Hi,
I didn't give my ewe her hepvac-P injection pre lambing, (twins 3 weeks old this coming wed) mostly because I wasn't sure of her date to lamb. And she is a bit wild - though after all the handling while she was lambing and the 'special' mollycoddling - bringing her in at night so she could get some rest and some short feed, she has become a little more amiable.
Not being penny piching but!! it meant opening the bottle just for one ewe - wheras now I could give two more ewes (now showing that they are in lamb - precise date of lambing still unsure...but in the next few weeks, 2nd timer bagging up and swelling at rear end, the other 1st timer not showing much but has teats swelling though not a lot happening at her rear end yet).
Do I give the 1st ewe an injection? Can I give the lambs an injection or do they need to be older?
Also the lambs are eating some of the 18% ewe nuts and coarse mix from her bowl is this alright - don't want them to bloat. I put in about 1/2 lb in the morning but she doesn't eat it all so top it up at night to another 1/2lb. She dosen't eat it all straight away but it all gone by morning.They are out to grass during the day and have hay overnight, not that she eats much of that, I have seen the lambs nibbling both grass and hay.
Advice please...