Kathy Chittenden Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 10 days apart! Yes, this is a first for us but I'm thinking it has happened before. http://sugarbushfarm.blogspot.com/2010/02/...y-surprise.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fosher Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 This isn't unheard of, but it is very, very rare. Is there any chance that the ewe didn't actually birth the first one, but stole it from the rightful mother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy Chittenden Posted February 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 I'll check with Craig when he gets home but he was pretty sure they are all hers. One thing odd with the first white one, the tail was all bloody, do unborn sheep do any sucking in utero like human fetuses do? Maybe we need to set up a lamby cam in the coverall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 What are the ramifications re: colostrum for the newborns if she gave birth to one lamb 10 days ago? Anyone know? J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maralynn Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 I'll check with Craig when he gets home but he was pretty sure they are all hers. One thing odd with the first white one, the tail was all bloody, do unborn sheep do any sucking in utero like human fetuses do? Maybe we need to set up a lamby cam in the coverall! Every so often a ewe will nibble on a tail as she cleans the baby off. We had a ewe once that lambed a set of normal twins along with a premature 3rd lamb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 This happened to us a few years ago. I had an ewe lamb a single and then it seemed like she just didn't have milk and we lost that lamb. Then about a week later she had twins. The twins survived and she had plenty of milk for them. Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy Chittenden Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 OK, just checked with Craig - he saw the white baby born as well so without a doubt the black ewe is the mom to all 3. Tonight they are all up and eating and look very healthy:) Hopefully the two newest will be ok without momma's colostrum. Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Was the mother exposed to two different rams? The twins are so consistently colored, and the first lamb is such a whitey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy Chittenden Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Just one ram, a white katahdin. She is a southdown/katahdin cross. There could be something else in her too. A friend of mine just said - oh, put them together you have an Oreo, if she pops out another white one it will be a doublestuff:) Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 That's too funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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