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Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: Help unexpected dead lamb
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2016, 01:04:50 pm »
For first timers the vulva is often a better indicator of lambing than the udder.  It will look longer, larger overall and much softer than usual.  If you have any more lambs I'd be inclined to routinely give them good quality powdered colostrum as soon as they're born and again two hours later, as the ewe's milk is likely to come in a bit late and may be of poor quality as she hasn't been fed for pregnancy over the last six weeks or so.

Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: Help unexpected dead lamb
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2016, 02:09:45 pm »
Sounds like your doing all you can in a difficult situation  :fc: for a happy ending. Did you get them in to see how many in lamb?

 

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