The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Hillview Farm on March 09, 2014, 07:03:27 am
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Hello all,
First ewe lambed last night a week early, she has a fairly large bag. Long story short, I don't think she's letting her milk down for the lambs or it's not all there? I can't get very much out at all by hand and after the lambs feeding for 2 hours last night and no massively full tums I gave them colostrum myself. The ewe has milk there and the colostrum looks normal and good but just won't let it down!
Advice?
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Forgot to add, no mastitis and her teats are high on the udder, it's like the milk can't drain onto the teats. Sadly this girl will have to go :(
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Injection of oxytocin should do the trick.
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Yeah a jab of Oxytocin should help her out,
seeing as she lambed a week early and no mastitis or obvious problems I would see how she goes after the jab as this can happen after early lambings
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After speaking to a shepherd he said they can take 24hours for it to come, he's finding me a jab and it seems she's let some more down so fingers crossed!
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Thats great :fc: Yes it can take a little while to come down sometimes :)
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Hopefully it will come. Not had it with our ewes but it's the case even in humans that it can take a good 24 hrs .... I know ;) ;D so supposing it can be the same for sheep.
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Forgot to add, no mastitis and her teats are high on the udder, it's like the milk can't drain onto the teats. Sadly this girl will have to go :(
is it her first lamb? if so im sure it will all go south after a few lambs :roflanim:
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Forgot to add, no mastitis and her teats are high on the udder, it's like the milk can't drain onto the teats. Sadly this girl will have to go :(
is it her first lamb? if so im sure it will all go south after a few lambs :roflanim:
Sensibly, I imagine there will be no more lambs after these.