Twisted lambs

Farrell · 2016-02-01 22:49:37

Neighbor has mainly Suffolk ewes & crossed to a Suffolk ram till this year, he changed to a Belcare to improve numbers (mostly singles previous), now he's getting doubles but has had to intervene with lambs being twisted, both coming together, legs down. Ewes got no handling & weren't on their backs, is there anything that…

01-02-2016 10:49PM

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Farrell

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Neighbor has mainly Suffolk ewes & crossed to a Suffolk ram till this year, he changed to a Belcare to improve numbers (mostly singles previous), now he's getting doubles but has had to intervene with lambs being twisted, both coming together, legs down.
Ewes got no handling & weren't on their backs, is there anything that could be the issue?

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#2 02-02-2016 09:04AM

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In a shed? When were they put in?
If they were outside I'd suspect a run of a dog. Inside I'd be looking at feed space

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#3 02-02-2016 09:09AM

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Too well fed would be my guess, are lambs generally big?

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#4 02-02-2016 10:22AM

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They're outside, dog doesn't bother with them & never really has.
Not getting any meal, but lots of grass.
Lambs are an average size, mine would be bigger of the Suffolk.
I was wondering if lacking minerals?

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