Author Topic: anyone ever had any experience of this? (Read 2575 times)

beagh-suffolks · « **on:** February 13, 2015, 11:25:31 pm »

was lambing a ewe today , she had a set of twins both living, when i pulled the first lamb i got it nearly out then its hips got jammed stuck, wouldnt budge at all, eventually with quite a bit of force we got her out, the second one came flying out on its own..anyone ever have this happen? ive never saw this before..

mowhaugh · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2015, 03:38:36 am »

It is very rare that I actually lamb a sheep, ours hardly ever need assistance, but we do lamb everything indoors so I do see a lot lamb, my best guess would be that she was having a contraction, and so just needed to let it pass Otherwise, no, that does sound unusual.

moony · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2015, 08:10:43 am »

Agree with Mowhaugh. Its just a contraction clamping down on the lamb. Assisting isn't my thing, anything we need to gets its p45 so others may be more insightful.

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2015, 08:42:29 am »

This is not unusual with meat lambs with 'good conformation'. I am always banging on about it not being the head that matters when looking at easy lambings, but being the shoulders and hips. In meat lambs, these should be the widest parts!

If it's just a one-off, don't worry about it. If you get several, you may need to think about changing your tup for one with slightly less development in the gigot area

farmvet · « **Reply #4 on:** February 14, 2015, 09:50:46 pm »

Yes as SallyINT says its not uncommon in chunky lambs & calves. Often rotating the calf/lamb a bit towards 90degrees helps, plenty of lube & if there's room sliding a hand ( finger in lambs) under the leg to straighten the stifle. Often the stifles are catching on the pelvic brim & all the muscle mass is jamming up the pelvic canal. Once you've got this far its too late for a casear.