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Meg had triplets ! #7793794
02/08/23 10:46 AM
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Last night around 1:00 am...my son checked on Meg..out in the baahn ..and found a set of triplets.

Meg pushed all these babies out by herself.

Thankfully they weren't born last Saturday when it was -15 and 35 mph winds.

They look to be about 12-13 pounds each...going out to weigh them now

This is only our second set of triplets in 20 years


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793797
02/08/23 10:50 AM
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That's really neat, Nessy. A happy time for all in the baahn. A nice warm stall you have for them.

" We are poor , little lambs, who have lost , our way.........bahhhh bahhhhh bahhh..........." cool

Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793799
02/08/23 10:52 AM
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Congrats, Grampa!!!!!

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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793801
02/08/23 11:01 AM
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Nice!! Love sheep and lambing is an exciting time. We used to raise sheep and I really miss this time of year.


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793803
02/08/23 11:05 AM
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Awesome., when it gets extremely cold I have a blue plastic barrel with lid I hang a heat light inside with some hard wire cloth below screwed to the side so my goats can jump up and hit the light. I cut a hole in the side so the baby goats can get inside. If it's to warm they can get out and lay under the heat light in the stall where it's 20°cooler.

We had a doe that always has 2 have 4 last year and all 4 were doe.

Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793805
02/08/23 11:06 AM
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Well that is some good news .That will give you something to do while you wait for spring to arrive

Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793806
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very nice!

Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793811
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nice . . think she'll be able to feed all three or will you bottle feed?

Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793813
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Congrats Ness is momma claiming them all? You going to let her raise them all or you gonna put one on the bottle?

Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793820
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Nice!!


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Michael Lippold] #7793827
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My son said she has a big bag and plenty of milk for 3. But there's only 2 teats...so he will check there bellies and supplement with a bottle just to get them up and running..then they should be fine.

Was supposed to have 5 ewes lambing ...but only 2 got bred. So it's easy to stay on top of them


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793829
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Originally Posted by Nessmuck
My son said she has a big bag and plenty of milk for 3. But there's only 2 teats...so he will check there bellies and supplement with a bottle just to get them up and running..then they should be fine.

Was supposed to have 5 ewes lambing ...but only 2 got bred. So it's easy to stay on top of them



Good deal sometimes we leave all the triplets with a momma and sometimes we pull one. Just depends on the momma and how the babies look

Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793830
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She is talking to her babies here


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Michael Lippold] #7793831
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Originally Posted by Michael Lippold
Originally Posted by Nessmuck
My son said she has a big bag and plenty of milk for 3. But there's only 2 teats...so he will check there bellies and supplement with a bottle just to get them up and running..then they should be fine.

Was supposed to have 5 ewes lambing ...but only 2 got bred. So it's easy to stay on top of them



Good deal sometimes we leave all the triplets with a momma and sometimes we pull one. Just depends on the momma and how the babies look


Yup....just have to see how it goes


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793860
02/08/23 12:43 PM
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Hamp or Shrop?


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Kelly] #7793876
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Originally Posted by Kelly
Hamp or Shrop?



Right inbetween...Oxfords


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793883
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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793900
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Congratulations, sheep farmer!


wanna be goat farmer.
Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Nessmuck] #7793915
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I don't know anything about sheep, if twins or triplets are mixed sex are they all free martins like cattle?


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Re: Meg had triplets ! [Re: Leftlane] #7793930
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Originally Posted by Leftlane
I don't know anything about sheep, if twins or triplets are mixed sex are they all free martins like cattle?



Yes the twins of different sex can breed not free martins

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