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Mineral oil
Lamb puller
Lamb snare cord
Old towels
Heat lamp
Iodine – 7% tincture
Wide-mouth jar, preferably plastic
Blunt scissors or knife
Halter
Head gate
Glucose injection
Baby milk bottle and teat
Stomach tube or human male catheter tube
Rubber ear syringe or 60 ml hypodermic syringe
When assistance is needed:
Most lambs are born without assistance and without trouble. In a healthy flock, 95% of the ewes do not need assistance when they lamb. But there are times when a ewe may need help, and when and if you should lend a helping hand or to leave her alone is always a dilemma.
A ewe must be given enough time to deliver her lamb herself, but you should not wait until she has stopped trying. A general guideline is to allow a ewe that has already lambed before to lamb by herself for half an hour to an hour after the water bag breaks, or up to 2 hours of labor. When this time has passed she will most likely need to be assisted. However, if it is the first time a ewe has lambed give her a little longer, around 3 hours.
Lamb puller
Lamb snare cord
Old towels
Heat lamp
Iodine – 7% tincture
Wide-mouth jar, preferably plastic
Blunt scissors or knife
Halter
Head gate
Glucose injection
Baby milk bottle and teat
Stomach tube or human male catheter tube
Rubber ear syringe or 60 ml hypodermic syringe
When assistance is needed:
Most lambs are born without assistance and without trouble. In a healthy flock, 95% of the ewes do not need assistance when they lamb. But there are times when a ewe may need help, and when and if you should lend a helping hand or to leave her alone is always a dilemma.
A ewe must be given enough time to deliver her lamb herself, but you should not wait until she has stopped trying. A general guideline is to allow a ewe that has already lambed before to lamb by herself for half an hour to an hour after the water bag breaks, or up to 2 hours of labor. When this time has passed she will most likely need to be assisted. However, if it is the first time a ewe has lambed give her a little longer, around 3 hours.