Ranching Stuff

[headgasket]

I guess this thread will be a good place to post stuff that I do.

This guy was born here on Sunday (it's a sheep): I got two more ewes due this month.

 

[AmberCutie]

OMG BABY GOAT sheep sorry, still friggin adorbs.

(My friends know I'm obsessed with goats right now.)

 

[headgasket]

Here's the tiny ewe lamb that was born on .5-10. Her mom had twins, one hit the ground running and she was a bit too small and weak to stand. Naturally, mom wet after the baby that was running around. The little lamb took a turn for the worst on 5-11, and I had to pump her full of fluids/dextrose in addition to putting her under a heat lamb. Friday she started doing better, and is getting stronger by the day. She's been tube fed, and now is on a short tube, but ready for the bottle here soon!

 

[DFT]

That ram's a sturdy lil guy. Hope your ewe lamb perks up, they usually do with the care and attention you're giving. Seen it go both ways, had a lamb born then abandoned on frozen concrete and we had to pry him off the ice - he lived and thrived. Others for no reason science or luck knows just up and died.

From the picture she just wants to continue her nap, well formed, just not ready for the big bad world. Lucky she has you instead.

 

[Dan Epstein]

I'm a goat man myself (don't say goat lover unless you're self trolling ). It's unbelievable how sensitive these animals are.

 

[headgasket]

That ram's a sturdy lil guy. Hope your ewe lamb perks up, they usually do with the care and attention you're giving. Seen it go both ways, had a lamb born then abandoned on frozen concrete and we had to pry him off the ice - he lived and thrived. Others for no reason science or luck knows just up and died.

From the picture she just wants to continue her nap, well formed, just not ready for the big bad world. Lucky she has you instead.

The ram is a sturdy guy! He's already growing horns!

 

[KylieJacobs]

I love sheep! I bottle fed a couple lambs a while back, and kept them for a few years until I moved back to a town. They would follow me everywhere (outside of course)! So cute!

 

[headgasket]

I love sheep! I bottle fed a couple lambs a while back, and kept them for a few years until I moved back to a town. They would follow me everywhere (outside of course)! So cute!

awww!!! She's my third bottle lamb, first bottle ewe.

 

[DFT]

How are your lambs? Hope you don't need to tube her again and for both your sake she's she's slurping down a bottle when you bring one.

 

[headgasket]

How are your lambs? Hope you don't need to tube her again and for both your sake she's she's slurping down a bottle when you bring one.

She's doing great! Not tube feeding her, but she does have a tube she sucks on (still a bit tiny for a bottle nipple, but she'll probably be there in another 3 days). This picture was taken Sunday Night:

 

[headgasket]

Oh. my last ewe gave birth the other day (to a male, it was her first baby). So no more new lambs until late August.

 

[Bocefish]

Kudos on the newborn.

 

[SophiaSophia]

omg I love love love the pic of her snuggled up with the dog!