Anyway after Cheeky passed away, we lost two more lambs within a couple of days which was quite sad - Limpy and Bambi who to be honest had probably been the two weakest lambs since they arrived.The vet diagnosed Coccidia and we have treated our remaining 17 sheep with Vecoxan. Rosie and another small lamb that for some reason I have taken to calling Matilda (even though it is a boy) continued to scour for a while and needed regular re hydration mixes. All does seem well now although they continue to be the smallest of the lambs.
The whole flock are now out in the big field. Often it is hard to find them in the long grass (see below pic) until we start shaking the creep bucket!
On the subject of creep feed, they love their daily ration and anybody with the bucket is mobbed and pushed and pulled until they get it, below is a video of Jess being chased around the field!
We have also been getting stuck into and learning lots of new jobs, dagging (not to pleasant), tubing, re hydrating and I even had a first go with a syringe last week, giving them all a shot of Vitamin B to get the tummies working. Coming up we have weighing to determine what dose of drench they need (to clear up tape worm) and also need to see if some of the bigger ones are approaching slaughter weight :-)
Finally, this week in Winchfield Festival and its the big picnic tomorrow - hopefully the weather is kind - word has it that us and our lambs are quite the talk of the village!
Below is another video of Jess feeding and a couple of new pictures - plenty more pictures in the gallery!
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