[Jacob-list] twins

[Lasell J. Bartlett]

Are you sure that the first born wasn't stolen from another ewe? And was it nursing well? We've had lambs easily survive sub zero weather if they were nursing well and mother was bonded. 

I have a ewe who has stolen lambs from others and has not always had milk to offer so those lambs have needed my intervention. Just a thought. I'll be curious what others say.

On Mar 5, 2014, at 3:26 AM, tim koenig <timkoenig5 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Has anyone else out there ever had twins (live) born several days apart?

> One of my ewes dropped a nice ewe lamb last week. It died the third night of sub-zero weather. The following day, the ewe was in labor again, and in the morning, presented me with a second, larger lamb.

> I've never heard of this before.

> 

> Tim Koenig

> Applegarth Farm.

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Lasell J Bartlett
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