I am sorry for your loss, especially when you were expecting new birth! I agree with Chris B., that it might have been a yearling ewe. None of my yearlings look "that" pregnant, but they deliver up nice big lambs, just as if they had been "hugely pregnant" (is that a word?)
Anyway, good luck with the others!!!
Mary Swindell
At 12:01 PM 2/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:
Message: 3 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 23:07:03 -0500 From: Diane Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Silver Lining Farm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [blackbelly] still borns?? Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When I went out to the barn today I found 2 dead little ewe lambs. :-(
They were gone, but clean & dry, not too stiff, so not long passed on or frozen.
I didn't know I had anyone THAT ready to lamb. On 1/31 one of my sheep had twins, but I had been
watching her, and her bag was huuuuuge prior to lambing. After finding the lambs, I checked under
the tails... looking for a big bag that I should've seen sooner.... I couldn't find one! No one has
a biiiiiig full-looking bag.
I couldn't find any afterbirth & the 2 ewes who have had twins previously didn't look like they had
lambed.. they were spotless! Based on the lambs color, and what their last twins looked likem I have
determined WHO I think had the lambs...
Both babies appeared to be fully formed, no obious deformities or defects. Neither one had their
eyes or mouth open...but were cleaned up & dried off.
So.. FINALLY... my question...does it sound like they were still born? Or what?? If they were still
born.. would that explain the lack of big bags on any of the ewes?
I've not seen any babies born, I just go out to the barn & find the proud moms & their babies... then
lock them up for safety & enforced bonding. The set I found on the 31st was still wet & one was
rather bloody, so I didn't miss them by too long...
:-( Diane Michigan
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Message: 4 From: "William Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [blackbelly] still borns?? Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:09:13 -0600 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It may have been a 1st timer if you have a yearling ewe. I am constantly getting caught off-guard by these yearling ewes having their first lambs. Sometimes singles, sometimes twins, but I never seem to get a handle on when they will lamb. They hardly ever even look pregnant. Its crazy. The older ewes, on the other hand, are easy to judge.
Chris B.
Mary Swindell Bellwether Farm 815 Bell Hill Road Cobden, IL 62920 (618) 893-4568 (home) (618) 453-1697 (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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