lambing finished on 7 march. 4 weeks ago i had to have one of my pet ewes shot as she and 3 others had been attempted to be stolen and were chased for ages in a paddock. The ewe who i thought was barren was about a month off lambing and the lambs died in her and she ended up being shot. Her barren friend (tinkerbelle) my last coradale ewe was chased about too. She has been home for 4 weeks and tonight popped me out 2 wee little ram lambs, one black, one white. She has never reared any lambs as the first twins she had, one was deformed and she rejected the healthy one (that be right!!) and the 2nd twins she had, one was dead and mumified and the 2nd was so tiny i had it under and lamp and tubed it for a week.
She hasnt got in lamb for 3 years so had spent the winter with the ram!! Low and behold, she got pregnant!!
She is doing a good job of mothering them, i have seen one feed so far and she stood for him, so fingers crossed she might actually rear some lambs at last!! I did just check that she had milk, on side is flowing nicely but how ever hard i try i cant get the other side to let any milk down. Will leave her for an hour then go back out and see if i can get it going!!
Its amazing what a ewe will do when you start talking about culling!! Had already decided that my ewe that had mastitis this year and has seriously bad feed will be culled when i have my lambs done, and Tinkerbelle was a question mark for culling, but she might just have got a reprieve for a while and can keep old Wooly company in the now very reduced retirement flock!!
Topic: miracle twins! (Read 2702 times)
