f**k Up Fortnight

[BAF]

f**k didn't it rain all afternoon! The roads are rivers round here. It did let up about 7pm. Sat down in front of the TV after checking them at 7 and passed out until 11! Woke up to the wife telling me she was going to bed and I should go and check the ewes. Had a yearling lambing so gave her an hour or so. Pulled an absolute monster of a lamb out of her so I could go home to bed! Got 3 left singles left!!! And now I'm wide awake because of my 4hr power nap earlier on.
In a spot of good news a neighbour asked me to shove a few ewes and lambs on a little patch of theirs. It's not much but there's a lot of clean grass on it.

 

[Estate fencing.]

If there is one thing that really pisses me off with indoor lambing is ewes laying on lambs in pens theres bloody stupid

We are bunged up to hell with the wether and ewes lambing very quick so haven’t manage to empy the adopters, 2 massive 3 day old lambs where sat on last night in them, I’m to the point of saying just send them out with one and forget the bloody things.

 

[paul&mandy]

Weather carp so left more in pens for another day. X2 led on. Ahhh. Plus yesterday had 10 sets before 7am and a muddle up at 5.30 so get here at 4am today and nothing.

 

[aangus]

One of the vet students tried to say we should tube it, no I said it’s cold and watery , heat lamp first , she is good and keen but google isn’t always the answer, every little thing she googles , I think she must have found an American small holders site that said tube it
I tried to be polite and said no , we will warm it first , bugger died anyway The ones I jabbed/ gave orally are looking brighter

Syringe some warm soapy water up their bum too

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

We are bunged up to hell with the wether and ewes lambing very quick so haven’t manage to empy the adopters, 2 massive 3 day old lambs where sat on last night in them, I’m to the point of saying just send them out with one and forget the bloody things.

I sometimes think it’s not worth the time and effort sometimes trying to foster on lambs, if it doesn’t work straightaway such as a wet foster, don’t bother. Often you think they’ve taken them when in a pen but when they go out among a lot of other sheep the bond isn’t there and they get lost off. Then you’ve got a 7 to 10 day lamb to try and learn to drink from a teat.

Perhaps better putting more effort into an efficient pet rearing system sometimes

 

[neilo]

i jab em and down throat also give live yoghurt, seems to do ok not sure if yoghurt helps but it dosent do any harm

The idea of giving live yoghurt is to introduce live, beneficial bacteria to the gut. If you give a squirt of antibiotics at the same time, you might as well just give them some sour milk. You’ve killed all those good bacteria, along with the bad.

 

[Wood field]

The idea of giving live yoghurt is to introduce live, beneficial bacteria to the gut. If you give a squirt of antibiotics at the same time, you might as well just give them some sour milk. You’ve killed all those good bacteria, along with the bad.

I was reading an old thread about watery mouth , “featuring Bovine”
It was shall we say decisive

meanwhile.. the jabbed or drenched lambs are up and bright this morning
It’s chaos in here already , as soon as I pen a new ewe/ lamb , another appears

 

[Jerry]

Good start to the day. Spotted One of the last 11 ewe to go just started. Grabbed her an and got in a pen to deliver the scanned single and then wet fostered on last triplet lamb.

She seems happy enough.

Triplet mum had been doing them ok but better for all now.

10 ewes left, only had 3 lamb in last week…so long tail.

 

[Keithy1394]

I was reading an old thread about watery mouth , “featuring Bovine”
It was shall we say decisive

meanwhile.. the jabbed or drenched lambs are up and bright this morning
It’s chaos in here already , as soon as I pen a new ewe/ lamb , another appears

Were having a right pain with it this year .. just found one this morning so given it the 1ml of betmox in the muscle and 1ml down the throat and popped it in the hot box then ill tube it in a hour or so

 

[firther]

The idea of giving live yoghurt is to introduce live, beneficial bacteria to the gut. If you give a squirt of antibiotics at the same time, you might as well just give them some sour milk. You’ve killed all those good bacteria, along with the bad.

The idea of giving live yoghurt is to introduce live, beneficial bacteria to the gut. If you give a squirt of antibiotics at the same time, you might as well just give them some sour milk. You’ve killed all those good bacteria, along with the bad.

i'll remember that then, no point doing both

 

[ladycrofter]

I sometimes think it’s not worth the time and effort sometimes trying to foster on lambs, if it doesn’t work straightaway such as a wet foster, don’t bother. Often you think they’ve taken them when in a pen but when they go out among a lot of other sheep the bond isn’t there and they get lost off. Then you’ve got a 7 to 10 day lamb to try and learn to drink from a teat.

Perhaps better putting more effort into an efficient pet rearing system sometimes

I'm maybe 24 hours max, they either want it or they don't. Don't like seeing a lamb having to fight for it. We haven't used the adapter for years, just prolongs the inevitable black cable tie.

Phone typed Adapter, if only!

 

[yellowbelly]

Phone typed Adapter, if only!

 

[ladycrofter]

An new application for Elon's brain chip implanting project! 🛜

 

[Jonp]

An new application for Elon's brain chip implanting project! 🛜

Sheeps brain would probably short it out in no time.

 

[steveR]

I sometimes think it’s not worth the time and effort sometimes trying to foster on lambs, if it doesn’t work straightaway such as a wet foster, don’t bother. Often you think they’ve taken them when in a pen but when they go out among a lot of other sheep the bond isn’t there and they get lost off. Then you’ve got a 7 to 10 day lamb to try and learn to drink from a teat.

Perhaps better putting more effort into an efficient pet rearing system sometimes

This. Drives me nuts...

 

[neilo]

i'll remember that then, no point doing both

It might be worth giving the live yoghurt the next day, to repopulate the gut biome? But that's another job then of course.

 

[ShooTa]

how much yogurt are folks giving?~? did 5ml last year but wasnt sure if it was too much or too little.

 

[firther]

how much yogurt are folks giving?~? did 5ml last year but wasnt sure if it was too much or too little.

memory is going but i think 10ml, i know its not a lot

 

[firther]

It might be worth giving the live yoghurt the next day, to repopulate the gut biome? But that's another job then of course.

thats what i'll try next time cheers

 

[steveR]

how much yogurt are folks giving?~? did 5ml last year but wasnt sure if it was too much or too little.

When feeding cades with a bloat or tummy issue I feed at least 20-30ml mixed in the feed, 2-3 times