[Jacob-list] Ewe question....

[Mary Hansson]

Chris,

I have seen udders fill and then "deflate" sometimes
multiple times before delivery.  Some ewes just do
things their own way.  As a general rule, most of my
girls start filling their udders 4-6 weeks before
delivery.  I have seen this earlier, but rarely---and
seen one instance of an udder filling during active
labor/delivery.

Mary Ellen
--- Christopher Brantley
<labradorridgejacobs at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Got what seems to me an odd happening and was
> wondering if it was my imagination, an oddity, or if
> anyone else had ever had a simialr note with
> lambing....
>  
> This past Monday morning I noticed one of my older
> ewes udder had dropped and was filling nicely... in
> fact had a nice solid floor and teats were beginning
> to spread apart. That eveing, it began to get cold
> and snow to the eventual total of 18" with deeper
> drifts. My initial thought was what a nightmare...
> single digit temps and lots of snow. I was amazed
> each morning that no lambs. Wednesday, I decided I
> best check her out closer and found the udder was
> not full, nor expansive as previously. I had
> horrible thoughts, went to the office and got one of
> the doppler scopes. The lambs still seem healthy and
> alive!
>  
> Is it normal for jacobs to reverse and not deliver
> like that? I've never seen any critter stop once the
> process begins.
>  
> Any thoughts, or ideas?
>  
> -Chris
> 
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Mary Ellen Hansson, MEd, RD, LDN
ISeeSpots Farm
Jacob Sheep:  Lambs, adults, wool
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