[Jacob-list] Twins x 2-----Same ewe?...

[Peg Bostwick]

Close.  We've found a ewe in the morning nursing a single lamb, and then a
few days later she's had twins.... this has happened three times now.   We
figured it out the first time after some serious pondering - the ewe STOLE
the first lamb from another who had twins the same day.  Then eventually her
own arrived.  If the ewe is close, her milk will come in and she will insist
the lamb is hers....

I haven't had one steal twins.  That is more of a puzzle.  But is there any
chance another of your ewes lambed on Thursday?  Maybe a first timer who was
easily confused when your other ewe claimed her lambs? 

Good luck... 

Peg Bostwick
peg at sweetgrass-jacobs.com
517-626-6981

-----Original Message-----
From: jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com
[mailto:jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com] On Behalf Of Jacqueline Horn
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 7:13 AM
To: Jacob SHEEP
Subject: [Jacob-list] Twins x 2-----Same ewe?...

Hello from Wynmere Farm in wintery (still) Maine.  This morning we
discovered an Easter surprise.  Sandy our ewe who delivered twin ram lambs
early Thursday morning just delivered ANOTHER set of twins this morning?
Any one else had this experience?

Jacquie Horn


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