sheepfarmer92 wrote: » Snow here this morning, its upto 3 foot up the hill, and has blown into every shed we have, no bother on the ewes inside or the 500 ewes and hoggets outside but had to drag transport box to make passes in the fields to feed them nuts, they also have hay with them, hope it moves on soon
theemigrant wrote: » Brought all mine in. Its getting very heavy here now. is there any issue with putting the ram in among ewes? Hes bothering them but i thought that was just being reintroduced to them. ive no other shed for him.
wrangler wrote: » theemigrant wrote: » Brought all mine in. Its getting very heavy here now. is there any issue with putting the ram in among ewes? Hes bothering them but i thought that was just being reintroduced to them. ive no other shed for him. My rams are left out, I wouldn't put them with the ewes at this stage of their pregnancy
theemigrant wrote: » Should i seperate him then? went up again and hes not bothering them
arctictree wrote: » I had the backup ram in until last week, just had nowhere to put him. The fecker started going for me when I was feeding the ewes. He's a ram lamb so the same size as the ewes now. It's like he would appear from nowhere and hit me a right belt. I was getting nervous so caught him and put him in beside the main ram.
wrangler wrote: » If he's settled he'll probably be alright but monitor him when you're feeding them, They can be troublesome at feeding, make sure there's plenty of feeding space. There is a risk if he pucks them though
jd06 wrote: » Just wondering how long would sheep outdoors do without water, the water trough are frozen Would the snow intake tide them over for a day
theemigrant wrote: » ive a load of 5 gallon drums filled and kept in the porch. if get very stuck ill go to the river and get some.
wrangler wrote: » Lambing kicked off properly this evening, two sets of triplets. The news of a blizzard probably encouraged them
Vandy West wrote: » Usually get sheep nuts for feeding but this time got ration. Is it normal for the ration to be very sticky, pain in the hole to feed it as it comes out in big lumps from the bag?
farming93 wrote: » well how is/did everyone fair out with lambing in this weather? only lost one lamb in it myself due to the snow a single hogget lambed out in it. all the rest of the sheep are in packed sheds atm. Know a few men on high grounds that are currently looking for their sheep but that's not to say they're dead or anything just the snow has been too bad up there to even go searching up until now. I'd go up myself to help but the tractor is struggling to get up to some of the ground up in the hills in Wicklow.
DJ98 wrote: » Have a ewe lambed last week but she's starting to go dry now, would it be OK to give her oxytocin?
wrangler wrote: » Oxytocin won't help her at this stage, she must be going dry for a reason, Oxytocin is only for milk let down, what are you feeding her, is she in good condition. She could be sick, an infection after lambing maybe
DJ98 wrote: » Nuts and hay, shes a 2yr old ewe, first lambs, lambed by herself, just doesn't have a big bag of milk
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Might be worthwhile dosing her for fluke and worms and checking her temp as wrangler suggested. And a little bit of extra nuts mightn't go astray either. Weather is cold, feed is cold, water is cold so there is a good bit of extra energy needed to bring feed up to body temperature and then extra needed for her lambs as well.
sea12 wrote: » Lost the little weak lamb born on Thursday. Couldn't get out to farm on Friday and looks kind ewe say on him.
