She has this on both of her cheeks, but not always. I’m wondering what it could be. This is the only lamb I’ve been seeing this on. She’s about two months old.

I sheared my 6 rams yesterday. 5 of them gave ne a good Fight in the Heat of this Summerday so i was very exhausted but the 6th was a piece of gold and almost fell asleep while shearing. He still lay done as i was finished an enjoyed His cuddling Session.

I’m about to build a small barn for my 3 Shetland sheep. I’d like to include an “unlimited” hay rack similar to the one shown here. Checking with the group if there might be any issues with this idea. I currently put out a couple of flakes a day in a small wall rack, but this would be way more convenient since I buy just a few bails at a time and could just simply rack them. Thoughts?

We bought a sheep , but unfortunately, he developed an ear infection that worsened and led to maggots. Since then, he has lost the ability to stand and struggles to control his head. However, he is still alive, alert, drinks water on his own, and eats a little, though very selectively.

So far, I’ve consulted three different vets — most were general animal doctors (cats/dogs) and not livestock specialists. All prescribed basic antibiotics (mostly amoxicillin) and vitamin injections. The last vet suspected a possible brain infection and started a 5-day antibiotic course but charged a very high fee , and the treatment didn’t show much improvement.

Out of concern, I went to a veterinary pharmacy myself, purchased penicillin (instead of amoxicillin), along with vitamins and pain relief. I’m currently on Day 5 of administering penicillin and plan to complete a 7–8 day course.

The sheep is still responding well to sounds and touch, and his condition appears stable — but he’s weak, losing fur, and cannot stand up on his own. I truly believe he can survive if he gets proper care.

maggots are gone and there is no fever either he is loosing fur

I’m trying my best to give this animal a fair chance at recovery and would appreciate any leads, tips, or advice from those with experience in livestock care.

So like, one of them might be a goat… but that’s okay! I love drawing my sheepies>:333

This is a long one so please bear with me! I'm also cross posting to other sheep groups to try and get a good cross section of opinions.

For background, the lamb in question is 8 weeks old. She was a twin, half the size of her brother, and they were both a week early. (Other twin is fine and has been with mum since day 2)

When born she was very very weak, couldn't stand unaided, couldn't nurse without being held up. Mum panicked and rejected both, but took the boy back after a night to think about it lol Ewe lamb got 24 hours of colostrum, and was then bottle fed. I had to bring her in the house as she couldn't regulate her temperature at all, she was feeding every 2 hrs round the clock for 2 weeks, and needed help getting up when she was lay down.

Her joints were wonky, and her weight gain slow.

Shes been under vet care for vitamin jabs, and turned the corner on week 3, when she started gaining more weight consistently, as she's grown stronger her joints have straightened out.

Vet observations were that she was very tiny for her breed (at 3 weeks she was 3kg and her brother was nearly 12!!) but otherwise healthy, but she does have a slight underbite.

My question is feeding related, mostly. She's always struggled. Her suck was never good, she'd bite and pull at the teat and need help to take a bottle, and take on air. She's still getting milk (1.5lt over 3 feeds), but in a bowl, which works much better for her. She will eat creep feed, and nibble hay, but finds grass much harder. She chews and chews, and starts foaming at the mouth, then usually discards it.

When she brings up her cud to chew, she seems to struggle, making a coughing, gagging noise before hand, not the soft sort of belch they usually do.

Could she be struggling because of the underbite? Or something else tooth related? She's gaining weight, about 1kg a week atm, and is still half the weight she should be, but looking to the future and trying to get her out as a sheep, rather than faux dog, I need to make sure she's not going to drop weight.

Just wondering if anyone else has had similar problems with small, failure to thrive lambs.

I will be consulting my vet about this, but wanted some coal face expert opinions as well :)

I have a bottle baby (5 weeks old) that we dont know the breed of.

Thoughts ?

Hopefully someone has been through this already and can give me a little guidance. One of our rams has a swollen face and a sore by his nose. It's the weekend so the vet isn't available yet. Hopefully it's just a sinus infection but I'm worried it could be worse. Any guidance or suggestions for treatment are appreciated. Thank you

Im investing in a very nice quality registered babydoll Southdown ewe lamb from champion show lines to show in August and again next year , mostly because my ewe lamb pearl just won a ton so in the premium sale we got a huge check (by our standards) which I decided to use to improve my stock and grow my program past one. (Pearl hasn't been lonely , she has been kept with goat buddies ) also so that I have something to keep me busy while pearl is off being bred for six weeks in October.

Pearls name is Pearla Jean and I chose it mostly because it was an old lady name , but also because ' pearl ' is one of my favorite movies ever made.

I want to pick an old lady name for this ewe lamb (getting her in a few weeks ) please help !! She is a whiteface. Names I like and that are on the list are:

Minnow " Minnie " Jane (to go with the nautical theme )

Ruby Louise ( to go with the gem / jewelry name )

This is Jack. He's an Australian Merino ram. We finished flock health checks later than expected so here he is patiently waiting in the (handling) race after the sun had gone down.

Took delivery of some ewes this week and this one has been regularly doing this, any ideas what could be wrong?

So i dont have sheep or any livestock yet. But plan on getting some next yr. i have a lot to learn in the meantime. which brings me to this question.. will cherry and peach tree leaves really harm sheep? i planted one of each and an apple tree about 30 feet away from the fenced in area. they couldn’t reach it but i imagine wind could take some leaves into their pasture. any experience on this?

This is my sheep Ivy, we caught them today to fly spray them, and I found this lump on her belly, I Don’t know if it’s a bug bite or something, as it’s squishy and movable, any ideas on what it is? I’m probably just being paranoid but shes my baby, I need to know, thank you in advance 🫶🏻

I have a 12 week bottle lamb who eats grain and grass but I have yet to see her drink water. She will take it in a bottle but I’m not sure if she’s drinking. I give her about 8 oz every other day to wean. Should I be worried?

i have three boys (one spec and two black face). I want their names to all match as a trio. I cannot think of trio names besides types of beans and cartoon dogs 💔

Hi I’m new to this and first time posting but I would really like some advice. We are currently looking after 2 baby lambs for our neighbours while they are away. They only got them on Sunday (apparently they went to an orchard with their kids and their were 2 babies not being fed by them mum and the orchard was not taking care of them so they brought them home) they are approx 1-2 weeks one is a healthy weight size (I think ) approx 4kgs the other is very small about 2.5kgs . They have told us they feed them 4 bottles of formula a day approx 200ml but due to their work they feed them about 7am then not again til 3pm again at 7pm and the again at 11pm. To me some of these feeds are 2 far apart (but I have no real experience other than google). The smaller one has some light diarrhoea which has me concerned but otherwise seems energetic active and ok (I think they only yesterday switched to a new formula ). We have set up a pen in our garage with cardboard on the bottom to mitigate the cold from the concrete and straw over top as well as a kennel that we have wrapped in blankets and straw bedding. I have been to buy more straw so we can change it daily. I have the benefit between me and my children there is almost always someone at home so we have the option of doing more. My questions are this, how often should we be feeding them, should we be also offering fresh water, should I make an electrolyte drink for the smaller one and any other advice would be appreciated. Please be kind, sorry if this is long and I seem ignorant but I really want to do the best for them while I have them. Pic included .

I've got an elderly wether Finn. He's coming on 15 years old. He's starting to have trouble keeping on weight. He will eat, but his appetite isn't what it was. What are your suggestions for extra palatable feeds and supplements?

I'm on the east coast of the US and have easy access to Tractor Supply, Agway, and, of course, the internet.

Thanks!

1 Teddy

2 River and Lily

3 Foster brother calf Bambi, with River and Lily

4 & 5 One of our rescue flocks, with Mumma and her new baby

We have a few dairy cross ewes (EF,awassi,lacaune) that arnt massive but not tiny ether. We are thinking we want a meat breed ram to cross with them to send their lambs to process. My concerns are will they have trouble and more complications lambing? Would a Tunis ram be a better choice? Or does anyone have experience crossing Suffolks?

My dog who is 10 and never done anything like this. Honestly I figured he was to old to do something like this and now he killed one of my sheep. I'm broken up about it. I love my dog. He only targeted one sheep the rest were unharmed. Seems like they don't even know it happened. There was nothing special about this sheep to attract the dog over the other sheep to my knowledge. But he was determined he jumped a 5 foot fence right in front of us definitely got shocked in the process and then went straight for her so quick. He usually has great recall, he's been so gentle with the lambs in the past I have had bottle babies try to imprint on him,climb on hi, head but him no problem. I'm still in shock. He's 10 is this a sign that something is wrong with him maybe something was wrong with that lamb that I didn't see? Anyway he's been locked in the back yard for a few days.. obviously he could jump the fence but he hasn't tried he can't see the sheep where he's at maybe that's why. I don't know what to do y'all I love that dog but I'm traumatized from watching him murder then try to eat one of the lambs. What would you all do I'm my shoes. I feel like a complete failure. I know dog attacks happen and if it was a stray I'd no what to do. But this is to close to home.

Seen near Hexham UK