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Maybe you all can point me in the right direction. I have a month and a half old lamb whose appetite has really dwindled this last week. He is on pasture that we rotate every other day and he's been getting about 64 oz of milk from a bottle each day. I wouldn't normally be worried because I...

Thanks for all this info. Very interesting read. What does everyone think about potential ethics of keeping a ewe with a bad udder and accept that fact that her babies will be bottle fed each year? We're debating that right now. She's been a great sheep in all other ways... reasonably friendly...

Yes, still hard and lumpy. Same scenario as last year. I would've thought if it was mastitis that she would have other symptoms of infection like a temperature. Does that not always happen?

Hello My first time freshener kidder two days ago and this morning her buckling's backside is all covered in diarrhea. Since he's so young, I'm assuming it's not coccidiosis. He seems normal as far as activity and vitality. It has been raining heavily the last several days and it's been a...

Update on the babies: we were having a hard time getting them to take the bottle while in with their mom so we brought them into the house for a couple days. They've been back out with the rest of the flock since then and are doing so well! Very friendly... obviously 🤣 Their mom is slightly...

Thank you! I went and got them both some colostrum after I couldn't express any milk from the mama. This is great to have, thank you I know. 😭 that was the agreement if we had issues feeding again this time. We want our animals to be productive since they're not pets... she's just a nice...

My ewe had twins today. Unfortunately she isn't giving any milk at all. Her udder is hard but not like engorement....it has a bunch of lumpy bumps in it. I tried for several minutes to express any milk from her and failed. We lost twins from her last year due to starvation and I was too much of...

I have .08% sheep ivermectin on hand. Can I use that or does it need to be goat specific?

Thank you for the reply. He is doing far far better and I'm so relieved. He even figured out how to open his little gate and got back with the rest of the flock yesterday so his energy has greatly improved. I had him seperate so he didn't have to expend so much energy foraging and so he...

It's been a learning curve trying to figure out how to manage parasites in my herd. We unfortunately lost a buckling last year due to anemia from parasites and I didn't catch the symptoms until it was too late. We bought a new buck in oct, a 1 yr old boer (and was dewormed the day we bought...

That was our conclusion as well. Im horrified. 😥 She's 4 She's lambed before and with no issues. We found a lady on craigslist who was downsizing her flock and bought her there. She's not had mastitis before, from what we were told. Supposedly she had a perfect pregnancy, labor and delivery...

Thank you for your kind words. I greatly appreciate everyone's replies. I am so overwhelmed and upset about all this. I have been on the verge of tears for hours. One of the lambs passed away just shortly and the other doesn't look far behind. 😭

I know it's serious... that's why I'm here. We've been trying to milk her and have gotten no where. I'll try the hot compresses. We have a Milker for our cow that has smaller cups for goats and sheep

We do purchase raw milk, but it's cows. Could that be fed to lamb's?

I appreciate the help. I'm completely out of my element here. Should I pick up some colostrum or milk supplies next? I guess I could try to milk the ewe and see if she even has any.

I don't know if the ewe has milk or not. I am completely unprepared because we had no idea she was pregnant. 😥 Her udder is very full looking but also appears hard. I caught her and tried to get milk from one of her teats and nothing happened. Their tummies are definitely not full. I did the...

My ewe gave birth to twins Sunday morning. Both lambs have appeared fine up to this point. This morning one us laying down and has very little response to stimulus and will not stand and the other one looks weak but is still able to stand and bleat. Their mother is attentive to them but I...

Hello, I searched the internet for a while and even here on this forum but couldn't find an answer to my specific situation. I've been raising a few lambs together but I need to get the female out of there as the two ram lambs are approaching 3 months old and I don't want her bred yet. (She's...