[Jacob-list] Re: stomped babies

[Katrina & Dave]

I am always torn about jugging.  When we lamb this late, I think it does the
ewe a lot of good to get fresh green grass those first three days.  (I sound
a bit too positive about spring, don't I?)   Old books say there is nothing
better for getting her back in working order and getting milk flow.  Also
for getting rid of a retained placenta.

But I do think that it makes it easier for the shepherd and to tame up the
lambs.  We have never jugged but do move the ewe and lamb over to another
barn and pasture where they have free choice alfafa to suppliment the grass.
Most times they will keep the lambs in that small barn for 2 days (or in and
out) so that serves as a jug in some ways.  Katrina Lefever, Chicory Lane
Farm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda" <patchworkfibers at alltel.net>
To: <kenleighacres at netzero.net>; <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Re: stomped babies


Our sheep lamb wherever they want to - some lamb in the barn and some have a
favorite lambing spot.  I don't know what RubyBelle will do when we move.
She's
lambed under the same tree for 8 years.

I will usually move the ewe and her lambs to a jug that's about  8 x 8 after
the ewe
has cleaned the lamb and the lamb has nursed.  There's no particular reason
for that
size - it just happens to be the area where I can attach hog panels for a
temporary
enclosure.  I only jug them so that I can easily catch the ewe for worming,
the lamb
for spraying iodine on the navel, and to dock the tails (but I don't think I
will
dock this year).  The ewes have never needed the time to "bond" with their
lambs,
which a suffolk breeder told me why he does it. It's completely a
convenience for me
to jug them.  Sometimes, I'll have a very protective ewe that really doesn't
want me
to touch her newborn lambs.  If the weather is nice, I'll go with her
judgement and
just let them be until the next day when she's more comfortable.

Linda

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 17:24:36 GMT, kenleighacres at netzero.net wrote:
>
>I am so sorry for your loss.  I have not had this happen, but it made me
>wonder - how many people have their ewes lamb in jugs and how many people
put
>their ewes in jugs after they have lambed?  All of mine lambed in the big
area
>and I moved them to the jugs after lambing.  What size of jugs do people
use
>for their Jacobs?
>
>Thanks - Shannon

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