The vets have just been to inspect Yardie (he is only walking on three legs) and SJ (Spot Junior). They think that Yardie has a high up fracture and NOT a dislocation. They have splinted the leg snd will return to check him out in a fortnight

As for SJ (who, like Dotty last year, is failing to thrive) there is no obvious cause. We will continue to try and feed him but we are unlikely to be successful. So we will just love him and keep him comfortable until his inevitable demise

It’s breaking my heart. He seems so lonely. I try to bottle feed him but, like Dotty, he’s not interested. We will call the vet tomorrow and ask him to look at the little lamb and also to look at the lamb with what, sadly, I think is a dislocated leg. If so he will have to be euthanased by the vet. He stood and watched the other lambs running and jumping this evening and he couldn’t join in the fun

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Poddy was really too young to have a baby – she’s just a one year old herself and she has a tiny udder. fortunately she doesn’t seem too distressed and is out in the field now grazing and seeing her friend Spot. We will plant a tree for the lamb. Rest in peace.

But Poddy (bottle fed by me last year) wanted some too! No! she is now a mother snd must step up to the mothering plate🤞

So……I hold Poddy by the horns and Jeremy milks what he can into a jug. Then I pour the colostrum into a lamb bottle and feed it to the baby. He’s a good eater. Let’s hope that we can build up his strength and he can learn to feed from Poddy and that she will let him feed!

The lamb was wet from the rain and I brought him inside with Poddy following. I made a pen from straw bales and brought Poddy a bucket of water, some sheep concentrates and she has a feeder full of hay. Poddy is not, right now, as interested in her lamb as she should be. Although the lamb is able to stand when he tries to feed Poddy walks away. We might have to milk off some of Poddys colostrum later and feed it to the lamb from a bottle until it is strong enough to feed from its mother (Poddy permitting)

Meanwhile on the other side of the barn I found one of Cummings very big lambs with it’s foit caught in the hay feeder. I released him but the right front leg is hanging limp and useless. I will probably have to call in the vet. Dramas on another very wet morning

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