4-3-13

The boys had dentist appointments this morning. Before leaving Kenzie went to the barn to check on the ewes. She said I'd better go check on Ewe #32 (our last pregnant ewe). This ewe aborted her lamb last year. She has an anal and vaginal prolapse. Well she was in labor and pushing very hard which was causing her prolapses to worsen. We got her in a stall and I checked her. She was effaced but her cervix wasn't dilating. I tried to stretch her cervix but was only able to stretch it to about three fingers. We had to reschedule the boys dentist appointment. Eventually this ewe pushed so hard that something burst and she had horrible bleeding. She was bleeding like a faucet on low and constant. She lost too much blood and was dying. Jared came home and put her out of her misery. We tried to save the lambs but were unable to. A very sad situation! Uncle Jared and Kenzie dug a very deep hole and buried the sheep. Vikki and the babies came over and spent the day with us. Jared went to town and got us cappuccinos. 

Thank you Bippi for the sweatshirts!

Kenzie tagged this lamb and banded its tail.