[Jacob-list] 300%

[Kate Barrett]

Well I doubt this is a time record but it is a funny story.  My daughter I
and were in Boise this weekend, and left the boys in charge of the
lambing.....had one dorsetXromney ewe ready to go I thought.  The boys were
quite nervous, but the ewe held off until 1 Pm on Monday...we were suppposed
to be back by 3, didn't make it till 5 PM.   She had delivered a nice little
ewe lamb...but I had been expecting more, as she was quite  large..As soon
as I got home I went out here, and about 5:30 I went in....darned if there
weren't a bunch of legs.  By 5:40 I had two more big ram lambs out of
there....I guess patience is OK, but I am wondering how long these lambs
would have hung out fighting about who goes first if  I hadn't pulled.  The
ewe looked uncomfortable, but was not really straining or pushing, or
anything serious...she had the little ewe all dried off and nursing.  The
ewe lamb weighed 9 pounds, and the ram lambs 11 and 12 pounds respectively.
She had a lot of lamb in there!!!! All 3 are fine this morning, I can't wait
to get home and see them again.  I have 7 more ewes to go , and I hope not
21 more lambs!!! I am just happy these little ones look well, and that I got
home before dark!.
Kate Barrett
Ruby Peak Jacobs

-----Original Message-----
From: iseespots <iseespots at email.msn.com>
To: Mary McCracken <mcmcc at ucinet.com>; jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
<jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Date: Friday, February 16, 2001 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] 300%


>Hi all,
>
>Mary---First off, Congratulations!---How long did you wait for the second
>one to come?
>
>I have had ewes deliver over 2.5 hours between lambs and the lambs and
>mothers were quite normal.  The "standard" is 20 minutes from water bag to
>baby, 20 minutes to next baby, and then they are usually done----have NO
>CLUE on triplets how they might deviate from this typical time period.  I
>have also had lambs come plopping out one behind the other.
>
>My vet has been very good at getting me to SLOW DOWN and to sit there like
>"Johnny Bench" rather than doing anything to speed nature along.  Lambs
that
>were born last night were an excellent example of letting nature take it's
>course....
>
>THAT EWE that pushed out her mucous plug 2 weeks ago Monday finally had
>twins last night.  She was laying down, all sprawled out at 8 pm.  By 8:30,
>she had expelled the initial water bag.  We didn't see hooves on the first
>lamb until after 10:30.  The next one arrived about 11 pm.  Both are fine,
>bouncing around, well bonded to mom, looking quite perky and happy.  The
>second became stressed right before delivery, but that is quite typical it
>seems of second ones---she came out partially yellow.
>
>I had another ewe do this a few years back and the time period was much
>longer for her.  In her case, her lambs were both quite normal and happy as
>well.
>
>Mary Ellen
>ISeeSpots Farm www.iseespots.com
>Home of Jacob Sheep, and German Angora Rabbits,
>colored German Angora crosses and a few French.
>Renewable fleeces, loving personalities, friends.
>
>
>
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