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NLL

  • Joined Apr 2010
Newborn Lamb pics!
« on: January 07, 2011, 05:58:54 pm »
Finally got pictures of my big lad born Tuesday night!





« Last Edit: January 07, 2011, 06:01:05 pm by NLL »

HappyHippy

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Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2011, 06:10:51 pm »
Oh he's gorgeous  :love:
I don't keep sheep or know a whole lot about them (we did have a few 'pet' ones when we were younger) but looking at this is making me reconsider  ;)

faith0504

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • Cairngorms
  • take it easy and chill
    • blaemuir cottage
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2011, 06:14:07 pm »
oh i feeling broody, I'm considering getting some lambs in the spring, he is gorgeous, so sweet  :sheep: :wave:

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2011, 06:15:25 pm »
And he'll be soooo tasty. ;D

NLL

  • Joined Apr 2010
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2011, 06:18:43 pm »
nooooooooooooooooooooo, good breeding ram.

Hermit

  • Joined Feb 2010
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2011, 06:19:10 pm »
Congrats . We dont lamb till May!

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2011, 06:23:52 pm »
Nice pictures!

Just keep cleaning his backend with warm water, otherwise he might gunk up pretty quick.

NLL

  • Joined Apr 2010
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2011, 06:30:07 pm »
hes really gunky at the moment which we keep cleaning, god the smell ::)

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2011, 06:44:20 pm »
lovely!  :)
Little Blue

Fergie

  • Joined Oct 2009
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2011, 08:01:51 pm »
hes really gunky at the moment which we keep cleaning, god the smell ::)

Don't clean him too much - we overdid the cleaning once, the lamb smelt beautiful but was promptly rejected by the mother.

Since then we just clean the worst off, but not enough to change the smell.

John

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2011, 08:04:31 pm »
Well only warm water will be fine, and do it next to the ewe. I last year took a lamb quickly into the house, washed him off and brought him back - less than 5 minutes, it took a few hours before the ewe allowed him to suckle again....

NLL

  • Joined Apr 2010
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2011, 08:14:26 pm »
okay dokey, thanks for the advice.is this just a longwool problem or a  lamb problem.we are tempted to vaseline the underside of the tail, oh the smell.

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2011, 08:49:15 pm »
I know absolutely nothing about sheep & lambs .... but we were starting to get concerned about our newborn goat kid, and his very hairy dirty bum, but it cleared up soon when he began nibbling hay & anyway it was a b*gger to try and get off him!
Little Blue

andywalt

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • kent
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Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2011, 08:54:49 pm »
Great photos, congrats, a couple of weeks and ill hopfully have plenty to post on here for all to see !!!!
Suffolk x romneys and Texel X with Romney Tup, Shetlands and Southdown Tup

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Newborn Lamb pics!
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2011, 09:39:32 pm »
No all lambs have that problem, even if you dock the tail or the naturally short tailed ones, like Shetlands. This stuff will become more like normal sheep p** when he starts to eat hay/grass (well hay in your case I guess, not much grass around). It is like this because he only takes in milk at the moment.

I have found that my goats are much better at cleaning their kids' backends than the ewes, but there is less wool in the way....

 

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