Here is what I keep on hand for the just-in-case times that occur from year to year:

In the freezer I have Merrick’s Super Lamb instant milk replacer as well as colostrum which I get from a neighboring organic dairy farm.

Among other items in my lambing-time bucket I have up-to-the-shoulder OB gloves and OB gel so I can always have a clean, slippery hand if I need to straighten-out an unborn lamb (still in the uterus) .  These are available from most livestock supply catalogs .   I also keep   Betadine scrub in a squeeze bottle which could be used with warm water and a soft cloth if there is a prolapse (after the lambs are weaned I’d cull that ewe but that’s my management).

For the every-lamb needs:  nutri-drench (a brownish vitamin & mineral goo that I give from a pump-bottle), sharp scissors and chlorhexadine in a teat-dipper (livestock supply catalog again) for cutting and dipping the lamb’s umbilical cord.  [I don't use 7% iodine solution because it 'burns,' but that is my management practice and other opinions differ.]

Twin lambs that don’t seem to be thriving like the others?  If the ewe’s udder looks okay, my guess is the ewe— for some reason— isn’t making enough milk.  So I worm the ewe, give the lambs some extra lamb vitamins, and offer them “warm” sheep-milk-replacer.  By ‘warm’ I mean neutral to my wrist.  Dried sheep-milk-replacer (I use Merrick Super Lamb) is something I keep on hand (a 5-pound tub in my big freezer from year to year) for the just-in-case times.  If I can entice the lamb(s) to suck on the bottle then this will supplement what they’re getting form Mom.  I always leave lambs in with the flock so they learn to be ‘sheep’ but a little extra milk can only help them be thrive.  [Note: I will transition them to liking cold milk later on, just because it is easier for me.  For now though warm is most like Mom.]

All of our 2009 lambs are now born and looking great.  If the sun stays out photos will be posted on the Land & Lamb web site.  Colors include brown, badgers and one ‘reverse badger,’ totally black and several ‘Two Grey Hills’ black.  They’re rushing around  and growing and ever so cute as they begin to eat hay.