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Photographic Sequence of Winter Lambing
part 1 Prepared by David Kennard of Wellscroft Farm for the New
Hampshire Sheep & Wool Growers Association’s 2009 Lambing Clinic.
Edited for use in the Cornell Low Input Lambing/Kidding Handbook by Katie Roberts and tatiana Stanton
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Ewes need to be well bedded and have room to go off and lamb
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Hoggets waiting to lamb
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Ewe will go off by herself, call for her unborn lamb and her abdomen will drop
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The ewe’s water breaks
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Head and Front Feet often show first
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Pull membrane away from nose and mouth. Women and girls of child bearing age should
always wear gloves if possibly pregnant
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Gently assist by pulling downward on the front feet
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Note lamb comes out in an arc towards the udder
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If the lamb is breathing, put it next to the ewe to lick off
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Check for 2nd lamb; Note, two feet showing
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Check that head is also presenting and gently pull lamb’s front feet down in an arc
and assist the head if necessary
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Use straw up nose to stimulate breathing if necessary
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Use a suction device if the lamb has aspirated mucous in its airway
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Or hang it upside down to let fluids drain out
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Note: Umbilical chord still attached
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Strip the teats
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Switch lambs to be licked off if ewe does not get up
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Have kit with sterile scissors, 7% iodine
or chlorhexidine, suction device, and
other supplies prepared
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Cut the umbilical chord 1” away from the body using sterile
scissors or pull it slowly apart with two hands and dip cord in 7%
iodine or chlorhexidine
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Are there more lambs? Is the fluid clearish (amniotic fluid) or dark with
bloody nodules and chords (placenta) ?
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Sometimes the placenta will be accompanied by
some folds of amniotic fluid
even though all the lambs have already been
delivered
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Give her time to own her lamb
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Lead ewe and lambs to the jug
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A simple wooden 4’x5’ jug to own lambs
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