lambing question

[Welderloon]

....................when choosing a wife amongst many other traits always look at the size of her hands & feet, this will become apparent when lambing

 

[puppet]

Smallish hands -yes. Pelvic diameter for other reasons. Not sure I would look at the feet although it may save buying a new pair of wellies if she is the same size as the ex-wife.

 

[Wood field]

Smallish hands -yes. Pelvic diameter for other reasons. Not sure I would look at the feet although it may save buying a new pair of wellies if she is the same size as the ex-wife.

Or small hands and size 10 feet, she can use my old wellies

I’ve been in Yorkshire to long

 

[Welderloon]

Smallish hands -yes. Pelvic diameter for other reasons. Not sure I would look at the feet although it may save buying a new pair of wellies if she is the same size as the ex-wife.

hands & feet - I've been to Thailand Not quite sure how you go about pelvic scoring a bird at the 'browsing' stage without the police being involved

 

[Henarar]

Any suggestions on how to get an unborn lamb out when its head keeps going back around and not coming with the feet......had one this morning and its head kept going down around, not enough room for me to keep its head up and tried one of those "vee sticks" with the nylon rope.....

What do you all do to help the head follow the feet?

We have a V stick with quite thick electrical wire in it, get the wire over the head slide the V bit back the wire under the chin then pull the wire while holding the V from sliding up the wire or the wire will just pop off the lambs head, used it a couple times and had live lambs.
sounds complicated but its not to bad

 

[Welderloon]

I use a length of grey BT phone wire for the noose & a short piece of stainless 3.8" instrument tube, ( redneck version of Timbo's item ) can manipulate everything fine behind the ears, draw the line up either side of the lambs mouth with the tube, then with the tube resting on the back of my hand keeping the head up pull the legs while maintaining slight tension on the line from outside with my other hand....................though it was all so much easier when I was a kangaroo handed 7 year old

 

[Richard Devon]

thanks for all the feedback folks....much appreciated!

 

[neilo]

thanks for all the feedback folks....much appreciated!

Pretty restrained I think… not one person has mentioned using a ram breed with a smaller head.

Oops.

 

[puppet]

Where could you source one of those?

 

[neilo]

Where could you source one of those?

Pretty sure @Richard Devon 's Suffolks are far less extreme in that department than a lot.