Help! I've Got Lamb Problems // Lamb Nursing Issues
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- One of our Babydoll Southdown Sheep had twins! But she won't let them nurse.
Do we need to bottle feed the lambs? Do we need to restrain the ewe? Should we step in or let nature run it's course?
Sheep, Lambs, Raising Sheep, Lamb Problems, Lamb Nursing, Bottle Feeding Sheep, Miniature Sheep, Hobby Farm, Backyard Sheep
Porter Valley Ranch
00:00 Lamb Nursing Problems
00:35 Raising Miniature Sheep
03:00 Lamb Umbilical Cord Clipping
04:25 Checking On The Babydoll Lambs
Glad you were able to get the Lamb to start taking care of her babies. Good luck with the rest of the babies. Take care and stay safe out there. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.
Thanks Linda
Thanks y’all! 👋❤️🙏
Welcome!
Glad mom is trying to do her part. Fingers crossed she continues to feed 👍 Love the lit’l babies .
Thanks Anne, she’s doing good so far.
Sometimes they just need that extra little help!
Yep
So informative Josh thank you . God Bless you and your family and farm animals as well.
Thanks Brenda
Hello Josh, hope all is well with you and the family. I hope she nurses them with no problems. Thanks for all the information. God bless. Have a great weekend. 😊
Thanks! We’re doing great. How about you?
Love these vids - educational, inspirational and entertaining.
Thanks Jill! We’re still learning, but blessed to have people like you to learn from.
I have never had sheep before but i do remeber i did have to do with with rabbits before. I would have to hold the mother rabbit still 4 times day so the babies could nurse untill the babies was able to eat. They were eating good. I was only 12 at that time. God bless you and your family sir....🙏❤🙏❤🙏😀🙂😊
Just gotta be patient sometimes
You are 100 percent right my frield God Bless
Good seeing u again. Hope u and ur family had a good time on your trip. As always God bless stay safe until the next video 😍
Thanks Kim, you too!
I found this to be really common with babydolls. They often get over it and don’t always do it year after year so not always a reason to cull. Always best to try to keep it on the mom if you can. The other breeds I raise rarely if ever do this. Best wishes for the rest of lambing
Same! It is strange, but I agree it is common with Babydolls.
I wasn't getting notifications and I checked a couple of times and nothing. I noticed Linda Maskus had the same issue, but I also see she got on board sooner than I did! Tonight I just checked again and I have three videos to watch!!! Yea!! 🤗 I love learning from your videos. I know I will never raise animals, but I really enjoy learning about them!! So thanks!! I hope you and your family are having a great weekend!!! God Bless all of you!!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼
Ya, we think CZcams hates us 😂
Oh well! Appreciate the support!
Have missed you. So happy to see you again!!
Went back and looked....didn't get notification of your last few videos. Ugghhh. No wonder I missed you. I will keep closer watch for that.
Thanks Linda, we were out of the country on a mission trip with our kids. We didn’t have much time to edit, but we did get a lot of video and will have those out soon!
@@PorterValleyRanch oh how exciting. Can't wait for those too.
A ewe who won’t stand up but feels better after having some milk drained from her udder sounds like milk fever to me. We haven’t had it since we started feeding less grain in the last trimester.
That’s a good diagnosis, we had a lot of snow and had feed more grain than usual.
THANK YOU for the video. I am the person who is watching the sheep while the owner is on vacation and I have delivered much larger livestock, but I am currently watching Babydoll Sheep and in the past 24 hours there have been a set of twin girls and a set of twin boys and I think another Ewe will "pop" in the next 12 hours.Normally I do Horses, not sheep. Have one lamb who is just following mama and she is not holding still for one of the boys. I can tell his stomach is not "round" or full compared to the other and it was the one she left outside the barn. They are in a smaller pen now to bond with a heat lamp and her own hay and water . . . . .and at least it's not a large mare who is overprotective or something. Could always be worse.
Thanks for watching!
Josh, just wondering, how often do you sheer your sheep?
Once per year. We let the wool grow as long as possible so it’s better for spinning. We shear in April.
Don't do Facebook or Instagram, keep putting out vids on You tube!
😂 ok we’ll stay on it then