This weekend we were quite busy and had a few new arrivals. First we had a couple of baby chicks come in that needed yo be kept warm under the red light and they had to be fed and given water. These chick were bestowed upon the 1st years to take care of for the weekend as they are easy and they just need to be checked through the day.
Our second new arrival was a little lamb with a deformed hind leg. They brought it in with the mother so it could still drink from her and get the needed collostrum from her to survive. All we had to make sure of was that he was able to get to the teat which is difficult when he can not support himself to stand up yet. We helped him the first couple of times and now he is strong enough to drink from her himself. He is doing great and I hope to see him in the farmyard in the near future.
And then finally our last new arrival came in the day after he was born and he needed dextrose and collostrum to put the strength back immediately. This was a little waterbuck from a game capturing company and we had to make sure he was kept warm at all times because he could get pnemonia if cold.
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