[LeanneR88]

New sheep owner so looking for some advice...

Have a 2 month old lamb who was an orphan so a pet when bought was told a female but since have had my doubts as doesn't p same as the other 2 olde females I have, have tried to look under lamb but just as confused still...

Any advice or even pictures of male and female lamb so I know exactly what I'm looking for

[Charlie1234]

male lamb peeing

[Charlie1234]

female

[Fleecewife]

If you lift the tail, a male has just an anus, whereas the female has an anus and below that a vulva.  Even the big boys get it wrong sometimes....in our sheep society a well known showman had his sheep placed by a top judge, in a ewe class....it was later found to be a wether     Red faces    all round 

[Marches Farmer]

Watch for it peeing.  A ewe lamb will squat slightly, lift her tail and pee from below the base of the tail.  A ram lamb will stand and the pee will come from midway along its underline.

[LeanneR88]

Thanks everyone My 2 older lambs do squat like a dog to pee, so basically that clarifies he is a boy as he just kinda stands 

[twizzel]

Has he been castrated? If not you will soon need to separate him from the 2 ewe lambs.

[LeanneR88]

I bought him and was told he was a female!!! Only had him a week and soon had my suspicions he wasn't, he is booked into vets to be castrated tomorrow and will then just be kept as my pet

[Sbom]

I bought him and was told he was a female!!! Only had him a week and soon had my suspicions he wasn't, he is booked into vets to be castrated tomorrow and will then just be kept as my pet

Has he got nuts??
Should be very easy to see if he has..... more likely he's a wether and therefore harmless

[LeanneR88]

I bought him and was told he was a female!!! Only had him a week and soon had my suspicions he wasn't, he is booked into vets to be castrated tomorrow and will then just be kept as my pet

Has he got nuts??
Should be very easy to see if he has..... more likely he's a wether and therefore harmless

Would they be obvious at 2 months old though? I cannot see anything...

[Sbom]

They would be impossible to miss!!

If nothing between back legs he's a wether, therefore perfectly fine to run with ewes. Most commercial farms castrate with a band at a few days old so there would be nothing to see.

[Fleecewife]

Have a good look for testicles before you take him to the vet, otherwise he/she will be dining out on that one for weeks 

[LeanneR88]

They would be impossible to miss!!

If nothing between back legs he's a wether, therefore perfectly fine to run with ewes. Most commercial farms castrate with a band at a few days old so there would be nothing to see.

I did ask once realised a boy if castrated and the answer I got was 'no as thought he was a girl' unsure whether to believe the seller or not now they are ignoring me

[LeanneR88]

Have a good look for testicles before you take him to the vet, otherwise he/she will be dining out on that one for weeks 

Right I shall tip him up when I get home and have a thorough investigation

[LeanneR88]

I bought him and was told he was a female!!! Only had him a week and soon had my suspicions he wasn't, he is booked into vets to be castrated tomorrow and will then just be kept as my pet

Has he got nuts??
Should be very easy to see if he has..... more likely he's a wether and therefore harmless

Actually at that young an age if not castrated would he show interest in the ewes?