So far the sheep have gone into labour and got on with it.
But for one of them it clearly wasnt straightforward, and after watching a could of hours of restless, uncomfortable wandering around the field , we had to have a look
And a foot , so it was a breech (wrong way round ) presentation.
Here are some diagrams . We've had a breech lamb deliver byherself in the past , and its usually OK as long as the lamb isnt too big. Labour takes a bit longer as the presenting part doesn't dilate things as effectively as a head . But this had gone on for too long and the vet was summoned.
And the vet delivered a dead lamb.
Looking at it , it had been dead for a while (couple of days perhaps) . Some of the fluid looked infected and the placenta wasnt really there any more.
The ewe was given a shot of antibiotics and remained in a pen in case we had to do something else.
Last year we had a couple of lambs die just before or just after birth . The ewe , not really aware of what has happened, goes round looking for a bleating for her lamb as this ewe is doing this morning
And the lamb ?
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