There was sadness yesterday. And one possible success. I will not say happiness. Though Boo is happy to have a new baby. Meadow has the same issues as Mia but she may not survive. And we are working on saving the one lamb that is still alive. 
Wait for it.
Meadow presented with all kinds of troubles yesterday. It was frankly terrible, I will not go into the details. A bloody mess. I don’t think she will survive and her first lamb was dead. But I have not given up hope for Meadow. Or her other little ram lamb though he is very weak. He has been rejected by his very sick mother and it is bitterly cold and we have a forecast of icy rain then more inches of snow all day – I have brought him inside.
He is drinking. And crying quietly sometimes now. Responding to noises and scratches behind the ears. He lies tucked up nicely. But he has not stood up – though he tries. But he does arrange his incredibly long legs when he settles back down. And he has an umbilical hernia that I have tied off. Plus frequent nose bleeds.
Lets hope for the best. Surviving the night is always a positive.
I am feeding him small, small amounts every hour. And Meadow was eating early this morning, but she had a uterine prolapse and it was worse than Mia’s. We will see.
I have decided that I am no longer going to breed sheep. My little flock will now be for wool. No more rams. No more lambs. Mama’s line is flawed. Which means that if this little guy survives, and he has some very real problems, I will keep him. Not to breed, he will get the snip. Just for wool. I will learn to knit. But as usual I am getting ahead of myself. I have a gravely ill ewe and a gravely ill lamb.
Thank goodness I have Boo Nanny who has licked the lamb back from the brink twice already and has lain beside him for the last 24 hours. And when he bled so much blood from his cord, (I think he caught it with his foot trying to stand up) and I reached up in a panic and yanked the dream catcher from the ceiling and quickly turned the leather string into a tourniquet, Boo just lay down next to him and looked at me and I swear that dog was as afraid as I was that the lamb would die. But he didn’t.
I am now hoping that Minty is not pregnant.
Your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
127 responses to “Boo Nanny Has a New Baby”
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How sad for you all to lose the first lamb. I know how upsetting it is. I do hope that Boo can “nurse” this little one back to health – he’s such a precious little wooly bundle. And I pray that mummy sheep survives as well. Life can be so harsh sometimes.
Dear Celi, so sad for you all. I’m relieved in a way that Meadow let go, so you didn’t have to fight for her and then lose her. What a very special soul Boo is…. his mission in life – to love babies in trouble. Hope you manage to get some rest and respite to recover from all this, and remember that Celi needs nurturing too…,
I am so sorry for the stress and sorrow you have been through.I raised a lamb when I was a young girl and I loved that lamb so much. I pray all goes well from here on out. So precious to see Boo be such a good Nanny.
Hugs. They are all I have to offer!
What a heartache…I hope your ewe and lambs will rally and survive.
Boo has a purpose and an incredible gift; so sorry you are all going throught this; much love
I am so sorry, Celi. Give a shot of BoSe. Selinium and Vitamin E to the lamb. There are ways to treat prolapsed uterus, also. We have been there and done that.
Sadly there was no treating this one.. her insides were on her outside, every little plug had been pulled. I was able to treat Mia each time but not this.. though Meadow was grunting as she got up and down, remember?.. and every time I hear that grunt somewhere along the way things go wrong.. .WOOL from now on.. i am going to make an enormous blanket for the winters!.. c
There is a stockman’s saying: Breed the best to the best and hope for the best. We had prolapsed ewes when we first started. We followed our vets advice and had no more trouble. Ewes try so hard and love their lambs. It is always heartbreaking to lose a ewe.
It is. I know. My vet was less than supportive about them, but the damage to the animal has been extreme.. c
I love Boo.
Me too!
Nose kisses for Boo……well, for everyone if they want one.
we all want one!.. c
Sure hope the little fella makes it. Bless Boo!!
What a day… and you get to have another tomorrow… but hopefully calmer. I’m sorry about Meadow, but reassured that you & the marvelous Nanny Boo are on the case with the lamb who resembles Hairy, and hopefully in spirit too. Despite the sadness of the events, I’m glad you share them with us, as in contrast there is joy. Both are better shared.
Aww, sh*t.
There’s nothing I can say that the others haven’t already said, and better. I send love.
Kath
Thank goodness for nanny Boo. Good energies being sent to you all. xx
we used to make a sling for lambs that couldnt stand on their own, a feed sack with 4 holes cut for legs. hung with bailor twine.with toes just touching the floor.it seemed if they did not stand in the first few hours, then their legs would stiffen up. would put them in sling for few minutes every hour or less
i am so sorry about your loss
ron I was trying to think of how to do this, he has been standing a little today, and i said to john I need to put a safety pin in his coat and hang him here.. I have also been massaging his legs a lot, he had a hard time during the birth and was tangled up with the other one.. but he can stand now, for short periods, a sling would be excellent, I will make one! thank you ron.. c
we would either cut leg and head holes in a burlap feed sack, or make like a hammock with 4 leg holes, if he is eating good, make sure he is standing at mealtime.bottle is good motovation
hope this helps. been well over 20 yrs since i had sheep, wishing u luck
My parents adopted an abandoned lamb and did just this! Mutton (Mutty-ba) did just fine.
She was raised beside the fire and was licked and cuddled by Buffy – a part spaniel, part corgi cross who was the sweetest little dog in the Universe.
Boo is second-sweetest.