[Jacob-list] HELP! Springtime Problems

[spotted_sheep at bluefrog.com]

Hi, Yes you should probably milk them out 2 to 3 times a day and milk 
out less each time until their udders start to dry up. We had some ewes 
that did not have their lambs any more and that is what we did and it 
worked fine.
Marie

Quoting Christopher Brantley <labradorridgejacobs at yahoo.com>:

> I've not thought about the milking issue... may check on the udders 
> this afternoon during feeding.
>
>  I've contacted a friend that works at NCSU's Vet. College and am 
> sendng him some tiisue and fluid samples. The lamb that died at birth 
> had under developed lungs... so that's explained enough I suppose.
>
>  The twins seemed healthy, one did have a dislocated "hip joint"... 
> although being under 24 hours old I'm not really surprised by that. 
> Otherwise, the twins and the yearling's lamb appear normal pending 
> results from the samples sent off.
>
>  I'm suspicious of the odd weather patterns and a virus exposure 
> personally. My neighbor has just introduced two new donkey to an 
> adjoining pasture and the deer are still frequenting the pasture as 
> well. Hopefully.... the other ewes will have better luck, and wait 
> until this weekend's winter storm moves out and it warms back up.
>
> ARTHUR PARTRIDGE <aztreaz at earthlink.net> wrote:
>  --Original Message--
>> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:10:01 -0800 (PST), Christopher Brantley wrote:
>> OK, I've had four lambs born thus far here... and four lambs have
>> died
> ========
> I forgot to add something. With three ewes with full udders, I think they
> would need to be 'milked out' to prevent mastitis or, at least, make the
> ewes comfortable. I'm not sure about this, so perhaps others on this list
> can comment on this.
> Cathy
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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