Initially when I started this third post, it was pretty
dark. I had just started doing night lambing duties instead of night calving
and it was (still is) pretty darn stressful. The evening prior I had to spend
the night in the barn because the roads were so bad. I was tired, and stretched
pretty thin. I have cried more this past week than I have in a very, very long
time (okay, probably since I started college). I have cried because I am
stressed beyond belief, ridiculously tired, and I am homesick. I need a break. I
am hoping that since this week is the last of the synchronized ewes, that I’ll
be able to take that break next week and since the forecast is looking like it
should be much better weather than the past few weeks.
Now, to
move on to some of the new things I have been able to experience. Since I have
been basically taking over lambing duties, I’ve had to experience both the good
and the bad. In the past two days, I’ve had three lambs that were coming wrong.
The first just had a leg back (which was a simple fix). The second was the one
that I hope to never experience again. The ewe had her first lamb fine so I
decided that I would go back in and check for a second one. There was a second
lamb but all that I felt was ribs. Apparently, the lamb was coming sideways
instead of front feet and head first. I eventually got everything shifted
around to where I could pull the front feet and the head up into the birth
canal and got the lamb out! Thankfully and a little bit to my surprise, the
lamb was alive! The third dystocia was a ewe that had a lamb with its head
back. It wasn’t exactly the easiest to solve, but eventually the lamb made its
grand entrance and is also alive!
These past
couple weeks have been difficult and trying no doubt, but I keep reminding
myself that God won’t give me anything I can’t handle and that there is always
a way. I just have to remember that.
Until next time!
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