[Jacob-list] Sick lamb

[athome mom]

We found one of our 2 month old lambs in the field almost dead friday. 
Evidently it had laid wrong and almost suffocated itself. It's legs were 
stiff and it was foaming at the mouth. We took it to the vet and he said to 
watch it and check it's temperature. Yes I had to take it's temperature and 
you know where. We are assuming that it had just rolled over too far and 
suffered the consequences. But I'm concerned about possible tetanus. Has 
anyone had a sheep to come down with tetanus. I've never seen one and I 
don't know the symptoms. I'm sure the vet would have caught something like 
that, but I'm just concerned. Also, we had to give it a dose of antibiotics, 
I gave it the shot, never done it before, but I've seen the vet do it. I 
guess I did it right, the little thing is still kicking. I hate needles 
myself, but was able to do this with no problem. So, maybe I can start 
giving the maintenance shots and save the vet bill.
I'd appreciated any advice in this subject.

Another question for the listers. I have a 1 month old ram who had a massive 
rack of horns forming, this is my first ram lamb. His head looks almost 
deformed because of the knot where the horns are coming from, can anyone 
suggest a site where I can see a ram lamb and compare the look to mine. He's 
a four horned.

Also, I have a 3 month old ewe lamb who had not developed any horns yet. She 
is marked perfect and comes from four horned parents. She was a single birth 
so I can't compare her to her twin. My other ewe lamb who is a bit older 
already has a great rack going. Is this a sign that maybe she is not full 
jacob. I think that maybe her mother was bred with something else besides 
jacob. Her mother is one of the ones that we rescued from the terrible man 
in west virginia.

Thanks for the help,

Tina Bowman
Azalea Farms
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