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this is our first time.. and hers!
more pictures and a diddy video on the blog
all rams. we were not planning on keeping any anyways.. all destined for the freezer.. so makes little difference to usMydreamlife wrote:Congratulations... are they boys or girls??
andglenniedragon wrote:Can sheep cope with triplets or will you have to bottle feed one? excellent news, what a good girl she is!
1 or 2 is more usual, and no triplets are not ideal, as the ewe will only have two teats. I know of a ewe that has trips for the second year running and has coped ok, but always they are a lot smaller than singles or twins, and will probably finish later etc. For these reasons farmers often remove one and either foster onto another ewe who just has a single or hers died, or else gets rid. The 'orphan lambs' you hear about are usually actually spare twins or trips.maggienetball wrote:Fantastic Red. I hope this Devon weather does them well.
Echoing others, I'm also curious as to whether 3 is "normal" and will Mum cope as she would with 1 or 2. Have you every had triplets before?
well been reading.. and went on a lambing course, following the blogs of others doing same thing ahead of us, but best of all, being a nuisance to real sheep keeping locals. I even arranged to take part in lambing with a neighbours flock - and they had a really good lot of lambs including first timers and triplets.. and every single one of them managed without help - so much for my experienceMillymollymandy wrote:You certainly seem to have picked up a lot of knowledge - well done! I hope the lamb will be OK.