[Beeducked]

Some of you might remember that earlier this lambing I had a prolapsed Castlemilk Moorit ewe. She prolapsed 4-5 days before she lambed. I had to replace it twice but generally it spontaneously reduced when she stood up. She delivered 2 very large ewe lambs, the first was a posterior presentation, Very large and stillborn. The second was pretty big too.


Since then she has had no problems and been a great mum.


All the books / info I can find say I should cull / never breed from her again but as you might guess I am wondering if I can get away with keeping her (and potentially breeding from her again). Is this complete foolishness and more importantly unfair to her? If culling her would be kinder then we will be having mutton I guess!

[Me]

Though if she only had a single you might get away with it... maybe yes its a welfare issue, stitching, pain, potential dead lambs - cull her. Enjoy your mutton and keep one which hasn't prolapsed instead

[mowhaugh]

I personally would cull, but it depends on your situation.  My advice would be not to breed from her again, I do feel that is the right thing to do by the sheep, but if you are attached to her and have room/can afford to carry a 'passenger', then there isn't really a need to cull if you don't want to.

[SallyintNorth]

If she had a dead lamb she has some excuse for prolapsing, especially as she didn't go on and have a full-blown prolapse, just a 'winker'

What breed was the tup?

[Beeducked]

He is a Castlemilk too.

[SallyintNorth]

I'm exploring any reasons for why she may have prolapsed, besides there being a dead lamb...

How have you fed her through her pregnancy?

[Brucklay]

That was what I was thinking Sally - My Castlemilks sometime have a large single but not very, very large twins - the twins are petite but run like the wind I may add and strong for their size. I give add-lib hay and a little feed as we has very little grazing through the winter.


Anyway off subject - I may risk it again as she had a dead lamb inside - I think that counts for something.