We had a lovely start to lambing this weekend, with a further set of twins early on Monday morning..... nothing had been showing at 4.00 but when Nigel went in to check on the way to work at 7.45 there they were......
I went to the barn after breakfast, to feed and water everyone, picked them up and lead our second mum with her 2 boys to a clean pen next to our first mum..... who incidentally has not been very well really...
She had eaten and drank very well after the birth but later that day had decided to just sit down... when we asked her to get up she was stiff and uncomfortable. We gave her an injection of antibiotic...... and later thought that perhaps if she was feeling rather bruised inside, it might be advisable to also give her some anti-inflammatory too.... the next day she still wasn't showing much interest in food or in drinking,,, the lambs were on the go but we gave them a top up with a bottle to make sure they were warm and fed, they both took to that immediately. They were also both insistent at grasping which ever teat was showing from their mums sitting position, latching on and sucking for England..... although she wasn't showing signs of moss (calcium deficiency) (sometimes sheep can be suffer from low blood sugars) we gave her some calcium for good measure......... 2 hours later she was much more lively, less lethargic was showing signs of protection towards her lambs, eating hay and drinking water and the lambs had obviously brought her into milk as they were both full to the gunnels and very sleepy........ she is much better now, eating a few nuts, nibbling some roots and gently eating hay... but not quite as perky as we'd like..... the lambs are full and starting to bounce about.......
Nothing else to report just yet..... so I'm off to see if the camera battery will charge and then post a picture so you can see what I'm talking about...!!
........... ah here we are...... small relaxed young lady... called Tibby.. she has lovely brown tips to here ears... and her rather more inquisitive brother...!!!
I went to the barn after breakfast, to feed and water everyone, picked them up and lead our second mum with her 2 boys to a clean pen next to our first mum..... who incidentally has not been very well really...
She had eaten and drank very well after the birth but later that day had decided to just sit down... when we asked her to get up she was stiff and uncomfortable. We gave her an injection of antibiotic...... and later thought that perhaps if she was feeling rather bruised inside, it might be advisable to also give her some anti-inflammatory too.... the next day she still wasn't showing much interest in food or in drinking,,, the lambs were on the go but we gave them a top up with a bottle to make sure they were warm and fed, they both took to that immediately. They were also both insistent at grasping which ever teat was showing from their mums sitting position, latching on and sucking for England..... although she wasn't showing signs of moss (calcium deficiency) (sometimes sheep can be suffer from low blood sugars) we gave her some calcium for good measure......... 2 hours later she was much more lively, less lethargic was showing signs of protection towards her lambs, eating hay and drinking water and the lambs had obviously brought her into milk as they were both full to the gunnels and very sleepy........ she is much better now, eating a few nuts, nibbling some roots and gently eating hay... but not quite as perky as we'd like..... the lambs are full and starting to bounce about.......
Nothing else to report just yet..... so I'm off to see if the camera battery will charge and then post a picture so you can see what I'm talking about...!!
........... ah here we are...... small relaxed young lady... called Tibby.. she has lovely brown tips to here ears... and her rather more inquisitive brother...!!!
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