a world about mariams sheep and how to keep your sheep health and what to eat.whos 4-sale and how to look for the right sheep.lambing info is also inclued.
A sheep is a four legged mammal with a hard out side hoof that is split in half.It has a soft fine curly covering that is called wool.The sheep is a very stuiped animal that loves alfalfa and gain or oats.
The boy sheep is a called a ram and the girl sheep is called a ewe. A baby sheep is called a lamb. A boy sheep that is neutered is called a wether.
A ewe that is bred will lamb in 151 day after she is bred or a week earlier or a week later. Some signs that you can look for to know if your ewe will lamb pretty soon is to look for milk in the udder. Or if the ewe gets up and down sniffing the ground and baaing a lot. If you see any of thes signs put the ewe in the barn in a nice clean spot to lamb. Check the ewe alot from now on to see if you can see something different.In awhile you will see a water or wast bag hanging out. It will break so don't be alarmed.Maybe right after or 30 minites later after the water or wast bag beaks some feat will poke out of the ewes be hind.The frount legs are going to come out then the head and fowllowed by the rest of the body.In some of the births you will experents the lamb will come up side down or back wards or head first.In these cases you might need to put it out.As soon as the lamb is out you need to shake it around up side down and pat it on the bely till it sneazes or coughs. After that you need to get the slim off of the nose of the baby.
dry him off and keep him warm with a cloth or a old hair dryer.get him walking and standing then hold the ewe and put the teet in his or her mouth.A specail milk will come out called colostrum and it will help the lamb get started then after the lamb has drinken alot the colostrum will turn to milk.And well there you go you know how to take care of a sheep.
In the pictures below there are to lambs one you want to have and one you don't want to have.Take a look.