Dear Sandy, I have only empathy for you and your ram lamb. Itis so, so hard to watch almost helplessly.
I have been doing my home work RE: your Ewe "Sunshine". I have a list of all the ewes sunshine could be as well as the sires and dams. Right now I've narrowed it down to three groups from October of 2012 which would make the ewe you got under the name Sunshine who should have been 11 months old only 4.5 months old hence the primary dentition, etc. Frick wouold be the sire of your lamb from your "Sunshine" for sure as he was the only one active in the correct time frame. We had no "rams on the loose" or mixtures of ewes with rams or ram lambs in with the ewes after age 3.5 months. I have a bunch of back tracking to do but as It comes along I will keep you advised. Who ever this ewe lamb is (Sunshine) she came from a registered sire and dam. The Sires are either Zapdaddy CJE06102210BB, Hunk RE705112425BB or Trent Ham08102129BB. I'll get back with you in a couple of days. I've started the fall slaughter so I'll be inspecting each ewe closely and also checking out the "lost tag/replaced tag" notes I have. Best Wishes for you and your Ram lamb, Doc -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 9/22/13, SHession <slhess...@yahoo.com> wrote: Subject: [Blackbelly] Dumb lamb To: "blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info" <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Cc: "Greg Hession" <greg.hess...@massoutrage.com> Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 12:24 PM I have a ram lamb that was born last Saturday (Sept 14). From the beginning he wasn't right. He was born in the barn sometime between 2 AM and 7AM. When I found him he was dried off, but had managed to get in behind the lambing jug, and was stuck back there, inaccessible to Mom. I got him out and put him and the ewe in the jug. Within the hour he had gotten hung up between the bottom two boards of the jug, and in the bail of the water bucket. He had a good suckle reflex, but lacked the reflex to try and find the teat. I milked ewe and got some colostrum into him. I have continued to bottle feed him small quantities of colostrum, and now goat's milk, while leaving him with his mother. She has been wonderful and attentive, and very cooperative, letting me milk her and also hold him on her teats. I have squirted milk in his mouth from her teat. Still can't get him to nurse. Up until today he was only taking one or two ounces of milk from the bottle two or three times daily. I still have to pry his mouth open to get the nipple in. I was hoping that he would get hungry enough to figure out the real milk source. About an hour ago I went into the barn and Mom leaped out to the jug. I tried letting him outside with her under supervision, but he just wandered off, and didn't respond to her calls. He did urinate, which surprised me - didn't think he was getting enough, although he doesn't seem dehydrated. He's in the house now , and taking the bottle somewhat better - just drank 4 ounces. I know that is nowhere near enough, and he has lost significant weight from his birth weight. Has anyone else dealt with this sort of situation? Is there any point in putting him back with Mom? I am surprised he is still alive, and wonder if he is or was actually getting some small amount of milk from Mom. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Sandy Hession _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
