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Ewe loosing wool

  • 29-04-2013 04:00PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14


    Hello,
    I have a ewe that is loosing her wool and she is not is great form. She lambed triplets about 3 weeks ago and was very sick after it. She was very weak and could bearly stand up for a couple of days. Finally she came round. However during one night she lay on two of her lambs and killed them. They were trying to suckle while she was down. So recently, in the last few days she has started to shed her wool.
    Would this be some sort of reaction to her bad lambing experience. The rest of the flock are fine and dont show any signs of sheep scab and I inject them every September for scab.
    Thanks for any advice.
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,438 ✭✭✭solerina


    Vendeen wrote: »
    Hello,
    I have a ewe that is loosing her wool and she is not is great form. She lambed triplets about 3 weeks ago and was very sick after it. She was very weak and could bearly stand up for a couple of days. Finally she came round. However during one night she lay on two of her lambs and killed them. They were trying to suckle while she was down. So recently, in the last few days she has started to shed her wool.
    Would this be some sort of reaction to her bad lambing experience. The rest of the flock are fine and dont show any signs of sheep scab and I inject them every September for scab.
    Thanks for any advice.

    I know anytime our sheep lose their wool or it gets thin and weak its due to a major loss of condition....usually a lack of food...so its probably just a reaction to the lambing and if you feed her well she will bounce back in time.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,047 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Sheep often lose their wool after a major sickness. The wool that grows during the illness is weak/narrower than normal and if falls out/breaks off once it has risen above the skin level.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 Vendeen


    solerina wrote: »
    I know anytime our sheep lose their wool or it gets thin and weak its due to a major loss of condition....usually a lack of food...so its probably just a reaction to the lambing and if you feed her well she will bounce back in time.


    Many thanks for that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 Vendeen


    greysides wrote: »
    Sheep often lose their wool after a major sickness. The wool that grows during the illness is weak/narrower than normal and if falls out/breaks off once it has risen above the skin level.


    Thanks for reply


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