A very difficult lambing

This ewe managed to have 2 lambs coming out at the same time. Video not great but you can hear me occasionally make rude remarks. A tangle of 3 legs in exit channel is not good news. One lambs head was turned back over it’s shoulder. So it was at the wrong angle to come out following its 2 front legs. Lots of cursing but 1st lamb gets pulled then swung to get goop out of its wind pipe & lungs. The backwards lamb comes out easy but has no life. It probably died when I was trying to sort legs out inside the ewes uterus. Poor old ewe. Twas her first time lambing & she had a rough go at it. Very glad this ewe came back & started cleaning up her 2 living lambs. Sometimes after a hard lambing a ewe rejects her lambs. Sadly I lost this wonderful ewe 2 days later.

Zwartbles Ireland is a small company run from a farm in County Kilkenny in Ireland. We sell, Zwartbles sheep, Zwartbles blankets and yarn made from the sheep, and calendars featuring the Cats Shepherd Bodacious and Inca the World's Smallest Sheepdog.

Видео A very difficult lambing канала Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton