consensus was that she was small, not full term and not able to live after birth. @bobm if this happens again, I will take your advice. I was also advised to do a necropsy on BYH.

I would do a necrosy of this dead lamb sooner than later.

 

[Nyboy]

Steve what was wrong about working equipment shed?

 

[ducks4you]

Well they aren't lawn ornaments. They are meat sheep. No wool to shear, they are hair sheep. So they are good for EATING.

Then, DON't name them!! I don't name my hens.