The first ewes start lambing in 2 weeks, have been feeding them 370g of meal per day for the past month (started them off on 200g) they are outside with very little grass and a bale of Haylage, however they haven’t hardly touched the bale. A few of them are getting dirty behind, should I be worried?
Lambing 2019
- Thread starter trewern
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polk_farmer
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- South West (Gods Country)
I would be more worried that you're two weeks off lambing, suicide fortnight is upon you...........
- Location
- Lancashire
Normally lamb in 2 batches but all in one hit this year
I'd say most might be a bit over, and I'm about the same as you feed wise and hay add lib, and straw when bedding down, buggers eat it faster than you put down
.3 lamb this mornin all on there own
but that can all change before the days out
We've a had a little bad spell of watery mouth with the lambs recently and a couple of ewes lacking milk, we're disinfecting pens and the housing areas with lime, keeping the pens dry with wheat straw and spraying the lamb's navil twice within two hours of birth, but we're still getting the watery mouth about. Just wondering if the lack of quality of colostrum and nutrition in the ewes is the problem? Thanks!
MDL POWERUP
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Are they getting spectam?
We were only advised to give it to the weaker twins to start with but now we are doing every one to be on the safe side, just spoken to the vet too she said there has been quite abit about this year.
MDL POWERUP
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- South east scotland
spectam for every lamb isnt ideal practice but if ypu need to you need to i would maybe buy abit of soya and give them abit in the middle of the day to boost the quality of your colostrum in the ewes it makes a huge difference.
pine_guy
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- North Cumbria
Seen very little since we started doing them all straight after iodine
We got away with it till yesterday doing nothing. But a few cases yesterday so all on it now as they drop. We’re half way on 120.
pine_guy
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- North Cumbria
Just had a tot up. 63 Ewes out with lambs are at 193% and we have 15 pets.
MDL POWERUP
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It's not cheap but just takes a few lambs and it's worth it!
Watery mouth here as well, now giving every lamb 1ml of alamycin down its throatSeen very little since we started doing them all straight after iodine
- Location
- North Antrim
Do you use metal hurdles for lambing pens? And do you disinfect the shed( with chemical disinfectant not lime before lambing).
This very mild weather can't be helping to keep the bugs at bay
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- The North
THATS CRACKING TOP JOB!
pine_guy
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- North Cumbria
Sitting in lambing shed after returning to find two dead lambs. One was quiet earlier and the other suspect mum laid on it. Lamb in with each looking 50:50. Should probably crack on and skin the others. Oh and a lamb with watery mouth that had already been treated with spetcam.
Taken the edge off things a bit
What are you using to treat watery mouth?Sitting in lambing shed after returning to find two dead lambs. One was quiet earlier and the other suspect mum laid on it. Lamb in with each looking 50:50. Should probably crack on and skin the others. Oh and a lamb with watery mouth that had already been treated with spetcam.
Taken the edge off things a bit
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Spectam. Had another shot and some energy glycol stuff for watery mouth lambs. Looking a bit brighter now.
- Location
- Lancashire
Ovens back on duty again, rabbit sized from a shearling just lay there cuddling away wi lamb just where she coughed it out, what is it wi shearling she gets up looks at it and as if to say nope it's not mine, so now it's doing the wall of death round the pen ffs
, rabbit sized from a shearling just lay there cuddling away wi lamb just where she coughed it out, what is it wi shearling she gets up looks at it and as if to say nope it's not mine, so now it's doing the wall of death round the pen ffs