Ok, so lambing is going strangely, let me explain....
We have 6 Suffolk ewes (1 shearling, 2 two shears. 2 three shears and a four shear) and 3 bottle fed 2016 ewe lambs (various cross breeds).
The tup (a proven suffolk) went in on 1st Sept, but with no raddle or chest paint. No one was Heptivac'd or vacc with Enzo or Toxo. (A lesson learned for next year)
The suffolk shearling aborted twins on 16/01/17, these were taken to the local VLA for PM's and nothing abnormal was found.
The first to lamb properly was a three shear on 31/01/17, she had twins the first was born unaided, alive and well although we had to milk mum for the first 3 days and tube/bottle him as he had no inclination to suckle but is now growing and suckling well. The second twin came out head first with a little help but he was well dead and although fully formed and not too long dead he had no eyeballs.
we have since been waiting for any more to lamb, i.e. 10 days. The four remaining suffolk all look very pregnant (not scanned) and all have udder development and varying degrees of swollen vulvas, but show no signs of labour they are all eating well and seem fine.
I'm not convinced if the bottle feds are pregnant so am not worrying too much about them.
Does this sound reasonable, am starting to worry that the other 4 suffolk's have dead lambs and have "missed' going into labour? is there anything I can do to get things moving, should I consult the vet, or should I just stay patient and vigilant ?
Suggestions would be very welcome as we are relatively new to sheep and very new to lambing.
Thank you in advance for reading