lamb losing wool in chunks

Surfn

ive a rouge x charollais ram lamb a few months old now
hes lossing wool in big chunks right down to the skin
other than that the lamb seems the best, eating sucking the mother, stretching and shaking himself when he gets up
any reason why this would be happening
they are not getting meal either.
lamb not scratching or itchy either

MayoAreMagic

You see that happen sometimes when they get a setback. I have had a few get it after getting tick paralysis. It is strange that the lamb is in fine health though. It might be a skin condition or something. Is he falling behind as regards weight at all? If he isn't then he is probably fine.

ganmo

we had a ram that happened to, we blamed the fact he had been sick 2/3weeks before.

is the skin flaky at all?

Surfn

MayoAreMagic wrote: »

You see that happen sometimes when they get a setback. I have had a few get it after getting tick paralysis. It is strange that the lamb is in fine health though. It might be a skin condition or something. Is he falling behind as regards weight at all? If he isn't then he is probably fine.

he looks pretty normal compaired to the others

Surfn

ganmo wrote: »

we had a ram that happened to, we blamed the fact he had been sick 2/3weeks before.

is the skin flaky at all?

skin does not appear to be flaky, if it was would that be sheep scab

razor8

A temperature can sometimes make a sheep lose it's wool a few weeks later

ganmo

Zinc deficiency can cause the loss of wool(sometimes with flakes of skin too), but if he and the rest of them are thriving its not that