Last night we decided we should check on Fyrne during the night. At around 3am we came out to find her laying down. We could see feet coming and she was pushing hard. Then she just lay there with her head stretched out and looked exhausted. We put her in a stall and I checked her. This was a very large lamb and Fyrne's cervix wasn't completely dilated. I gently stretched her cervix and then helped her deliver this large lamb. Fyrne was so tired she barely licked her lamb. She was also pushing him away when he tried to nurse. We tubbed him some colostrum and used the blow dryer to help dry him. Around 5am we headed inside. After about an hour we went back outside to check on him and gave him more colostrum. He weighs 16.9 lbs!
Later this morning Fyrne was doing really good with him and he is nursing well.
He's so cute!
Adam is going to use this lamb for 4H. His name is Han Solo!
Han came over to Adam and lay down on his boot - haha
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