Bad start to the lambing just gets worse...
And again.
There's a lamb in the field just as I get there and it seems to be fine, the ewe is licking it and encouraging it to get up. But, hang on, that's not its mum, this older ewe had stolen a young ewes newborn lamb and was keeping the young ewe away. Later on we manage to get the right sheep with the lamb but as she's young she has little idea what to do, so everytime the lamb trys to suckle she sits down. Eventually we get it to have a drink and they're both well away, everything is fine. Untill six hours later the ewe starts having contractions, and another lamb appears, but just the head and neck, no feet or legs. So after a bit of pulling and pushing we have another lamb, but dead. Having died during the birthing.
Five Lambs, four dead. At least the one we do have is thriving.
~Meggiewes~
The name of the one surviving Lamb is Polaris, and her brother was Kochab. (Names of stars in Ursa Minor/Little bear/Little Plough)