New lambs

[comanche 3,130]

Decided to lamb outside this year and was met by these little things at 5.30 this morning. Luckily all seemed to have gone well as they were a bit overdue and so fat l was fearing triplet trouble  .Twin boys from one old ewe.

And twin girls from a first timer.Just one old girl still to go   fingers crossed .

 

Edited Monday at 19:43 by comanche

[JoeD91 16]

I've always believed where possible outdoor lambing is best, you tend to interfere less and the lambs strengthen up quicker. 

Lovely looking lambs too! 

[comanche 3,130]

1 hour ago, JoeD91 said:

I've always believed where possible outdoor lambing is best, you tend to interfere less and the lambs strengthen up quicker. 

Lovely looking 

   Not without risks  but , your right;  . The ewes had been staking out their private "nest" sites under a hedge for a couple of days  ,which must've  been so much less stressful than being penned along side othe ewes in a barn.

Especially  as several farmers around here have  had their ewes I longer than planned due to seemingly overdue lambs. 

Edited Monday at 21:55 by comanche

[comanche 3,130]

Things were going well with just one old ewe left to lamb. 

 I've always hoped in vain  for a ewe lamb  from her to carry on the line but she's only  ever knocked out rams . 

Finally she popped- out a little  ewe!

Then it kinda went downhill when she ejected three more lambs to make quads. One unfortunately  was DOA , which left the unholy trinity of triplets.

Being a bit dwarfish ,  one is being spoilt in  Special Needs ICU  - AKA , a ballast bag full of hay with a heat lamp .

While the others play swap the mummy in the paddock 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 19:46 by comanche

[mushroom 13,508]

6 minutes ago, comanche said:

Things were going well with just one old ewe left to lamb. 

 I've always hoped in vain  for a ewe lamb  from her to carry on the line but she's only  ever knocked out rams . 

Finally she popped- out a little  ewe!

Then it kinda went downhill when she ejected three more lambs. Quads, one unfortunately  DOA , which left the unholy trinity of triplets. 

Being a bit dwarfish ,  one is being spoilt in  Special Needs ICU  - AKA , a ballast bag full of hay with a heat lamp .

While the other play swap the mummy in the paddock 

 

 

Will you hand rear completely or just fatten it up a bit and reintroduced?

[comanche 3,130]

10 hours ago, mushroom said:

Will you hand rear completely or just fatten it up a bit and reintroduced?

Bottle feed for a start , then put him on a feeding tub with a teat so he can feed himself.

Last year we had a rejected triplet that roamed the stable yard   being bottle fed by all and sundry.  By the time she was big enough to go out she wasn't  sure if she was a person , a cat ,dog or horse.