[Hevxxx99]

Thanks for that.  Any significant difficulty and I'll get the vet out.  In my experience, though, they often take an hour or so, even though they're so close, due to other emergancies, so knowing what I can do in the meantime is very helpful!

Whereabouts in North Yorks are you, Old Shep? 

 It's just occurred to me that she was probably tupped by an uncastrated texel cross lamb.  We shall find out in due course...

[Old Shep]

We are near Skipton - so hopefully your vets will get there first!

[Hevxxx99]

   Hopefully!

[Hevxxx99]

So, still waiting, girly bits getting quite rosey and udder like a Jersey cow's...

No mucus strings, but her tail, udder etc are rather wet: I think just wee though as no signs of any contractions or odd behaviour and still eating for England.  I don't believe she could give birth to anything larger than a cotton reel at the moment.

Are episiotomies ever performed on ewes?

[Hevxxx99]

And now....

I have a really big, healthy tup lamb.   

Correctly presented, but needed a bit of help getting his big head out so thank you for all your help and advice. 

[Old Shep]

well done!  Glad it ended OK.  I keep popping onto the forum to see if there's any news of your hogg - and this is the best news   

[SallyintNorth]

Great news  and well done for helping her with that big boy's head

[kelly58]

Happy days ! Was watching this post too in anticipation    Love this time of year , best sight ever, new out, gotta love me, baby lambs   

[Hevxxx99]

Here's mother and baby at a day old...

[devonlady]

A happy outcome and I love his name!

[nimbusllama]

Well done .... and I love his name too.... made me laugh out loud! 

[waterbuffalofarmer]

Surely the grass is also growing very fast   and  will provide energy and protein ,  I would be cautious  ,if she is carrying twins  then  over feeding shouldn't be a problem but if carrying a single then over feeding can cause a big lamb and a difficult birth . Always  a fine line especially in ewe hoggs

I always thought that overfeeding any ewe, whether carrying twins or not, is a big problem because of either lamb weight gain or ewe weight gain. 

[shep53]

My point was that with ewe hoggs  ie  if a single 500gms of concs over feeding but if twins no probs  .    ewe hoggs are different to ewes as they are still rapidly growing as well as feeding lambs .

[waterbuffalofarmer]

to look at her she hardly looks texel at all, now those are the texels I like which are not too muscly and not too pig like. Gorgeous lamb by the way.

[Hevxxx99]

Thanks.  He is a lovely, laid back character.

Mum is (SwaledalexCheviot) x Texel.  Lamb is probably crossed back to Swaledale, but who knows! He has horn buds.