rev.hodl on Nostr: **East Friesian Dairy lambs born earlier than expected on the homestead!** ...
**East Friesian Dairy lambs born earlier than expected on the homestead!**
A couple of dairy sheep have given birth to lambs over the past couple days when they were expected to have them in early May. Our East Friesian dairy ram got in with the ewes over the summer, and we thought we removed him before he was able to breed any. It turns out he was able to get the job done very quickly and clearly showing a preference for the Easter Friesian dairy ewes.
It was almost 24 hours after the first ewe had given birth before we noticed. She had given birth to twins but we found one dead already. Her lamb was struggling so we gave it some electrolytes and made a little coat for it after letting it warm up near the bitcoin mining clothes dryer for a few hours. It's doing well now, but we have them both in a stall close to the house to keep an eye on them for now.
The second ewe gave birth a day later to a single lamb. It was also struggling with the cold and having trouble nursing. We took it in, warmed it up with the miner, made a coat for it and gave it some colostrum (frozen from last spring). We put them both in a second stall, trimmed the wool around the ewe's utter, and setup some heat lamps for the lambs.
So far, they are all doing well. We are thinking there might be one more ewe due to lamb early so we are still keeping a close eye on the flock. Even though we don't have lushious pasture to feed the ewes, we are still going to start getting sheep's milk a few months earlier than expected and with each ewe only raising one lamb there should be plenty extra milk for us to have some.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #dairysheep #lamb #rawmilk #theproblemisthesolution
A couple of dairy sheep have given birth to lambs over the past couple days when they were expected to have them in early May. Our East Friesian dairy ram got in with the ewes over the summer, and we thought we removed him before he was able to breed any. It turns out he was able to get the job done very quickly and clearly showing a preference for the Easter Friesian dairy ewes.
It was almost 24 hours after the first ewe had given birth before we noticed. She had given birth to twins but we found one dead already. Her lamb was struggling so we gave it some electrolytes and made a little coat for it after letting it warm up near the bitcoin mining clothes dryer for a few hours. It's doing well now, but we have them both in a stall close to the house to keep an eye on them for now.
The second ewe gave birth a day later to a single lamb. It was also struggling with the cold and having trouble nursing. We took it in, warmed it up with the miner, made a coat for it and gave it some colostrum (frozen from last spring). We put them both in a second stall, trimmed the wool around the ewe's utter, and setup some heat lamps for the lambs.
So far, they are all doing well. We are thinking there might be one more ewe due to lamb early so we are still keeping a close eye on the flock. Even though we don't have lushious pasture to feed the ewes, we are still going to start getting sheep's milk a few months earlier than expected and with each ewe only raising one lamb there should be plenty extra milk for us to have some.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #dairysheep #lamb #rawmilk #theproblemisthesolution
quoting nevent1q…qkdgUpgraded Bitcoin mining clothes dryer has been a huge improvement over the original setup.
Now that I can attenuate the power consumption/hashrate with 3rd party firmware, I can essentially run the dryer on different presets based on what I'm drying. Also, with lower fan speeds, the positive pressure in the drum is reduced which means less lint and heat escaping into the room.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #bitcoin #mining #bitcoinmining #homemining #plebminer
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