Re: [Blackbelly] Death of a spring lamb

2009-07-25 Thread Cecil Bearden
Sounds like a broken neck. I have had this in 2 ewes. They get to fighting and get a spinal chord injury. Cecil in OKla T Taylor wrote: I recently came home to find an otherwise healthy looking spring ram laying on its stomach trying to flip itself over. I tried to pick it up and it was

[Blackbelly] (Blackbelly) Death of a spring lamb

2009-07-25 Thread Becky Lannon
Trisha I am sorry about the loss of your lamb. Whenever limbs don't work, I always suspect some neurological problem first. Either a broken neck or back would cause the legs not to work. Usually when you pick a lamb up it will move, but not in this case. If it was struggling to get up and