Lamb Twins
My last ewe, the one I thought looked huge...had twins at 9 pm last
night. Both twins are ewe lambs! God blessed me this lambing season with SIX females out of seven lambs!
The twin lambs were bawling this morning. This isn't a good thing. It means the lambs are hungry and not getting milk. I asked my eldest son to hold the ewe while I milked her. I put the milk into a bottle. Each lamb drank almost a pint from the bottle! The ewe seemed relieved to have her udder emptied too. By the afternoon one of the twins figured how to nurse from the ewe, I could tell because her belly was nice and full. But the other twin was hollow and complaining. So I milked the ewe again and fed the lamb with a bottle, again. I'm hoping she'll figure it out how to nurse soon!
The twin lambs were bawling this morning. This isn't a good thing. It means the lambs are hungry and not getting milk. I asked my eldest son to hold the ewe while I milked her. I put the milk into a bottle. Each lamb drank almost a pint from the bottle! The ewe seemed relieved to have her udder emptied too. By the afternoon one of the twins figured how to nurse from the ewe, I could tell because her belly was nice and full. But the other twin was hollow and complaining. So I milked the ewe again and fed the lamb with a bottle, again. I'm hoping she'll figure it out how to nurse soon!
