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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Danny on January 04, 2018, 10:32:25 pm

Title: moving pregnant ewes
Post by: Danny on January 04, 2018, 10:32:25 pm

my ewes are due around February 20th. i was wondering about moving them but wasnt sure if its ok to do so? thanks in advance

Title: Re: moving pregnant ewes
Post by: landroverroy on January 04, 2018, 10:44:36 pm

Ewe's are pretty resilient. So as long as you keep things calm and you're not planning to subject them to a load of stress like chasing them around for a few hours, they should be OK.

Title: Re: moving pregnant ewes
Post by: twizzel on January 04, 2018, 10:47:41 pm

Moving as in transporting in a trailer shouldn’t be done in last 10% of pregnancy I.e roughly 15 days before due date. As long as you take it slowly, don’t stress them and don’t travel them tightly packed together they should be ok.