[Jacob-list] Unfortunate lambs

[Johann K]

Cathy,

I'll keep that in mind.  My ewe delivered a healthy lamb last year.  If she aborts again next year, I could retire her I guess.  I'd probably keep her around though cause she's my favorite ewe.  She has the most personality of the bunch.  Although she is also the loudest...  Hmmm   :)

Johann


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> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Unfortunate lambs

> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:09:23 -0800

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> >One of my ewes aborted two lambs yesterday, and they were at very 

> > different gestational stages.

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> Perhaps, sometimes, it is just that particular ewe.  I had a ewe that had

> healthy lambs every year for five years and then started to abort after

> that.  No reason for it, that I could see.  It was just her.  The first

> aborted lamb was nearly full term.  I thought the ewe was hit or something

> and, perhaps, that caused the abortion.  I had her bred again and the next

> year she aborted a lamb that was only a couple months developed.  I decided

> to retire her, most folks would've culled her but she was one of my first

> sheep purchases so she was a favorite.  She was accidently bred again and

> this time the aborted lamb was only a watery mass of slime.  She was never

> bred after that and lived to be fifteen years old.  The other ewes were

> perfectly normal and all had no problems giving birth so it wasn't an

> abortion storm or anything like that.  I was told to get rid of this ewe

> after the first abortion in case she had something that could be passed on

> to the other ewes.  I kept her, though, and it seemed to me that it wasn't

> an infection or anything.  She was just a poor quality ewe.  Her daughters

> didn't have this problem, but it is better not to have production ewes from

> a ewe that is aborting every year...(duh.... <grin>)..

> 

> Cathy

> Moscow, Idaho

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