Had A Hectic Hour...

[magsmay]

Oh I am so pleased and relieved at the same time I had to share ;-) I have just spent the last hour with a poor sheep that was trying to deliver a lamb -have been watching it all afternoon and although its best to leave them to it just had a gut feeling something wasn't right so went over to it in the field - it had a lambs bum sticking out of it -not a good sign as they normally come front feet first - I managed to get the lamb out and it wasn't breathing so I slapped it and cleaned the gunk out of its mouth and it coughed and came round - I am so pleased -its a female lamb - huge -and it would have been born dead if I'd left the sheep to it -''result'' as my youngest son would say -happy happy ;-)

[lady-janine]

sqad - return my copy of that cook book at once. it is giving you too many ideas. you know the one i mean. ("the high sexuality diet"). you can keep "50 ways to eat raw squid".

[grasscarp]

Shouldn't that be raw sqad?

[mrs.chappie]

If you post a pic of your sheep and it looks exactly like DTC's sheep, we'll know you're trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

[society]

You too 2sp!? Enormous admiration from me for you two, you both are so courageous.

[lady-janine]

lol @ carpy. it is only a little book.

[society]

Ewwww eat Sqad!???

[grasscarp]

Only little? What about giant Sqad - sorry squid ...

[lady-janine]

it is by ursula lecordier and cost £1.60. not going to say why or how i got it.

[grasscarp]

You had a brief flounder with a fisherman!

[Iluvspikey]

I have friends who are farmers, what with the weather, cost of feed, etc, they are giving up the sheep - have you had any problems with Schmollenberg disease?

[lady-janine]

no carpy but he did have a floating gin palace.

[horseshoes]

As Magsmay, that's wonderful. I'd love to see a photo of ewe and lamb. PS I love your magic circle gravatar. I love that painting. Waterhouse is my ABSOLUTE favourite artist. Sorry for digressing.

[magsmay]

@Iluvspikey -no, thankfully no problems with Schmollenberg disease. We used to have a commercial herd but now just have a few (30) as a hobby but it cost a fortune this year to feed them as there is no grass up here in the fields yet. -they are getting through about £50 of hay a week and £25 of sheep nuts -so it an expensive year -thankfully we have a large percentage of big healthy twins.

[wullybaxter]

well done magsmay. there's not a lot wrong with going with the old gut feeling
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