Re: [Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2

2010-08-05 Thread Dave Andrus
Tom, thanks for the update I have wondered about your babies throughout the day. Dave Tom Quinn cars1...@yahoo.com wrote: I want to thank everyone for the quick and helpful responses. I was so shocked--went by the sheep pen at 5:30 yesterday evening and there they were! The 2 little guys are

Re: [Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2

2010-08-05 Thread Michael Smith
Tom, my wife and I were following closely as well. Sorry to hear that. We had a similar situation with a pair of twins last year, where one was born 8 lbs and the other 4 lbs. The 4 lb one did not make it, after a bit more than a month of triage. This list was great and supplied invaluable

Re: [Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2

2010-08-04 Thread Michael Smith
Great to hear, Tom. Can you confirm with a lightweight scale? were those babies really in the 1 lb weight range? Any pictures you can post? I've only had two rounds of lambs myself and would be curious to see this. My lightest lamb ever was maybe 4.5 lbs. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.

Re: [Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2

2010-08-04 Thread Tom Quinn
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2 Great to hear, Tom. Can you confirm with a lightweight scale? were those babies really in the 1 lb weight range? Any pictures you can post? I've only had two rounds of lambs myself and would be curious to see this. My lightest lamb ever

Re: [Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies

2010-08-04 Thread Michael Smith
From: Tom Quinn cars1...@yahoo.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 1:55:44 PM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2 Michael We lost one of the lambs last night The remaining one weighs right at 2 lbs on day 3. I am trying to get

[Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2

2010-08-03 Thread Tom Quinn
I want to thank everyone for the quick and helpful responses. I was so shocked--went by the sheep pen at 5:30 yesterday evening and there they were! The 2 little guys are doing great as of now. I held them last night and fed them whenever they woke up. We were able to get a little colostrum