Author Topic: Very noisy 2 week old lamb, is he still hungry? Advice please. (Read 12691 times)

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #30 on:** February 12, 2016, 08:49:11 pm »

Why can't you eat him after raising him?

Hellybee · « **Reply #31 on:** February 13, 2016, 01:35:20 am »

I don't eat lamb any more, just cant bring myself to.

Jaq Bee · « **Reply #32 on:** February 13, 2016, 10:23:00 am »

Just the thought of eating him after bottle raising him turns my stomach. I wouldn't have a problem if his mother had raised him. You can't buy lamb in the butchers here so I won't have a problem selling the meat. Or selling him for meat. But, at this point I can't even think about sending him to freezer camp for me.

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #33 on:** February 13, 2016, 10:26:38 am »

While I'm still looking after 'my babies', I couldn't think of that, either. But then, when I have them weaned and established on grass and cake, they go off and join the other lambies as they get speaned. BH looks after them then, and by the time they have to go, I can no longer remember who is which - and in fact am more keen that they fetch a good price in the ring so I can disprove BH's oft-repeated saying, "Pets never amount to much". (Which I do every year, and he keeps saying it anyway

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Hellybee · « **Reply #34 on:** February 13, 2016, 11:56:36 am »

Some of ours still know they're name, still bother me for cuddles and a scratch and one even still does the milky nudge when she sees me, they're independent and bold but they still love they're mama

And are great mums x

Jaq Bee · « **Reply #35 on:** February 13, 2016, 12:35:50 pm »

I only have a very small 'flock' and I know all their names and they all run to me, even the non bottles babies. I am still pretty much a novice keeper. Started just over 3 years ago with two 4 month old ewes. Brought a ram when they were almost two, he didn't do the job so ate him. Brought my Zwartbles ram and he gave me 5 ewes from my two ewes last year. This year one ewe had triplets, one stillborn and the other the 'milk monsters'. Three ewes, one ram.
My Zwartbles was the sweetest boy but suddenly took to ramming me and anything else he could (he had turned two years). He went to freezer camp before Xmas. My Merino ewe had rejected two sets of twins but was a high milk producer and had wonderful wool so I sold her a few days after the babies were born to someone who makes cheese and utilizes the wool.
So I have one threeish year old ewe with twins, the milk monsters and 5 ewes from last year.
Maybe I will change my mind in time, who knows.

Hellybee · « **Reply #36 on:** February 13, 2016, 01:41:10 pm »

We currently have 110 in lamb, six Molly lambs who rule the roost, a cull group, twelve ram lambs that are slowly going off to mart, one exquisite lleyn ram and his retired companion, and two other rams who Pootle around the campfield they're off to mart soon. We are year six lambing. Thats without the 18 welsh ponies and cobs, Will never stop learning.

Jaq Bee · « **Reply #37 on:** February 13, 2016, 04:38:08 pm »

Wow Hellybee !! That's a lot of work.
Guess what? They are finally nibbling on hay and eating creep

We are getting there

I just want to thank all of you for your support and advice. You got me through a very tiring & stressful time.

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #38 on:** February 13, 2016, 06:34:59 pm »

Quote from: SallyintNorth on February 13, 2016, 10:26:38 am

While I'm still looking after 'my babies', I couldn't think of that, either. But then, when I have them weaned and established on grass and cake, they go off and join the other lambies as they get speaned. BH looks after them then, and by the time they have to go, I can no longer remember who is which - and in fact am more keen that they fetch a good price in the ring so I can disprove BH's oft-repeated saying, "Pets never amount to much". (Which I do every year, and he keeps saying it anyway )

I quite agree sallyinthenorth I do have a strong attachment with them, but I tell myself that in the end they either go to mart or slaughter and when the time comes they're no longer as friendly as they where, due to being with the flock all summer, so it does make it easier. Sometimes the pet ewe lambs make the best mothers. I currently have a pet ewe which is about to lamb for the second time