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Easy Homemade Milk Replacer for Lambs
I have success with this very easy replacer. Have raised a dozen or more using this recipe.1 & 1/3 cups of full cream milk powderMix up to 1 litre …
Lamb scours
I fed my two day old baby lamb the artificial colostrum for 24 hours and then switched to a lamb milk replacement. I switched cold turkey (sorry I misread …
Lamb has stopped sucking suddenly?
My 4 week old pet lamb has stopped sucking the bottle suddenly, but doesn't appear ILL he bounds up to me wagging his tail but won't suck and when you …
First Time Poddy Lamb Carer
Hi I am 14 years of age living in NSW. My father wanted to get two weaned lambs to live in our small paddock in our backyard to have as pets and keep the …
Orphan lamb colostrum question
We have found a 2 day old barbado lamb, we are 25 miles from town, only have olive oil & canola oil to make colostrum is either of these oils acceptable? …
Bowel Blockage in Poddy Lamb
We have been raising an orphaned lamb for approximately 4 weeks now. She has finally started nibbling at grass and has been doing well.However, today …
Twin Lamb Rejected by Mother
First of all. Your website is excellent - thank you.Just over two weeks ago, we had twin lambs born. Both good healthy lambs. Mother would only …
Weak lamb with stiff legs
We have a 6 day old corps lamb who is feeding but having problems with standing up.She has been getting progressively stiffer In the legs and is now …
The Lamb Whispererl
Little lambs respond positively to a 2 sided tummy rub following a feed.
Freezing Orphan Lamb
I have found that trying to thaw out a frozen lamb next to a fire or with hot water bottles does not work as well as a warm bath.I virtually resurrected …
Feeding a Poddy lamb
We found a 2 day old lamb on a neighbouring property late one evening while walking our dog.After many unsuccessful attempts at finding his mother …
Continued feeding of rejected lamb
I've been feeding a lamb rejected by it's mother for 3 weeks. The university extention program called me to foster after it forced the mother to nurse. …
lamb won't stand up
One of our ewes had twin lambs last night. They are the weakest I've ever seen. Not only do they not stand up, they flop right over when handled and can't …
Lamb wont suck any teats
I'm hand raising a Suffolk Ram lamb which is now one week old. I've been using a new lamb milk replacer, the problem is that because he was so weak initially, …
Feeding Lambs
Alice, our North Ronaldsay lamb, was fed every three hours as a wee one, and then now at three weeks of age is on 250ml 3-4 times a day.He takes what …
Joint-Ill in Lambs and Natural Treatments
My pet 12 week old lamb has been living in the house since she was 5 weeks old. She had joint-ill and was not drinking properly.We brought her into …
Goat milk or lamb formula?
We are bottle feeding a baby lamb.He did get his colostrum and was rejected at day 3. We have been feeding him goat milk.Is this better than lamb …
my first surviving lambsNot rated yet
I've tried to save lambs even when I didn't have any idea on how to take care of them, because sheep herders, that don't have any time for them, try and …
One Stormy NightNot rated yet
On the day our lamb was born it had been raining all day. My son had called me at work telling me that one of my ewes was sick and could not stand up. …
when making homemade colostrum can I use whole milk bought from store Not rated yet
We have some orphan lambs and I was wondering when making the homemade colostrum, can you use whole milk bought from a store?********As …
The story of Rosie and Basil the SheepNot rated yet
Last year, I took on two beautiful orphan lambs, Rosie and Basil.They were the sickest and saddest little lambs I had ever met, and I promised them …
Free range sheep and orphan lambsNot rated yet
I farm in Normandy France where the weather is wet and windy most of the time (and temperatures can be negative). Most of our lambs arrive early in the …
when to give up on a lambNot rated yet
We have a tiny twin Suffolk lamb we pulled soon after her birth. She was half the size of her brother at birth and her eyes were stuck shut so I think …
Feeding and Weaning LambsNot rated yet
I have 2 bottle fed lambs that are now one month old they have begun picking at flowers and nibbling on grass.My question is how and what do I feed …
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The Orphan Lamb AngelNot rated yet
Hello Everyone,People call me the Angel as I rescue orphaned and abandoned lambs each year from the valley. I find them all different …
Dehydration in LambsNot rated yet
I have used Pedialite for dehydration on lambs.The lambs enjoy the taste and drank as much as they wanted and needed with no adverse effect.I keep …
Full Cream Powered Milk for Poddie LambsNot rated yet
I hope this helps. We have used full cream powered milk ( the very best you can buy ) for all our poddie lambs. All have lived and none have had scours. …
Hypothermia in LambsNot rated yet
I had a premature lamb and although it was 60 degrees outside because he had a hard time feeding he could not hold his heat, a lamb should be at least …
Kid milk repacer safe for lambs?Not rated yet
At the feed store I was given goat (kid milk replacer) I noticed that it has a small amount of copper will this hurt my baby lambs?**First …
Anitbotics for LambsNot rated yet
We raise cattle and our neighbor has sheep. We offered our help because of so many babies were being born and his fields we closer to our home and we …
Query with colostrum (milk)Not rated yet
Hi, We live in central west NSW, Australia and I am presently rearing 4 orphaned lambs. I have lost 3 others over the last two weeks unfortunately and …
orphaned lamb gets scours when i give him milkNot rated yet
I am bottle feeding an orphaned lamb who seems to be a couple of weeks old.Whenever I give him milk replacer - even watered down to a quarter strength …
When should I decrease feeding intervals for 2 week old scouring lambs?Not rated yet
I have twin lambs who are now 2 weeks old. They were saved from the meat factory and have had severe scours since the day I got them which was at 5 days …
The same way as we fed lambs 50 years agoNot rated yet
Thank you!We have always reared lambs this way when run out of goat's colostrum but some vets tell people this is no good as it can cause infections …
8 week old rejected lambNot rated yet
We have just had a lamb who's mother refused to let it suck. It is a twin and the mother lets his sister suckle fine.I have been asked to bottle feed …
14 orphan lambs!!Not rated yet
This year we decided to raise orphan lambs so as to utilize our fields, but not wanting to keep ewes all winter.We put the word out that we wanted …
Orphaned lambNot rated yet
We recently found an orphaned lamb, it must be about 3 weeks old, sadly our ewe who has a lamb will not let the lamb drink her milk.What type of milk …
I've been bottle feeding my lamb but ...Not rated yet
I have been bottle feeding my lamb but I noticed over the last day or so she is having a hard time having a bowel movement. Can I give her the colostrum …
A bad start with an orphan lambNot rated yet
Our orphan lamb chops is 5 days old. She was found in a field with her placenta. Unfortunately the lady who found her fed her commercial pasturised milk. …
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