Hey Bonnie - our boys are just 2 weeks old now & doing well.
As Red said, there's an awful lot of triplets around this year & I don't know about the UK, but it seems like over here, the smaller sheep guys are getting overwhelmed with them.
Our smallest guy is getting bloat if I feed milk replacer alone, so now I'm mixing half & half with probiotic yoghurt & so far, so good.
Our routine is now 4 bottles a day, with the largest amount being guzzled first thing & just a token 200 mls or so just before bed. They have access to water, but don't seem too keen - they have access to lamb pencils (only a few each day) & they have a practice, but aren't too fussed about those either - they have access to hay bundles which have magically sprouted all around the garden & they nibble at those in passing.
At night just before dark, I take their milk out & they run up to Leah's old plastic playhouse which Andy converted for us & in they go - last night I was a few minutes late & they were in there already, yay!
Apart from that, during the day they love nothing better than to run at the Bassets & try to engage them in a game of chase - and usually fail!
Bear in mind that a few weeks ago when our 2 young bassets escaped, the guys next door told me that they were trying to get out because they are hounds & just want to go kill sheep at this time of year. They were made to eat their words when they saw the lambs cuddled up with all 3 dogs indoors!
(The dogs don't want to kill sheep at all - they were chasing a stray cat through the woods!!)
Anyway, Red had better steel herself, as it's a learning curve for us too - so what's better, castrate or not? I asked the lads next door if they could come & band ours - they did the tails, but the 'bits'... well, they just refused!
And on that note, bottle 1 of the day is calling, catch you later xx
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