lambs suffocating in birth sac

weatherbyfoxer

started loosing a few too many lambs here at lambing from suffocating in the sac when they are born..have noticed the sac's being very thick and hard to break on some that i have had to pull!..any idea what causes this?..mineral deficiency maybe?..no problems with weak lambs do once there out of the sac

weatherbyfoxer

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

started loosing a few too many lambs here at lambing from suffocating in the sac when they are born..have noticed the sac's being very thick and hard to break on some that i have had to pull!..any idea what causes this?..mineral deficiency maybe?..no problems with weak lambs do once there out of the sac

Too easy lambed,they are not forcing through it coming out imo

I had that problem last year,you just have to be there,charloais by any chance??

(I think the sac being strong is a sign of well fed ewes and everything being right inside afaik,)

weatherbyfoxer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Too easy lambed,they are not forcing through it coming out imo

I had that problem last year,you just have to be there,charloais by any chance??

(I think the sac being strong is a sign of well fed ewes and everything being right inside afaik,)

no texel n Suffolk rams on mainly mule ewes..problem only really started recently the past few days

weatherbyfoxer

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

no texel n Suffolk rams on mainly mule ewes..problem only really started recently the past few days

Jesus...im no help for you so

Thats what i put it down to,with charlois lambs....

razor8

Happened me back in 2012 after a bad year. Ewes where thinner & I feed hard and was using lick buckets & I blamed them

Had to be there 24/7

By any chance did you use lick or feed buckets?

weatherbyfoxer

razor8 wrote: »

Happened me back in 2012 after a bad year. Ewes where thinner & I feed hard and was using lick buckets & I blamed them

Had to be there 24/7

By any chance did you use lick or feed buckets?

no never use licks at all,im wondering is it a mineral deficiency causing it

wrangler

razor8 wrote: »

Happened me back in 2012 after a bad year. Ewes where thinner & I feed hard and was using lick buckets & I blamed them

Had to be there 24/7

By any chance did you use lick or feed buckets?

Must be very frustrating, never had it here,

razor8

wrangler wrote: »

Must be very frustrating, never had it here,

nightmare. even when you were already in the shed you could still lose one if not alert or doing other things

thankfully never an issue since

Lano Lynn

Deleted User wrote: »

Too easy lambed,they are not forcing through it coming out imo

I had that problem last year,you just have to be there,charloais by any chance??

(I think the sac being strong is a sign of well fed ewes and everything being right inside afaik,)

I have a mate with texel x ewes for sale this back end ,they won't have this problem:D(see general thread)

Green farmer

Had It here a few years back. I changed to a different brand of ewe nuts at the time and haven't seen it since.