flowerbug
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sadly things like that do happen from time to time. i hope Specks recovers completely. 
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AMKuska
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Sorry about the lamb, he was a beauty. I am glad the ewe survived though.
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baymule
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When I go out to feed the sheep, cardinals come flying in to swoop down, grab a morsel and fly away to consume it safely away from trampling feet. I enjoy them in their beauty.
In this picture, on the post cross bar, is a tiny brown speckled bird. Don’t know what it is, but a bunch of them show up, enthusiastically hopping around for dropped bits of feed.
In this picture, on the post cross bar, is a tiny brown speckled bird. Don’t know what it is, but a bunch of them show up, enthusiastically hopping around for dropped bits of feed.
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I'm so sorryWell today didn’t go at all like I thought it would. I went to the post office this morning , came back and Specks was laying out in the field. She hasn’t been too perky the last couple of days so I was concerned. I went inside, came back out and Specks was in the newest pallet palace I built. She was prolapsing.
I went back in, got a prolapse harness, spoon and supplies. I haltered her and led her to another pen. I have never used a prolapse harness and it took me awhile to get her rigged up. I called @Ridgetop for guidance but she was outside, I left her a message. I was trying to figure out the spoon when I noticed something black sticking out. Not a prolapse! Premature birth. It was a tiny ear.
Lambs head was tucked downward, so the top of the head crowned. @Ridgetop explained to me that was causing the bulging lady hoo-hah. Head was not backwards, the chin was tucked downward and the top of the head was coming first. The big bulge I was seeing looked like a prolapse.
I pulled when she pushed and the lamb came out. Dead. A ram lamb and beautiful color. I was sad to have lost him, but I still have Specks. Specks is from Texas Five White Dorper, Cleopatra and Cooper Katahdin ram. She was bred to Little Ringo, who is white except for 3 brown spots and 1 black spot on his ears. Specks was white, covered with red speckles. The dead lamb’s color looked like an American Blackbelly, and he had white patches on his back, white on top of his head and 2 white feet. Gorgeous.
I gave Specks Nutridrench, B vitamins shot and antibiotics shot. I drenched her with warm molasses water. She just laid there, probably in shock. I left the dead lamb with her and about an hour later she got up. She ate a little, walked around, a little worse for wear, but ok. I took the lamb and disposed of it.
Picture of her pushed out bulging lady part that looked like a prolapse to me until a tiny black ear sticking out told me birth was on the way. Then the head crowned.
I’m posting pictures of Specks, lamb crowning. The next picture is the dead lamb. So if you don’t want to see, stop here. I recognize that some people don’t like such things, so don’t look.
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Dead lamb. I put Little Ringo in the field September 13, at the earliest, Specks was 3 weeks early.
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27 lambs. Minus one.
. Poor little thing 
