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[Ralene Mitschler]

Wow....I am amazed at your story Betty!  Best of luck with the bottle
babies!

I found something new in my  flock here too.  I had a yearling ewe deliver a
stillborn lamb (or it perhaps died very shortly after).  Natalie called and
called her baby on and off for several days.  I had another ewe Poppy refuse
one of her twins (born March 9th but rejected about March 12) but still call
lamb when I was bottle feeding.  I did try to introduce Posey (the bottle
lamb) and Natalie immediately after I found the dead lamb.  Both looked at
me as if to say 'we aren't that dumb".  But last night I saw the bottle lamb
and the lambless mom hanging together.  Tonight I watched and saw with
amazement (10 days after  lamb died) that Natalie was letting bottle baby
Posey nurse!  I don't imagine Natalie has much milk left but clearly there
was some!

Should I just watch and maybe hold off tomorrow morning's bottle to see?  It
was quite cute both nights watching Natalie snuffling ears and tail of
Posey.  Posey seems shocked not to be pushed away; and  Poppy isn't
interfering.  Since this started last night I haven't heard Poppy call Posey
at all (even though I have never seen her let Posey nurse!)

Waiting for more installations of your lambing adventures!
Ralene

On 3/31/06, Betty Berlenbach <lambfarm at sover.net> wrote:
>
> of interesting morning...
>
> By late afternoon, both mothers had rejected three of the five lambs;
> Mother of cow=lamb twins will take only one of them, rejected the triplet
> she earlier screamed for.  Mother of Triplets rejected other cow=-lamb she
> at first accepted, AND her other trip that had been cleaned off by cow=lamb
> mother...Unbelieveable.  I haven't had bottle babies in years, but these
> three were being beaten up like crazy.  Good part: I took the first rejectee
> to nursing home where my mother in law recently, as in yesterday,
> transferred to.  She was wheeled around with the lamb on her lap, queen for
> a day.  They are having a contest to name the lamb, and I've promised to
> bring him in each day...rigging up diaper deally...at least while he's
> small.  GREAT, just what I need!  The other two bottle babies I am thinking
> might go to the family on the corner who have tons of kids and a farm OR to
> my spinning friends, who, fortunately, are coming here to spin on
> Sunday...heheheh...I sure don't want three bottle babies!  Luckily, they are
> too dark, so it isn't ruining perfectly good lambs!
>
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Ralene Mitschler
Chicory Lane Farm Jacob sheep
www.blueflowerflock.com
687 Oxford Ave
Hanover PA  17331
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