[Jacob-list] First bottle lamb

[MarmontJacobs at aol.com]

Get a hold of the most likely candidate and pen them up together. See if she 
has milk or really sticky first colostrum. If the lamb is licked and has food 
in it's stomach and she milks and doesn't thwack it away, then guide it to 
feed and leave them penned for a day or two. If the colostrum is really sticky 
and the lamb appears fed, you may just have an imminent lamber, so look 
elsewhere.

A lamb born surrounded by other sheep can get mixed up easily enough until 
it's bonded. I don't like bottle lambs - they never do as well. If it isn't that 
ewe, bring them all in until you find it's mother!

Trisha M-S, Wales, mid-lambing
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