Now i may just be over worrying with some of these queries
Lambs were born Easter Monday, single and set of twins.
A friend has commented that offering the ewes too much food after lambing will mean the ewe will spend to much time eating and not enough looking after lambs. They are on 1lb of 18% nuts split between 2 feeds and ad lib good hay. Keeping them in for the time being as there's little to no grass, so would be only eating ad lib hay if they were outside. I'm working on the theory that the feed is producing the milk.?!
They all appear to have bonded well, let them have run of whole shed while the other ewes, still to lamb, went out. Didn't have any trying to pinch each others lambs.
When do you know if/when to step in and offer lambs a bottle to top them up? So far they seem to be getting enough and are quite content. Any particular signs to watch for if they aren't getting enough/signs ewe not producing enough?
Last but not least, single ewe lamb has 4 teats, used to cut the spare teats off the dairy heifers, is it the same with sheep or leave them and they'll either produce milk or be blind on the extras?
Thanks all