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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Je on March 17, 2016, 07:30:53 am

Title: Due at weekend
Post by: Je on March 17, 2016, 07:30:53 am

Hope I am being over anxious. Ewe due at week end has slight cloudy discharge from vulva this morning. She is happy and ate breakfast as normal. Should I be worried?

Title: Re: Due at weekend
Post by: Slimjim on March 17, 2016, 07:56:08 am

Probably not. I have a Lleyn ewe that has a drop of whitish snot-like mucus sitting on the bottom edge of her vulva for a few days before she lambs normally. I've always felt it was just an excess of her own lubricant juices. It has occurred every year for the past 3 problem-free lambings.

Title: Re: Due at weekend
Post by: Je on March 17, 2016, 08:04:12 am

Thanks slimjim  hope she is following suit with your ewe. Je  :fc:

Title: Re: Due at weekend
Post by: Fleecewife on March 17, 2016, 10:26:17 am

It could be the mucus plug which sits in the cervix to seal the uterus from bugs during pregnancy, then comes out just before delivery when things start to stretch  :sheep:

Title: Re: Due at weekend
Post by: Je on March 17, 2016, 10:46:07 am

Thank you fleecewife, how long do you think before we start lambing? Je :thinking: