[Jacob-list] navel

[Victoria da Roza]

Our ewe never laid down but stood for both births. 
The lambs had very long navels that drug on the
ground.  I tied the navels off with dental floss about
half way up and dripped iodine down the whole thing. 
Dental floss is great because you can really tie it
tight and the wax coating keeps it from absorbing
junk.  The navels had begun to dry very nicely and
then we had lots of rain and they got all soggy and I
was glad we had tied them off.With this method they
dropped off in less than 2 weeks.
   Our theory is to keep the birthed ewes outside and
at night or during heavy rain  we put them and lambs
in a clean straw, dry, warm hall in our bomb
shelter:-) that is left over from the guy who built it
in the 60s.  This keeps them away from the huge number
of coyotes we have here at night( at the edge of state
and local parks with high loads of deer for them to
predate). When the sun is out and our fences are 6'
high they can run and play all they want which keeps
them from annoying a mom and she can move around too.
So far this has worked like a dream.  This allows the
ewe to be with her friends that have not lambed yet
during the day and lets the other sheep meet the lambs
and get used to them before other lambs.
    

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Victoria
Castle Rock Farm
Jacob Sheep & Nigerian Dwarf Goats
www.castlerockfarm.net

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