Our first tragedyWe lost our first lamb today.
Well not the first lamb or the second, but the latest expected lamb.
The mum had been waddling about for the last few days so we were expecting the birth any day now.
This morning when I was feeding the sheep (some lucerne chaff as a supplement) I noticed the count was down one ewe and so went looking for her.
I found her on her side and her lamb still half way out.
Mum was still alive but her lamb was already dead.
So I pulled the lamb and the afterbirth out, and rolled mum onto her feet and she got up and staggered down to the feed trough to join the others.
So maybe, if I'd got up on the hour through the night I might have found and helped them both (Lindas suggestion) we'd have them both.
But in my defence we've been expecting this birth for the last few days, so I would have had to miss lots of sleep.
And maybe it was a difficult birth because it was late. The lamb appears to be bigger already than the last lamb we had.
Who knows.
At least we didn't lose mother and daughter.
