lambing Articles

The following list contains items that should be on-hand when ewes begin to lamb:

Feeding tube

Plastic sleeves and lubricant for pulling lambs

Frozen colostrum

Milk replacer

Warming box for chilled lambs

Rectal thermometer

Syringes and needles

Iodine solution

Injectable Vit. E/Selenium

Vaccines (enterotoxemia, tetanus)

Ear tags (or other identification supplies)

Docking and castration instruments

Disinfectant

Information above from "Prepare Now for Lambing Season" by Scott Greiner, Extension Animal Scientist, Virginia Tech

ASSISTING THE EWE AT LAMBING

This Factsheet is one of a set of three concerning lamb survival: "Assisting the Ewe at Lambing", "Hypothermia in Newborn Lambs", and "Care of the Newborn Lamb". They should be read together.

AVOIDING LAMBING SEASON PROBLEMS

University of Minnesota/R. M. Jordan and H. E. Hanke Animal Science

BREEDING & LAMBING CHART

Breeders' World (based on 145 days)

CARE OF EWES AND LAMBS AT LAMBING TIME

Helen A. Swartz, Ph.D./State Sheep, Goat & Small Livestock Specialist

CARE OF THE NEWBORN LAMB

Gestation Care, Lambing Facilities, Lambing Preparations, Lamb Processing Kit, Lambing, TINT Your Lambs and Fostering

COLOSTRUM REQUIRMENTS OF NEWBORN LAMBS

J. D. Bobb, D.V.M. International SheepLetter/PipeVet

ENSURE A HEALTHY LAMB CROP

Dr Simon Kenyon, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, Spring 1999

HAVE YOU PREPARED YOUR BARN FOR LAMBING?

Dr. Gary E. Ricketts

HOMEMADE ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION

You can make in a pinch

HYPOTHERMIA IN NEWBORN LAMBS

Introduction, Heat Production, Recognizing Hypothermia, Treatment & Colostrum

Note: You can place a new born that is cold in a tub of water, to heat them up, but if you decide to try this, try putting them in a large plastic garbage sack first, and hold it closed around the neck, (dont strangle them).

LAMBING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Lambing, and the care of ewes and lambs by Ronald Florence, PhD

LAMBING FROM A to Z

So Your Ewe is Pregnant......Now What? Project done by: Amy Bergstedt, Lindsey Crosby, Sarah Shaffer Spring 2003

LAMBING MANAGEMENT TIPS

Steve Umberger, Animal & Poultry Sciences/Virginia Cooperative Extension

LAMBING TIME IS AROUND THE CORNER

Jeff Held, SDSU Extension Sheep Specialist

LAMBING TIME - EWES, LAMBS, AND YOU

Roger G. Haugen, Extension Sheep Specialist North Dakota State University

NEWBORN LAMB MANAGEMENT

Scott Greiner, Extension Animal Scientist, Sheep, Virginia Tech