clonagh wrote: » Thought a dedicated lambing thread might be useful to share knowledge... I've a couple of pet lambs and will have more no doubt. I'm going to try and get them onto a cold ab-lib system and was wondering if there is a specific technique to get them from warm milk out of a bottle to cold milk from a teated bucket? I've used a teated bucket before so its more advice on getting them to drink cold milk. Thanks.
charolais0153 wrote: » Treble hogget lambed down with no milk, gave her oxytocin, what else can j give
Mad about baa baas wrote: » Someone with more expertise than I might confirm that this works on sheep but.. we give mares struggling with milk motillium..50 tablets twice daily.. mares be roughly 5-600 kg
clonagh wrote: » Have a couple of lambs with joint ill, giving them Betamox and a shot of loxicom, is there anything better?
wrangler wrote: » Joint ill needs to be injected daily for ten days with the betamox,
clonagh wrote: » Ok, thanks. I've been treating one of them for 4 days and I see him racing around the field at the moment, should I keep injecting him for the full 10 days, if I can catch him...
farawaygrass wrote: » Used noraclav for joint ill and find it pretty good. Not sure if it’s much different than betamox
razor8 wrote: » In my experience there seems to be different strains of it that appear from year to year. One year betamox can kill it next year useless. Last year I had 2 very bad and linspec got them 100%
390kid wrote: » Hogget lambed here Saturday night all well and good
Sami23 wrote: » Totally different topic but when you say a Hoggot do you mean a Hoggot you might have bought last September that is now around 2 years old or is it a Ewe Lamb from last year you now refer to as a Hoggot. Sorry for going off topic
Kevhog1988 wrote: » id call a ewe lamb from last year a hogget.
Sami23 wrote: » Interesting as I would always have referred to Hoggots bought in September for the Ram still as Hoggots when they lamb down the following spring
farawaygrass wrote: » I find it’s hard to nail down exactly what different expressions mean as different people use terms differently, rightly or wrongly. For me, from spring on, then a lamb born in 2020 would become a hogget, as lambs would be the ones born now
Sami23 wrote: » To follow on that trend could you call a 1st Crop to any age be they Hoggot, 2 tear old or 3 year old once it's their first lamb/s ?
Mad about baa baas wrote: » Have a ewe here that is showing all signs of lambing for 24 hours now.. clear discharge..getting up and down ..licking lips.. ad far as I know hasn't put out the water bag yet.. am I just impatient and checking her too much or should she have progressed by now.. is up to her time on days. 4th crop lamber never any issues before
FarmerDougal wrote: » Did you handle her?
Mad about baa baas wrote: » Feels very tight.. peeing a lot too very tight as in I really only got a couple of fingers in.. not open at all yet. Do I ignore fora while and try patience
FarmerDougal wrote: » Was she pressing and forcing at any stage
Mad about baa baas wrote: » Maybe 2 times I caught her with head up and slightly straining but overall not really. Just as I say uneasy and licking her lips and also the ground where discharge drops. I keep saying next time she gets down the blister will appear
Mad about baa baas wrote: » Crisis over... I manipulated her open and waters broke.. had 3 live triplets. First one was coming backwards..
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