[Jacob-list] squatting ewes/ premie?

[Kathryn Shirley]

My floppy eared lamb also walked on her hind fetlocks.  Definitely a
preemie.  She also wobbled a bit when she walked, but was strong and
nursed within 15 minutes.  Her legs are fine, the ear cartilage has
finished growing and she bounces with the best of them.  The only
difficulty is that the ear now sticks straight out to the side.  I am
hoping that it will straighten into the normal "up" position soon.  It
does give her a devil-may-care look!

Kate Shirley, Humbug Farm

linda wrote:

> Penny and all,
>
> Most of my ewes will squat for the lamb.  In fact, if I reach under
> and tickle their udders, they will also squat.  Some don't squat at
> all.  Both types raise healthy fat lambs, so I just consider both
> types of behaviour as "normal."
>
> One of my ewes lambed at 149 days after the last observed breeding. It
> is possible that there was another breeding that I did not see as I do
> not use a marking harness.  The lamb had little pointy tips on her
> hooves and walked right down on her rear fetlocks the first day.  This
> lamb was in no way weak.  She was up nursing within 10 minutes and
> doing all the normal lamb bounces and twirls within two hours.  Her
> stance was perfectly normal by two days old. At eight days old she is
> only slightly smaller than other lambs the same age. A friend told me
> that the turned up tips on her hooves meant she was a premie.  Any
> thoughts on this?
>
> Linda
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 07:53:34 -0800, Penelope wrote:
>
> >    My spouse thinks that the sheeps hooves are often soft when they
> are born.
> > He adds that he thinks the ewe squatting is a good mothering
> instinct.
> >Our one ewe who has lambed so far this year squats a bit for her
> lambs, and
> >she did last year for her one larger lamb.  None of the lambs have
> shown
> >any difficiulty reaching a teat without the ewe (Jadzia) squatting.
> We've
> >got another ewe due to lamb any day now -- she's had an udder like a
> dairy
> >goat since tuesday, so we're just waiting.
> >
> >    I'm interested in seeing other folks comments too.  What's the
> norm?
> >
> >peace
> >penny
> >
> >ps -- how's the Llama?
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