This is the first time any of my ewes has had four lambs. This is not Hoppet she is another very good mother. She had three in the barn lot. They were easy births. Then I brought them into the barn. I left to run an errand, and when I came back there were four! Some mothers can take care of three but none can take care of four.
Another one of my mothers had a difficult births right after this, the vet had to come out to help. Her lambs did not make it. So sad! I gave her one of the quadruplets which made her feel better.
If I do not write much for a while I am at the barn.
What a gorgeous photograph. Sad for the Mum who lost all after that length of pregnancy but I'm sure that she will take to her surrogate lamb and that will remove the strain from the real mother from trying to feed four.
This is such an adorable shot! Love all the little lambs. How very sad for the other mother sheep... that was very nice she could adopt one of these fella though :) I love all your sheep/lamb shots :) So beautiful to see
It's a lovely shot, Kathy/
Don't despair about quads. We had our first set of quads this year as well and mom seems to be loving (and feeding) them all.
We plan on keeping her and her babies away from the rest for an extended period of time so we can give her extra grain while she needs to produce the volume of milk required to feed them.
You can also step up to the plate, so to speak, and bottle feed babies once in a while to take some pressure off of her. Maybe just once a day to make sure the babies are getting enough.
It will all work out and you will have four happy, healthy lambs.
Be sure to keep the ewe lambs, they will probably also give twins (or triplets)
Good luck, and God Bless!
@farmreporter That is great you had quads too. Thank you for your encouragement. I do offer bottles to any baby that seems to be not getting enough milk. God bless you too!
Don't despair about quads. We had our first set of quads this year as well and mom seems to be loving (and feeding) them all.
We plan on keeping her and her babies away from the rest for an extended period of time so we can give her extra grain while she needs to produce the volume of milk required to feed them.
You can also step up to the plate, so to speak, and bottle feed babies once in a while to take some pressure off of her. Maybe just once a day to make sure the babies are getting enough.
It will all work out and you will have four happy, healthy lambs.
Be sure to keep the ewe lambs, they will probably also give twins (or triplets)
Good luck, and God Bless!