http://www.bbc.co.uk/lambinglive
This is the moment that Lambing Live is all about - the early lambs are coming thick and fast. Kate Humble has spent weeks learning to be a shepherdess - now she gets her first chance to help a ewe give birth to its lamb.
No need to lamb her, she'd have easily done it herself...
joshhardwick81 2 months ago
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shepherdewan 8 months ago
kates still got it. funny it's lamb when i'm thinking about pork....
sweetypie000 9 months ago
Maybe I shouldn't be watching this whilst cooking lamb for dinner......:-\
bus140808 10 months ago
Hi, very interesting. How did you become envolved in this? I've done a lot of work in animal welfare including valuable time I spent with RSPCA working for them undertaking several tasks & some of which were totally new to me but enjoyable to say the least. I've always wanted to have go at assisting with lambing & other animal births. I know this would be totally new to me but I'd love to try it with assistance. I look forward to hearing from you take care from Rich
bestrickie2 11 months ago
sheep are clever not stupid I would like see them getting sheared
shepherdewan 11 months ago
Well done. I have a long standing affiliation/experience in animal husbandry including how I've worked on urban farms. I'd be very interested in trying my hand at assitsing with lambing on a fully functional farm next spring. I'm aware this would be temporary wich is fine & I wonder who to contact or if you can assist I'd be most grateful. My web address is: ricksanimalcorner.tripod.com I can also send by post references of the type of work I've done for years. Yours sincerely R Chapple
bestrickie2 1 year ago
Delightful. I think the best bit is seeing the mother's expression when the lamb appears at the front - it's just of the purest joy.
olrepas 1 year ago
The gloves you wear are as thick as a sandwich bag so them being to thick isn't a problem. They can become a bit slippery with lube and usually are too big for your hand.
It's usually overlooked that the gloves are for YOUR hygiene as well as the ewe's. There's plenty of zoonotic pathogens in a lambing shed.
matt10990 1 year ago
@BeeAngelful You can wear long plastic gloves if you had some lubricant, but clean hands work fine too. Gloves can be useful if you have to insert your whole arm inside the ewe ie if the lamb is not presenting itself properly and you have to turn it. But if they're too thick you won't have a good grip, as ochayeman said.
wolvo7 1 year ago