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Sorry for the delay - Lidl JC's are 89p for a box of 24Where is the best place to get Jaffa cakes? eBay 12 boxes of 12 for £11.99, McVities too!
Sorry for the delay - Lidl JC's are 89p for a box of 24Where is the best place to get Jaffa cakes? eBay 12 boxes of 12 for £11.99, McVities too!
Well I can tell you that the Aldi Belmont branded ones are smaller than the proper ones.Sorry for the delay - Lidl JC's are 89p for a box of 24
IME, the nearer they get to lambing, the less chance there will be of prolapse - the lambs start to 'drop' and there's less pressure on the area that prolapses. In this part of the world we say "They've gone on their lockholes" - look for 'hollows' forming on front of her hook bones, it's usually a sure sign they are about to lamb. Her belly will get nearer to the ground too. As long as she's not straining and not dilated, I wouldn't worry.Looking for some advice please.
I have a gimmer (Texel cross) who is due to lamb twins anytime. She prolapsed about a week ago and we reinserted it, inserted a spoon and used a harness. We watched her for a couple of days and she was still pressing and struggling to urinate properly so we decided to readjust the spoon and harness to see if that helped her. We gave her backend a quick wash as she was smelling of urine and her wool was covered in it, she also had a little bit of bogey coloured discharge. A day after she was still the same, looking sad and pressing when lying down so we took everything off and my husband did an internal examination to check she wasn’t dilated. She wasn’t but when we let her up her prolapse stayed in without using the spoon or harness. So now it’s been 2 days with no harness or spoon and the prolapse is still inside and she is urinating normally now but when she lies down she still presses. Today I noticed she had some blood on her wool at her backend but she is showing no sign of lambing - still chewing her cud, eating, lying with the others and is not scratching at the floor! Her bag has been quite red for a week but her teats don’t look full: I’m confused?! Anybody come across this before? Not sure whether I should expect live lambs but I’m not hopeful, my worry is that she comes to lambing but will be too exhausted to push
And rain still at it this morning. Built an improvised pen in the straw barn yesterday to put ewes and lambs in, only had 8 out of 120, but we not due to start till tomorrow Nothing but rain and snow in the forecast for the next weekView attachment 774152 Back to clart again
Thanks for your advice, hopefully she is thinking about lambingIME, the nearer they get to lambing, the less chance there will be of prolapse - the lambs start to 'drop' and there's less pressure on the area that prolapses. In this part of the world we say "They've gone on their lockholes" - look for 'hollows' forming on front of her hook bones, it's usually a sure sign they are about to lamb. Her belly will get nearer to the ground too. As long as she's not straining and not dilated, I wouldn't worry.
If she's ok without a harness/spoon that's a bonus.
Personally I hate harnesses (strangled too many lambs when I've not been there). Never lost a lamb when they lamb past a spoon....
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..........somebody will be along in a minute to tell you the complete opposite .
Be patient, she'll lamb when she's ready. Good luck.
Ooh can you put a link up for the camera? Looks ideal for my set up - was it easy to set up?And rain still at it this morning. Built an improvised pen in the straw barn yesterday to put ewes and lambs in, only had 8 out of 120, but we not due to start till tomorrow Nothing but rain and snow in the forecast for the next week
On the up side, my £46 amazon wireless camera arrived yesterday and works a treat.
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As @yellowbelly said, just put the spoon back in, im on the same page, to many hung lambs much easier to slip past the spoon.Looking for some advice please.
I have a gimmer (Texel cross) who is due to lamb twins anytime. She prolapsed about a week ago and we reinserted it, inserted a spoon and used a harness. We watched her for a couple of days and she was still pressing and struggling to urinate properly so we decided to readjust the spoon and harness to see if that helped her. We gave her backend a quick wash as she was smelling of urine and her wool was covered in it, she also had a little bit of bogey coloured discharge. A day after she was still the same, looking sad and pressing when lying down so we took everything off and my husband did an internal examination to check she wasn’t dilated. She wasn’t but when we let her up her prolapse stayed in without using the spoon or harness. So now it’s been 2 days with no harness or spoon and the prolapse is still inside and she is urinating normally now but when she lies down she still presses. Today I noticed she had some blood on her wool at her backend but she is showing no sign of lambing - still chewing her cud, eating, lying with the others and is not scratching at the floor! Her bag has been quite red for a week but her teats don’t look full: I’m confused?! Anybody come across this before? Not sure whether I should expect live lambs but I’m not hopeful, my worry is that she comes to lambing but will be too exhausted to push
You haven't seen April's weather yetApril lambing seems very appealing at the moment
Glad im not lambing yet, 2 weeks to go
You haven't seen April's weather yet