[Jacob-list] babies

[Linda]

OOPS!  Glad you didn't lose the ram or the ewe.  

Linda
having a senior moment here in Georgia
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:28:08 -0800, Linda wrote:
> Sorry to hear you lost the ram, but congratulations on being there
> to save the ewe lamb.
>
> Linda
> www.patchworkfibers.com
> Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 01:05:59 -0800 (PST), Mary Hansson wrote:
>> Hi Linda and all,
>>
>> Had first lambs within the last 20 minutes or so.  ISS Inga didn't
>> want supper last night, so I was on my guard for her to go
>> probably
>> about midnight.  Nothing was happening on the monitor until she
>> woke me up brawling away this morning about 3 am.
>>
>> This would be the ewe that as a lamb brawled her way from NC to MO
>> to TX in a dog cage (with another ewe lamb friend).  She
>> eventually
>> brawled her way from TX back to NC in my old sheep trailer....
>>
>> Anyway, I went out to see lots of noise and no real effort.  I
>> locked her in to her prepared lambing jug and watched for about 15
>> minutes.  She finally laid down and gave a few good pushes before
>> getting
>> up---all to no visible change on the outside.  She, of course,
>> believed she had worked hard enough for all babies to have been
>> flung out.
>>
>> I went in to make a pot of coffee and get her a pan of water for
>> when babies were born.  Noted monitor was quiet---HUMMMM.  Bustled
>> back out to find ram lamb born and being cleaned off...OOPS.  Mis-
>> judged that one.  You can bet I didn't leave again!
>>
>> Glad I didn't, as the second one came about 15 minutes later.  As
>> she was pushing, I maneuvered myself into position to make sure
>> head/front tootsies were
>> present....OOPS!  Tail and back legs....Over the side I went,
>> popped the sack, and pulled baby right out.
>>
>> This is a case where I would have shown up to find a dead lamb had
>> I not been there to assist.  When the rib cage exits the ewe, it
>> expands.  That pulls
>> whatever is at the nose into the lamb's lungs.  If it isn't air
>> (as
>> would be when head is hanging out of ewe) and is amniotic fluid,
>> lamb doesn't have a chance.
>>
>> Mom and babies are doing well.  This is the latest start to my
>> lambing season yet!  That makes 20-some to go....
>>
>> Proud dad is Huntsberger Carl.  Ram and ewe lamb (ewe born last).
>> Both have missing eye patch, so will see if that is a trait he
>> aids
>> or if the predominance comes from Inga's side (her brother had a
>> VERY light face).  Other markings very nice on these lambs.
>>
>> =====
>> Mary Ellen Hansson, MEd, RD, LDN
>> ISeeSpots Farm
>> Jacob Sheep:  Lambs, adults, wool
>> www.iseespots.com
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