I went out this morning to doing the chores and found a lamb wandering about crying. I could tell he was new since he had no ear tag and he was still a bit bloody. After initial inspection he seemed healthy but wanted his mommy. I found the ewe out in the pen with two other lambs. The lambs were all soon in a clean stall for bonding time with mom but the ewe had other ideas. She wanted nothing to do with the third lamb and expressed this with pushes and shoves and attempts of stepping on the poor thing. In attempt to get her to take the baby I even pushed the ewe up against the wall and milked her and rubbed her milk all over the lamb. After about 20 minutes I gave up and my son got his wish for a lamb in the laundry room. Lamb is eating and doing great.
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AuthorI am a mother, wife, farmer, and scientist. I love raising my kids on a farm but also getting out and spending time on the laboratory bench. Archives
September 2014
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