[Me]

Vaginal.

[in the hills]

Thank you Me.

Finding your posts really helpful and informative 

[ZaktheLad]

Bionic - glad you are back posting.  Sorry your lambing hasn't had the most perfect of starts, but pleased to hear you have some live lambs and that the little ewe lamb is now thriving - that Kick-Start is good stuff.  I know what you mean about the worrying weeks before - I am exactly the same despite having kept sheep for some many years.  I don't think you ever stop worrying about what could happen/go wrong when they are due to lamb as I really hope that this won't be a reason for you to stop lambing them.  I also have several ewes (and wethers!) that I just could never cull - my oldest at the moment is Molly - she is getting on for 18 years old.  She has given me 14 lots of lambs and I think she deserves her retirement now.  Have to say that I have never heard of ringwomb resulting from a prolapse either. I had a ewe prolapse prior to lambing some years ago, she required a stitch but certainly did not have ringwomb and lambed normally once the stitch was cut. 

My girls are due from this week 

[wellies]

oh Bionic you're not going to stop lambing are you? I worry so much before and during lambing but I think it's worth it when they're all here. We had a ewe with a slight vaginal prolapse this year, when she lay down it popped out just a bit. We put a harness on her and it worked well. Still undecided what to do with her next season as I'm not sure I want to breed from her again although she did give me 2 cracking lambs  She prolapsed about 24hrs before lambing, maybe a little longer. I watched her all the time and was so worried when she decided the hay would make her cough, I had visions of allsorts coming out. Luckily all was fine and she delivered her lambs well with just a little help as they were big  So if anyone fancies a very well bred 2 year old Ryeland who had a minor prolapse in her first year I have just the sheep at a very reduced cost