So it was a bit of a surprise at 6am going and seeing the ewe to find a head protruding.
Nothing for it but to get on , I suppose.
The first one was the normal presentation with the feet extended. So its 'just a matter of' waiting until enough has appeared that you can get hold of, and then pulling in a downward direction.
and about 20 minutes later mother and first lamb are doing well.
So a bit of a wait for the second one .
About an hour later she started contracting again. but this time there was a head and instead of the legs being straight out in front, they were bent back at the elbow joint.
Hmmm - a malpresentation and time to send for help .
So with some help and advice from a local farmer the position was converted to the normal one and then we had 2 lambs.
So 2 lambs. And according to the local expert, they are both a good size , in spite of the ram being a small Boreray. So 2 large lambs and an elderly ewe is the likely cause of the toxaemia.
And the toxaemia has interrupted the production of milk, so at the moment the ewe has no milk and we are starting to bottle-feed the youngsters.
As the lambs are likely to have been born early the advice is to keep mother and lambs inside for a couple of days.
Hopefully this wont all prove too much for the ewe,
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