Re: [Blackbelly] Identifying Lambs

2015-04-02 Thread Gail Winnick
before they leave the jug. Typically day 2. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Jim Isbell uncarved_bl...@earthlink.net wrote: Good day, everyone! We have had a busy lambing season here on the farm. We have managed to get weights on everyone, but that is getting increasingly more difficult

Re: [Blackbelly] Identifying Lambs

2015-04-01 Thread Carol Elkins
I put newborn lambs and their dams in a lambing jug as soon after birth as I can, and they remain there for a couple days; more if there are any problems. A lambing jug allows me to monitor both the ewe and her lambs to ensure that the lambs are getting sufficient milk and are otherwise