Oneta:
Have you checked to be sure she doesn't have another lamb in there??
Sounds like she may still want to labor and there is something wrong.
If you daughter has small hands, I would get a glove and shoulder sleeve
and have her find out. Mineral oil or vaseline. Smaller hands the
When I got back from church Sunday, I went to check the flock and
noticed a pregnant ewe laying on her side with a birth in process. The
lamb was head out, but they both looked exhausted. I was able to help
the lamb out by pulling gently. It turns out that one leg was forward,
and one reward.
Hi
My advise is to pen mom up until the lamb is older so she does not waist energy
looking for mom. Also - use some vet wrap and then over that put Duct tape to
give it support and leave it on for a week take it off and let it be for 1/2
day and see what happens - if it goes back retape it.
regarding:
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:26:12 -0800
From: Rick Krach rickkr...@hotmail.com
Subject: [Blackbelly] The Birth of American Blackbelly Twins
To: blackbelly Blackbelly List blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
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With a growing lamb care must be taken not to get the wrap too tight
when first wrapped as it will tighten and cut off circulation. I had
this condition in some lambs last year after injection of selenium.
(another disaster story) However they never started the heaing process
until I kept
The cure of Guava has always worked for me but then you don't have fresh guava
but if you have some in the frozen juice case the sugar can't hurt either. My
girls gobble all the guavas on the road when we go on a walk and they ate a
truckload of yard clippings in the past couple of days.
