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James · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:31 am Post subject: Awful news

Got up at 3, gimmer started to lamb. Sat there for an hour, listening to her pushing in pain, squealing her head off and none stop bleating.

I was so excited when I saw the feet, then the head!

It come out not breathing, like all, and we were expecting a cough and a splutter and then come to life.

My dad was 20 minutes trying to bring it round. 20 minutes. Tried everything, swinging it, dunking it in water, even mouth to mouth. But, all to no avail. No luck.

He was a pretty little lamb aswell. I'd say he would have died because of the fact she is a gimmer, and never done it before, so it goes slower.

Words can't describe how upset I am. Waited since September 10th for this. The past couple of weeks I have been so excited! I feel it for the sheep, as she went through all this for nothing. Just hope there is another one now.

Really, really, gutted

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Mamodman123 · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject:

Sorry to hear that Jimbo....The circle of life I guess.....

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James · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject:

It was as tup, and to big for her on her first time.

Just rang Martin Robinson who we bought her off and whos tup we ran her with. He said it would have been dead while it was inside her, and that's why it was born at that time of the night.

She won't settle, she's up and down and bleating her head off to try and find her lamb. We rang Carol Martin who is the head of the Lincoln Longwool Breeders Association, and she is looking out for a caid Lincoln lamb for her, she's ringing us back before 4.

If we can't get one of them, we are getting a Texel off Martin. I know it isn't a Lincoln but it will satisfy her needs, she has teats like 2 inches down and she's full of milk.

Not at school today, had half an hours sleep all night. Up and down checking if she was any further as she was a gimmer so would probably need help. She did. Old man had to pull it out. It was a big lamb though, and would have made a beautiful tup.
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MTA · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject:

Very sorry to hear that James, I was just as excited as you were. By the way, what is a 'tup'

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James · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject:

Male sheep with bollocks, not castrated. You can call them rams aswell. Tup is just slang for shag

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James · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject:

Just been to fetch the Texel. Rubbed it on the dead lamb, and now waiting to see if she accepts it...
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MTA · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject:

Hope all goes well James

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James · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject:

Nope, she won't accpet her.

Got to milk her now, until we can buy some LamLac.

She got to sleep in my room tonight in a puppy pen

I got a picture, I'll upload it in a mo...
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MTA · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject:

Sorry to hear that mate, I presume after awhile the mother will calm down

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James · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject:

Don't know mate. Just not interested in her. Tried everything apart from skinning the dead one, and we ain't doing that.

Here's the Texel:

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MTA · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject:

I like the way that she looks like she's smiling

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James · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject:

She's 3 days old
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Sandman · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject:

James · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject:

She's laid next to me now, just given her 200ml of nice warm milk.

She still doesn't make up for the dead one

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Sandman · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject: