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ewe not lying down

Surfn · 2014-03-03 09:00:19

ive a ewe a day over her due date. she hasnt lay down in the past 24hrs. she seems to move about on her back legs, shes very heavy and her elder is really well filled out. she seems to want to go down but never does. shes eating and chewing her cud alright is this normal behavier

03-03-2014 9:00am

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Surfn

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ive a ewe a day over her due date. she hasnt lay down in the past 24hrs. she seems to move about on her back legs, shes very heavy and her elder is really well filled out. she seems to want to go down but never does.
shes eating and chewing her cud alright
is this normal behavier

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#2 03-03-2014 9:05am

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Any thing coming out the back? Any sign of birth?

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#3 03-03-2014 9:07am

Surfn

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raher1 wrote: »

Any thing coming out the back? Any sign of birth?

nothing coming out, no pushing. the belly seems to have dropped in her

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#4 03-03-2014 9:13am

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Surfn wrote: »

nothing coming out, no pushing. the belly seems to have dropped in her

I would check if she is opened at all, just two fingers carefully make sure not a breach etc. Other than that I would think better standing that lying and not able to get up

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#5 03-03-2014 3:12pm

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yes. i would wait it out..
If she starts any forcing while standing usually means somethings wrong.

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