purplequeenvt - Ivy Knoll Farm

[purplequeenvt]

Not so fun morning....at 6:30 am my alarm goes off. I stumble out of bed, put on socks, fleece jacket, go upstairs, put on boots, coat, hat, etc...I make it out to the barn and, at first, everything looks fine. Nope. Nelly is laying out on her side with her uterus hanging out. Thankfully I remember to grab my phone when I came out so I called inside to get Lyd to bring my the lambing caddy, warm soapy water, and towels. After what felt like hours, keep in mind that I'm in my jammies, kneeling in the dirty bedding, and holding on to a ewe's insides, my backup shows up. In the meantime, I've glanced around the barn and realized that Infiniti is in labor.

An hour later, Nelly's guts are back were they are supposed to be, but we have her up on a bale and Lyd is trying to keep her comfortable so that she doesn't push everything out while my mother is driving to a friend's house to get a retainer since Nelly broke ours last week. I took a moment to help Infiniti who gave birth to a 14 lb white ewe (purebred BL).

Nelly is now in the creep and is all trussed up so hopefully everything will stay where it is supposed to. I'm dreading her lambing, but I hope that it happens really soon because I'm going to have to do middle of the night checks on her from now until she does.

Can I go back to bed now????

**ETA** No pictures of the new baby yet. I was a little busy.

 

[CocoNUT]

Uh Busy! HECK YEAH! WOW! Sorry to hear you woke up to that! Glad you were able to get everything back into it's "place"...and congrats on the new lamb!
Keeping my fingers crossed for Nelly.
Get some rest!

 

[purplequeenvt]

I thought about pulling a Straw Hat for the next few nights, but A. it is much colder here than in NC and B. I can only imagine what the Shetlands would do to me.


This is Iris the 14 lb girl who decided to make her appearance in the middle of a big crisis. She is named after a friend whose name is Siri (Iris is Siri backwards) and it happens to be her birthday today.

Nelly all trussed up. She tried and failed to kill me last year with her prolapsing shenanigans and it looks like she's trying again.

A better shot of last night's lamb, Dmitri.

Ivan

Sleepy time in the barn....

Moe: I'm not sleepy. Can I have some breakfast?

Lyric has a new hat

Frizzette

 

[Bridgemoof]

Oh poor Nelly (and poor you)!!! That has to be an awful thing to deal with, a prolapsed uterus. Ugh! Hope things go smoothly when she does lamb.

 

[Bridgemoof]

OH CUTE PICS! Everybody looks so comfy, even Nelly.

 

[Meat Goats]

Pulling a Straw Hat. lol

I like the pictures and Ivan is handsome. Them sleeping is so funny.

A prolapsed uterus? Man that sucks. Sorry

 

[purplequeenvt]

Yes, it really does stink. I don't think that I will going very far from home between now and when she lambs. I lost a ewe a couple years ago to a prolapse while lambing and it was not pretty.

I also forgot to say that, when we got her up on the bale and got everything back in place, she peed ALL over me. I got pee down my sleeve and on my sweat pants. Now my coat (and I) smell like sheep poop, lamb goo, and sheep pee.

 

[marlowmanor]

Will Nelly end up being culled after she lambs? Since she keeps prolapsing every year?

The lambs are adorable! Lots of good POW material in those pictures!

 

[CocoNUT]

Yes, it really does stink. I don't think that I will going very far from home between now and when she lambs. I lost a ewe a couple years ago to a prolapse while lambing and it was not pretty.

I also forgot to say that, when we got her up on the bale and got everything back in place, she peed ALL over me. I got pee down my sleeve and on my sweat pants. Now my coat (and I) smell like sheep poop, lamb goo, and sheep pee.

Just think...some people pay a LOT of money to smell like that...from a bottle! You've EARNED your odour!

 

[purplequeenvt]

There may be another ewe in labor. We shall see.