Ewe with one spin rear 2 lambs

Tomjim · 11-02-2022 02:52PM #1

would a ewe with 1 spin rear 2 lambs, I don't want to pet one, and I only have a few ewes so no option for fostering

razor8 · 11-02-2022 06:16PM

Feed her well. You’ll know after a day or so if she can. If either lamb anyway hungry get one

Tomjim · 12-02-2022 08:14PM

no good, lambs have to be bottled - 1 lamb very empty this morning

arctictree · 13-02-2022 03:13PM

Has never worked for me. You'll find one of them half dead one morning...if you are lucky!

Tomjim · 13-02-2022 04:58PM

I'm bottling them twice a day, hope it works

arctictree · 13-02-2022 05:56PM

Are you keeping them on the ewe aswell?

Tomjim · 13-02-2022 06:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118625799#Comment_118625799

oh yes, they be getting a small sup there I think

wrangler · 13-02-2022 07:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118625983#Comment_118625983

You'd be better off taking one off her, probably cause the ewe to get mastitis from over sucking

arctictree · 13-02-2022 08:30PM

As wrangler said, and i also think the lambs get lazy when they are offered the bottle too. I think the ewes can reject them too if they don't smell their milk on them.

I remember trying this a few years ago, feeding a smaller lamb of the two. Eventually he just hung around the gate waiting for me.

Better to take one off.

wrangler · 13-02-2022 09:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118626449#Comment_118626449

They need to be fed milk four times/day or adlib for the first few weeks or they just turn into a runt

Sami23 · 15-02-2022 09:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118626677#Comment_118626677

Just on that wrangler how many mls would you recommend per feeding 4 times a day

wrangler · 15-02-2022 09:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118637364#Comment_118637364

We always fed adlib but heres a regime based on Lamlac, we always found lamlac the best

https://www.lamlac.co.uk/latest/view,feeding-lambs-milk-replacer-getting-it-right_13.htm

Ewe with one spin rear 2 lambs

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