The start has gone a bit downhill as the two ewes are off their feed and scouring
Have had the vet out already as its so out of character for my lovely Coco especially, so altho she wasnt at deaths door i knew she wasnt right. They don't know what's wrong, could be fluke even tho our land is dry and even tho coco at least was fluke dosed. For the meantime they've had antibiotics, vitamin injection B12 and I've got antibiotics to jab them with for another 2 days plus they are dropping off some stuff to put in the drinking water. we are also going to send off poo samples to get an accurate fluke and worm diagnosis, no point treatingn them with the wrong wormer or flukicide and it will help for the others to know what's up.
Now really worried the other 14 ewes to lamb are going to have the same issues - bouncy and healthy until they lamb and then poorly, not even sure where I would put them all.
Thankfully the ewes are in decent body condition and the lambs are currently still getting milk and drinking - but if it all goes belly up then it will be bottle o clock :-oooo
So fingers crossed for Tiramisu, Walter and Pingu and for Coco and Spotty the ewes.....
Topic: Yay! lambing has started!! (Read 7883 times)
