Poppy's triplets
Posted: Friday 4 April, 2014
Poppy's triplets were due on Wednesday - she looked like Moby Dick, poor thing. She went into labour today - I was a bit anxious as we've never had triplets before.
No1 (white girl) born unassisted; Poppy very attentive, lamb up and sucking. No sign of No2 - Poppy didn't seem to be trying. After an hour, I assumed something was amiss; did a quick examination and could feel nothing that felt like a head or feet. Well, call me a quitter, but that was enough for me and I called the vet.
Robert was here in 20 minutes or so and delivered a white ewe lamb, followed by a black tup lamb. The ewe lamb was coming spine first - which explains why nothing was happening - but the tup lamb was properly presented.
Poppy's triplets
All three lambs are much the same size, vigorous and up and sucked. Poppy has loads of milk and is a very attentive mum. Hopefully, she'll be able to manage them with some extra feed.
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Rosemary
The trips were 4.2kg, 4kg and 3.2kg. I put them out yesterday as they were boinging round the pen. The black tup lamb is a wee stoatir. If I didn't have so many of his relatives, I'd keep him.
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ZaktheLad
Monday 7 April, 2014 at 8:25am
Well done Poppy - looking a bit thinner now! It must feel good to get rid of all that weight to carry about. Lovely set of triplets and not a bad size by the looks of them.