Domino can’t understand why we have to feed a bottle to her lamb

Late in the morning Cieste went into labour. A small lamb was soon on its feet but Cieste was lying down and showing signs of distress. We watched for a few minutes until a second set of legs emerged. We put on disposable gloves to help with the delivery. It was a big lamb but lifeless. Poor lamb, poor mother. We took the living lamb and mother to a pen in the barn but Cieste showed no interest in the lamb. We waited a few hours and then made up a bottle of powdered colostrum which the little fellow took willingly. We will keep an eye on mother and lamb tomorrow and hope that the maternal instinct kicks in.