wrangler wrote: » Get electrolytes into her as soon as possible if she doesn't eat, If she hasn't twin lamb disease she soon will have, If they don't eat they start metabolising their own fat which is poisonous. Has she two or three lambs in her
DJ98 wrote: » Twins, have nothing hear to give her for twin lamb, anything homemade I could give her?
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Or any neighbour that might have some electrolytes that you could return when the shops open?
wrangler wrote: » Glycerine or glucose would be in your house if you have a cook in the house. porridge and treacle gruel my father used to use, early treatment is vital, I give her calccium under the skin as well. Ivy is great to get them eating, cut it off a tree somewhere
Green farmer wrote: » I’ve a ewe here gone down with twin lamb. Have her separated and feeding her oats/ maize meal and ewe nuts mixed together. She seems to be coming back around. Must try and make up a hoist of some description to get her standing again. Them not standing must be one of the most frustrating things a sheep farmer can face.
wrangler wrote: » I often think that a twin lamb disease ewe has a six mth pregnancy just to annoy you, If she's eating she'll probably make it, The fact she's down could be due to your fluke problem, they'd be off food if it was twin lamb
Green farmer wrote: » Ya, fingers crossed. I redosed her yesterday. Very frustrating the thought of bringing the flock back in again to redose this near to lambing. Just going to spot dose any here and there that look weak.
wrangler wrote: » Don't know anything about fluke TG, but it's a right pain and apparently some of the doses are even hard on them .....how do you hope to win
Green farmer wrote: » Never realised I had a noticeable fluke problem here until the last 2 years. We had a bad wet winter about 3 years ago with the land spot flooded and fluke issues ever since.
wrangler wrote: » The vet lab here can't believe I never dose, they tell me it's very unusual......better touch wood now
arctictree wrote: » Was driving through a field today and a lamb darts out of the ditch and under the wheels of the Jeep. Stone dead in a few minutes. Couldn't believe it, after all you do!
orm0nd wrote: » https://www.scops.org.uk/news/764/scops-issues-five-question-checklist-to-encourage-farmers-to-consider-which-of-their-ewes-to-worm-around-lambing-time/
Lambman wrote: » Lambing going good here touch wood but one off the hoggets dad noticed today thought she was going blind so caught her this evening shes definitely lost condition all we're dosed 4 weeks ago everything else doing fine. Looks like she's near blind came on fast as she was at feeder 2 days ago only thing I can think off is last bale went in had a bit off blue mould nothing serious. Any advice what till do with her?
Lambman wrote: » Sorry Wrangler ment till say it's a dry hogget.
Dickie10 wrote: » has anyone ever come across white muscle disease? got a lamb out in field down on all legs on saturday, he died sunday mornin. the same ewe lost her other lamb last week, so it must haave had the same thing
White Clover wrote: » What way are folks covering ewes against tetany?
Siamsa Sessions wrote: » Anyone have a rule-of-thumb or guidelines for the size of hole that should be in a teat when feeding pets out of a bucket? I got a 6 teat one and the lambs are struggling to get enough out. They just stop trying after a while but drink like mad from an old black teat with a big hole in it. So they’re definitely hungry. There’s a little metal thing goes in the back of the bucket teats and I’m wondering if it’s a non-return valve. If so, would I be safe making a bigger hole in the teat?
