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<blockquote data-quote="wrenbird" data-source="post: 7640058" data-attributes="member: 20404"><p>Have you ever lambed ewes outside? My sheep are not on the hill, not even upland. The last lambing I did outside was so much more stressful than it could of been, simply because of the numbers of rooks, carrion crows, buzzards, kites and a pair of ravens that had decided to take up residence in my little fields for the duration of lambing.</p><p>The final straw was when I was lambing a ewe with a breech presentation at the top of a 4 acre field, there was another ewe lambing further down the patch, maybe 80, 100 yards away. I saw the pair of ravens fly into a tree above the ewe lambing, I shouted, they didn’t move. The ewe lay down, they flew down, I yelled and swore and screamed, the birds ignored me. </p><p>I finally sorted out the ewe I was with, left her licking her lamb, ran down the field, shrieking like a banshee, the birds took off, flew over my head, and headed for the fresh lamb I had just drawn. I ran back up the field, took the ewe and lamb in, took about 10 minutes.</p><p>I went back out, the ewe was lambing, the lamb had just been born, minus an eye and it’s tongue. If only I had stayed in the field with my football rattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wrenbird, post: 7640058, member: 20404"] Have you ever lambed ewes outside? My sheep are not on the hill, not even upland. The last lambing I did outside was so much more stressful than it could of been, simply because of the numbers of rooks, carrion crows, buzzards, kites and a pair of ravens that had decided to take up residence in my little fields for the duration of lambing. The final straw was when I was lambing a ewe with a breech presentation at the top of a 4 acre field, there was another ewe lambing further down the patch, maybe 80, 100 yards away. I saw the pair of ravens fly into a tree above the ewe lambing, I shouted, they didn’t move. The ewe lay down, they flew down, I yelled and swore and screamed, the birds ignored me. I finally sorted out the ewe I was with, left her licking her lamb, ran down the field, shrieking like a banshee, the birds took off, flew over my head, and headed for the fresh lamb I had just drawn. I ran back up the field, took the ewe and lamb in, took about 10 minutes. I went back out, the ewe was lambing, the lamb had just been born, minus an eye and it’s tongue. If only I had stayed in the field with my football rattle. [/QUOTE]
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