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ewe udders
Author: mary herrs 
Date:   11-29-13 08:50

My brother has a commercial flock of ewe, when he weans the lambs in the spring he stops the grain for the ewe about 3 days before weaning and they just get hay. It still seems we have several ewes that when they lamb the next time they have one side of the udder hard. Also at times they just don't let the milk down for a while. We have had sheep since the 70's and this is something that has seem to just started to occur. He pastures them, during the summer and when crops are out they pick thru the fields, corn and soybeans. Any suggestions for next weaning would be helpfull.

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Re: ewe udders
Author: Gordon 
Date:   12-02-13 16:00

If you are weaning these lambs before they are 90 days old then I would take the ewes off of all feed and water for at least 24 hours.They should only have rough hay or straw and water for the next week. High milk producing ewes will have more problems with this than others. If this becomes a problem with many ewes then I would have your vet draw blood from them and see if he finds a problem.

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