What To Do If A Sheep Or Goat Rejects Their Baby ~ BONDING
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If a sheep or goat rejects their baby, you have a REAL problem on your hands. This trick will have them bonding in no time.
Take care,
alan
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Another technique is to present a dog as close as poss. to the ewe and lambs. The ewe will instinctively stamp her feet and protect her lambs and help the bonding.
Wow, ever heard that before but it makes sense... thanks!
Would this work for twins when mama is only rejecting one? (goats)
I think so... try it!
I've never raised goats, but I think I've heard of goat owners doing this too.
yeah my first thought was head gate. May work well as a combo with the jug.
That is if you don't have time to grab legs anyways.
Good tips!
Cool video. =)
First calf heifers do this sometimes too. It's a pain, but you can "make" them be a momma'. If the mom is rejecting baby forcefully & knocking it around, you sometimes have to put them in a head-catch, & if they're kicking, tie one leg back the first few times the calf sucks. It usually only takes one or two sessions for them to love their baby.
I like the shelter. I made one similar to that with some old pallets & topped with the cattle panels.
Good info, thanks. So if this same ewe does the same the next time it gives birth will you consider getting rid of it?
+The Self Sufficient Life
Uhhhhhh.... yeah....
But, I'm planning on selling a few of my ewes any way... she may be one of them... :)
Very interesting. Thanks!🌟
You bet!
Cool, Good Job!
That is called a poke and your poking the goats, and sheep. Cattle, you can just use their stantial. On harder to bond livestock, usually once the milk is processed through the baby, the mamma can smell their milk in the babies BM and recognize it as her baby. You can take a triplet and put it on a different momma that lost hers, doing this. We even skinned stillborns and tied the hide on a orphaned lamb to give it a new momma and a good mother a new baby. Works very well. Babies are better then bottle babies. We had a flock of 300 head of sheep on our farm growing up. We had a dozen cattle and half a dozen goats. With numbers like this, you get pretty efficient on helping mommas and babies. Good job! Nice strong baby there!! 😉😊😊
Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge about livestock.
I'm sure lots of folks will benefit. 👍😎
I've heard of folks using the "skinning" method too.
Also, catching the mother's urine and pouring it on the calf.
@@BIGALTX also rubbing the afterbirth on an aboptee. A couple of years ago, I even had a milk goat bring up a drop calf for me. Lol she had more than enough milk.
My neighbor told me several years ago, HE had a milk goat raise a calf.
I told him I would have LOVED to get a video of THAT!
@@BIGALTX the only thing about putting a calf on a goat, if you let the calf suck her, you have to be right there all the time while its nursing. Calves can butt putty hard and rupture the mama goats utter. I let my calf suck till he got bigger and more rambunctious, then i milked her and let him drink the milk from the pail.
@@tomdeschesne9391
I didn't think about that... ouch!
Didn't see the leg hook you used. Did you show it?
+Mate2Frio
No... but I need to do a video on it.
Here's a link to it: www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=94673&criteria=crook
I really like it !
Hold the sheep let the lamb nurse once the milk is digested by lamb the ewe's scent is on lamb that us the key. Some attention after that #
You don't worry the mother will harm the baby? We have had goats reject babies and they will kick at them, butt them, etc.
+Amanda Mason
I watched her for the first few hours, till I was pretty confident she was OK with the lamb.
Hello. My sheep had two babies and its rejecting one. Now i do have a Pyrenees and she did lick the baby. Does that affect the momma rejecting the other baby sheep? Thank you hope yall can help me..
I don't think the dog smell had anything to do with it.
Rejection is pretty common.
If there are twins, sometimes they will reject the weaker, sicklier lamb. (survival of the fittest)
Try to pen them up in a small area and MAKE it nurse.
After a few days she'll likely accept it.
The lamb HAS to get the first milk (colostrum) to survive, so do it quick.
If she doesn't take it, you'll have to bottle feed, but it HAS to get the colostrum first.
Hope that helps,
alan
Thats not true because ive seen cases where she would accept one baby and not his brother
Me too
alan
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Hi can I help me I’m looking for raw sheep milk or colostrum if u can help I’d greatly appreciate it if u can’t can u plz point me in the rite direction plz and thank you much for ur time
Sorry, I don't know where you could find any.
But, I wrote this down a long time ago (but don't remember the source)
You might want to try it.
Or... you might try to find some cow colostrum. Might be OK... just not sure.
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LAMB MILK REPLACER
1/2 gal whole milk
1/4 cup heavy whip cream
1 egg
If not gaining wt, double egg and cream.
OR
1 gal milk minus 3 cups
2 cups buttermilk
1 can evaporate milk (not condensed)
Whipping cream
Fill rest of jug with whipping cream.
(Baking soda?)
Feed about 20% of body weight daily. Day 2-3 every 3 hours. Day 4-7 every 4 hours. Day 8-21 every 6 hours. Day 21-35 every 8 hours. Day 25 until weaning every 12 hours.
Go to Critterhaven.biz
This lady is a sheep Guru and will probably be glad to answer your questions.
@@BIGALTX thank you so much
Take it away from its mom
Then it would die.