The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: humphreymctush on April 27, 2012, 09:56:08 am
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A gimmer had twins and rejected one but was very attentive to the other. I put her in the adopting pen which was working well until she sat on the lamb she liked, leaving just the rejected one. I decided to skin the dead lamb and make a coat for the rejected one. This worked a treat and she immediately accepted it.
I havent done this before so can any one tell me how long will she need to wear the skin and whether it will dry out or go rotten?
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Generally once the ewes milk has gone through the lamb for a few days and it has 'her' smell the ewe will be quite happy. We used to leave them on for about a week or so. Yes it will get quite smelly in that time!
Skinning a lamb is just like skinning a rabbit but I did recently hear of a commercial sheep farmer who merely makes a small hole in the skin then inserts an air line (From a compressor) - this then just blows up the skin loosening it from the body. Just thought I'd share that vision with everyone! ;D
Children don't try this at home!
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I did just skin it like a rabbit, but then I based my design on a lamb-mac,
Next time I'll try a foot pump.
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Next time I'll try a foot pump.
Doubt it would have enough pressure and I'm not advocating the technique. I just have visions of exploding dead lambs across the countryside!
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Yuk !!!! :o
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That conjures up quite a picture! :o :D
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glad it worked.
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After 2 days the skin was stinking out the whole shed so I took it off yesterday and the ewe didnt bat an eyelid. Now I've turned them both out and they're doing fine. I forgot to mention that the lamb was brown and the skin was white. So clearly its all about smell and not appearance.