Sandi Brock at Sheepishly Me is a large scale shepherdess in Canada. She has made a couple videos about Pregnancy Toxemia and may be a good resource for you for health and husbandry issues going forward. She seems to have a good vet there and often shares the instructions she gets as she shows the treatments. Best of luck. I sure enjoy your videos!!
Very informative. I love how they move TOGETHER. From grain to hay..no stragglers shuffling to next offering lol. April is going to be exciting for you. 🇨🇦🌻
Thanks. They stick together pretty tight! We had a bit of trouble pulling the first one out and then the second one. They don't want to leave the group. Appreciate you watching!
I just found your channel. We are doing a very similar thing with a small farm in Kentucky. We have a small commercial flock of Katadin x Suffolk and bought a registered White Dorper Ram. Alfalfa pellets are an excellent supplement/ boost for Pregnancy toxemia. We had a ewe looking off color, a bit stiff when she walked and laying down more than usual, I suspected Toxemia as she is due to lamb at the start of April. We boosted her feed with a mix of cracked corn and alfalfa pellets, 3/4’s of a pound per day. This extra energy seemed to help, she showed no improvement the first two days but by day 3 was back to her old self. We feed her a half pound of alfalfa pellets every second day now, above her regular ration. We feed good quality hay and a 15% sheep ration at 1 pound per ewe per day. (This is for winter lambing) Last summer the ewes that lambed were on good pasture, rotation grazed and got no grain. Also I would recommend a UA-cam Channel called Sheepishly Me. She has a large commercial flock in Canada but shares a wealth of good sheep information. I hope this helps
When it has been a situation on our farm, I get the pediolyte electrolytes, Nature's Sunshine liquid chlorophyll (made from alfalfa), a shot of B for energy, Water with ACV ( does not need a lot) every few hours and straight water every hour, I have found that sometimes it works and sometimes not. I get tired of the lack of vets who are fully knowledgeable regarding farm animals
Thanks for the tips. The vet thing has been the most frustrating issue for us. Have had a couple of situations where we needed a vet and they weren't available. We have had a little luck recently in talking to a vet about 30 minutes away who does farm animals and we are trying to establish a relationship with her. Appreciate ya'll watching!
we raise registered fullblood dorpers. we are so lucky that we have a Veterinarian that makes "house calls" to our farm for a very reasonable fee. they have been so helpful and normally very prompt. Hope you can ultimately find some better local assistance. Premier! has a "ask the Vet" service and they have gotten back to me in about 24 hours or less several times answering questions. We are located in North central Kentucky
Thanks! Didn't know they offered that service. It really is tough on folks who are trying to raise animals on a farm. In more urban settings like ours, all the vets are for cats and dogs which makes it frustrating if you have an issue. We love the dorpers. They are hardy, easy lambing (so far, knock on wood) and fun to just sit and watch. Hope things are good in the Bluegrass state. Love Kentucky!!
That's too bad. Small farmers don't have access to the resources so they have to become resourceful and rely on themselves and each other. REally appreciate ya'll watching.
That's the nature of agriculture. Veterinary practice is a business as well and due to mega farms and the demise of the family farm most large animal practices are not sustainable.
No, we haven't had any issues with worms. I checked the sick ewe and she had really nice pink eyelids so she is certainly not anemic. When they are out on pasture, we rotate them daily and never hit the same paddock within about 30 days. That gives the parasite life cycle time to go all the way through without bringing the host back. Appreciate the question. Been enjoying the GOS series!
I have an ewe due in 5 days that has pregnancy toxemia. I have been treating with alternating Keto Gel and Karo syrup as guided by our farm vet. Also giving daily doses of Vitamin B. She has been up and down and it changes by the hour. It started 4 days ago, but she seems to be doing better. Vet advised to induce as she is so close to her due date. We inducted 24 hours ago, but nothing yet.
Sorry to hear you are having trouble. Sounds like you are on the right track though. Glad you have a vet that can help you through the problem. Interesting that she hasn’t lambed yet with the induction. Please keep us posted on how things go.
Sheraton Park Farms she delivered a big boy and a big girl today. Everyone is doing wonderful!! Mama and babies are all up and eating. We had to pull babies because they were big
Carrie Lawson - Your Rainy State Realtor that is awesome!!!! Congratulations. Glad everyone is doing well. Sounds like you managed the whole deal perfectly.
Sandi Brock at Sheepishly Me is a large scale shepherdess in Canada. She has made a couple videos about Pregnancy Toxemia and may be a good resource for you for health and husbandry issues going forward. She seems to have a good vet there and often shares the instructions she gets as she shows the treatments.
Best of luck. I sure enjoy your videos!!
I've watched some of Sandi's videos. Very informative. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching
What do you do for predator protection? We are in Maine looking to start a small flock but have worries about predators.
Very informative. I love how they move TOGETHER. From grain to hay..no stragglers shuffling to next offering lol. April is going to be exciting for you. 🇨🇦🌻
Thanks. They stick together pretty tight! We had a bit of trouble pulling the first one out and then the second one. They don't want to leave the group. Appreciate you watching!
I just found your channel. We are doing a very similar thing with a small farm in Kentucky. We have a small commercial flock of Katadin x Suffolk and bought a registered White Dorper Ram.
Alfalfa pellets are an excellent supplement/ boost for Pregnancy toxemia. We had a ewe looking off color, a bit stiff when she walked and laying down more than usual, I suspected Toxemia as she is due to lamb at the start of April. We boosted her feed with a mix of cracked corn and alfalfa pellets, 3/4’s of a pound per day. This extra energy seemed to help, she showed no improvement the first two days but by day 3 was back to her old self. We feed her a half pound of alfalfa pellets every second day now, above her regular ration. We feed good quality hay and a 15% sheep ration at 1 pound per ewe per day. (This is for winter lambing) Last summer the ewes that lambed were on good pasture, rotation grazed and got no grain. Also I would recommend a UA-cam Channel called Sheepishly Me. She has a large commercial flock in Canada but shares a wealth of good sheep information. I hope this helps
Fiona C nice. We’ve had fun with the sheep. The new baby made it with the work for sure! Thanks for watching.
When it has been a situation on our farm, I get the pediolyte electrolytes, Nature's Sunshine liquid chlorophyll (made from alfalfa), a shot of B for energy, Water with ACV ( does not need a lot) every few hours and straight water every hour, I have found that sometimes it works and sometimes not. I get tired of the lack of vets who are fully knowledgeable regarding farm animals
Thanks for the tips. The vet thing has been the most frustrating issue for us. Have had a couple of situations where we needed a vet and they weren't available. We have had a little luck recently in talking to a vet about 30 minutes away who does farm animals and we are trying to establish a relationship with her. Appreciate ya'll watching!
we raise registered fullblood dorpers. we are so lucky that we have a Veterinarian that makes "house calls" to our farm for a very reasonable fee. they have been so helpful and normally very prompt. Hope you can ultimately find some better local assistance. Premier! has a "ask the Vet" service and they have gotten back to me in about 24 hours or less several times answering questions.
We are located in North central Kentucky
Thanks! Didn't know they offered that service. It really is tough on folks who are trying to raise animals on a farm. In more urban settings like ours, all the vets are for cats and dogs which makes it frustrating if you have an issue. We love the dorpers. They are hardy, easy lambing (so far, knock on wood) and fun to just sit and watch. Hope things are good in the Bluegrass state. Love Kentucky!!
Love watching yall!
Thanks so much for watching. It’s always an adventure around here!
I live in Northern California and it is like this with a vet. here also.
That's too bad. Small farmers don't have access to the resources so they have to become resourceful and rely on themselves and each other. REally appreciate ya'll watching.
That is crazy that there aren't more livestock vets with as much livestock and agriculture as there is in this area.
Agree. We've started to develop a relationship with a good livestock vet over in Thomasville. Super helpful lady!!
That's the nature of agriculture. Veterinary practice is a business as well and due to mega farms and the demise of the family farm most large animal practices are not sustainable.
Do you have worn problems often with your dorpers?
No, we haven't had any issues with worms. I checked the sick ewe and she had really nice pink eyelids so she is certainly not anemic. When they are out on pasture, we rotate them daily and never hit the same paddock within about 30 days. That gives the parasite life cycle time to go all the way through without bringing the host back. Appreciate the question. Been enjoying the GOS series!
This is interesting
I have an ewe due in 5 days that has pregnancy toxemia. I have been treating with alternating Keto Gel and Karo syrup as guided by our farm vet. Also giving daily doses of Vitamin B. She has been up and down and it changes by the hour. It started 4 days ago, but she seems to be doing better. Vet advised to induce as she is so close to her due date. We inducted 24 hours ago, but nothing yet.
Sorry to hear you are having trouble. Sounds like you are on the right track though. Glad you have a vet that can help you through the problem. Interesting that she hasn’t lambed yet with the induction. Please keep us posted on how things go.
Sheraton Park Farms she delivered a big boy and a big girl today. Everyone is doing wonderful!! Mama and babies are all up and eating. We had to pull babies because they were big
Carrie Lawson - Your Rainy State Realtor that is awesome!!!! Congratulations. Glad everyone is doing well. Sounds like you managed the whole deal perfectly.
You can not go wrong by giving it a injection of antibiotics and vitamins..
We gave her some Vitamin B (not sure if I said that in the video) and it really helped her appetite. Thanks for watching!
She may need calcium as well ad you may not want to breed her again.