I was only listening so the change of voice made me have to go back and verify what was going on... only started watching this vlog with this lambing season 😅
Jess did a wonderful job. She didn't panic, and she did everything she knew how to do. And yes, she probably learned it from watching your videos. I have. I've been passing along to my friends that have sheep & goats, the things I've learned. Now when they have a baby that's not doing so well, they take it's temp first. (BTW 37C is amazingly 98.6F.) They never had done that before. The other day, she took a chilly lamb and put it in a small plastic bag, and put it in a pail of warm water, to help warm it up. They never had done that before. They are incorporating a number of the things I've learned from watching your videos. You are a great teacher. I understand that you don't know everything, but what you do know is invaluable. Thank you for taking the time to try and save these tiny lives, and passing your knowledge onto us. God bless you! Big hug from Oklahoma.
When I was working with wildlife we had issues with the first thermometers that I ordered because we couldn’t read low temperatures on hypothermic animals (they read ‘Lo’ just like yours). It might be worth getting a thermometer that goes lower, to help you get more useful data on how cold a lamb is. It was a game changer for us to know exactly how cold an animal was and track how quickly it was warming.
As I was sitting here crocheting this evening, I was thinking about how Jess had learned enough from watching you care for lambs, that she could care for the little high risk baby. My younger daughter has been my mini-me. When she was young, we had housebunnies. I learned a great deal about bunny care from a lot of my non-vet friends. Bunnies are considered exotic animals and most vets are NOT trained to treat bunnies. My daughter absorbed an enormous amount of information in the bunny care department just from watching me. In kindergarten, she proclaimed that she wanted to be "a housepet vet." She never went that route, however, her grad degree was in Integrated Biology and she had her own bunny in undergrad years. Leopold got a girlfriend in grad school. She worked with zebra finches as her research, and several times she got calls from classmates about sightings of domestic bunnies in places where they shouldn't be (abandoned). She'd grab a banana and a small dog cage and head out to captured the bunny, find a home for said bunny and carry on. I was basically gobsmacked every time she'd rehome an abandoned bunny! Learned behavior! Her friends couldn't believe how she just knew how to handle these buns. Jess has a great deal of respect for her mama! You have been and are a great role model for her. Treasure that. You've done a great job Mom💖
I'm still kind of new, but I'm going back in time on Sandi's TH-cam and Instagram channels! Now I learning why some of them have names and are cherished! I could just snuggle up in her barn for a week or two! (Just drop a piece of chocolate off and I'll be happy!)
When I was raising sheep my sister bought me a felt little black stuffed lamb. It was wearing a t-shirt that said " There will never be another Ewe". I loved it
Those lambs playing ring around the feed cart are TOO ADORABLE! Seeing that made my heart smile! 😊 Isn’t Jess amazing, like mother like daughter! Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄 🎅 🧑🎄 🦌
As a small farmer and animal lover, I look forward to your videos every day. You have the same attitude and thinking toward raising farm animals as I do. I am grateful for someone who is "real" and helps keep me feeling normal. Than you! ❤️
Amen Rosie! Farmers have no alternative at times. They cannot just leave animal's unattended. Since your a farmer too, I'm thankful for you and all that you do to provide food for us all. Many never bother to think about that or say thanks!
I second Crystal regarding blessings upon your farm. I also wish you and your livestock good health. I grew up in the farming community of NE Ohio/NW Pennsylvania. I don't have coordination enough to be a farmer. I never lost respect for the farming community. I became a psychiatrist (MD). My goal was to keep people functional. I really like division of labor. I knew from a young age I could not do what my elders did. I studied long and hard to be able to contribute. I did make a difference. Now I am retired due to serious illness. I really enjoy Sandi's efforts and her community. Jess did everything she knew and did it well. No one can know everything. RIP little lamb. From my earliest memories, I knew not every egg hatches; not every calf lives and accidents happen. Oh how I appreciated the advances in medicine. Humans used to have 10 children to have 3-5 survive. I was common for women to die in childbirth. Many men had second wives (some a third) who raised the children. There are far more step mother stories than step father stories. Some Native American tribes didn't have permanent names for a child until a certain age because so many died prior to that age. On the animal side, still born is real too. Sandi's videos show real farm life not sugar coated but with kindness and empathy. It is a kinder world although it is closer to the pain & frustration Nature can throw at us. I have much more difficulties with the EVIL PEOPLE who create a cold nasty world and do everything to break Natural Law. This Christmas season I wish all of Sandi's community the good will I find on this channel to be spread by every one. I hope the New Year brings you all health and many moments of happiness. My Sandi and her family be able to have yet another profitable (money, health & happiness) year in 2023.
I'm a laboratory technologist in BC and one of my coworkers is a cattle rancher. Thanks to your videos I can have really sincere conversations with her about how hard raising cattle must be. I was mentioning your thoughts on vets sending different brands of the same vaccine and she said "I KNOW! They did that to me and the dosage was different between the two so I messed up!" She takes it so seriously, just like you. She takes every loss very personally and is constantly looking for answers when all her efforts don't have the best results. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so that I can connect with her on a more personal level!
Hello Sandi. I have been watching your videos for a couple months now. I don't know what it is about your life as a farmer that is so intriguing but I do know that it keeps me coming back! I started out as a once in a while viewer to an every day viewer! I think it is your honesty, your transparency, your work ethic, and your love for the animals. You are refreshing and a breath of fresh air that in this world is few and far between. I have always had a love for animals and it blesses my heart to hear the joy in your voice when you see a newborn. Out of all the things on social media to take up my time I choose to spend my time watching your videos!! Hope this encourages you to continue as your followers, who I'm now including myself, can't wait to see your next one!!
I am 74-year-old grandmother that he absolutely adores videos. I appreciate them so much. Every one of your videos fills my heart with so much love. I look forward to every new one you have. Thank you for all your hard work. Merry Christmas.
I think that everytime Jess feels homesick, she watches your clips, hence why she knew what to do with the lambs (she may not admit it though) or just wants to see what is going on at home. She knew to dip the baby's navals, give colostrum as well as check mama for milk (even though she has been around you for many lambings, its only recently that you started dipping) as well as how to save a hypothermic lamb.
With every lil lamb that passes I cry. But that is nature taking care of itself. And it makes me so much happier to see the healthy ones running & jumping around. Sandi, I appreciate you sharing your world...the good & the sad!! ❤
Hey sandy! Baby human nurse here ☺️ I love that you can provide dextrose to those little lambs! Just make sure to use sterile water or saline to mix with the dextrose and not tap water. You’re injecting into a sterile place and they will get an abdominal infection if dirty water is introduced to it. Thanks for all you do for those lambs!😁
Watching you and your daughter carefully doing all that you could to save the little weak lamb really brought home to me that every living creature has value. Life itself is a very precious thing. Sorry that this little life was so short. It’s all part of the bigger picture. Sending love. ❤
Even her daughter Jess did her very best. Sandi taught Jess well. (Jeff is knowledgeable as well). IMO, Mark and Sandi are successful parents from what I observed by the many videos that Sandi produced. I appreciated Jess doing everything she knew for that little lamb. Yes, if Sandi had been there the % chance of survival, because of the knowledge base Sandi has, would have been a bit higher. However, no guarantee the little lamb would have survived. I think Jess did the best she could with the knowledge she had and no one can ask for more.
The "How do they get so old" registered with me today. I turned 32. Like "How did I get so old?" Absolutely love seeing the baby lambs! They are so stinking cute!
I believe you better give the concentrated glucose/ dextrose without dilution. Dilution ( when needed) should be done with sterile water to avoid introducing bacteria/ microbes resulting in peritonitis and death.
Jess did an amazing job, doing all the things without ever being taught. You just can't win them all. I know she prefers being in the field, but what an incredible help for you she has become, Sandi.
Jess reminds me so much of her beautiful mama. She did her best for the little lamb,but sometimes in life no matter how hard we try ,some things just don't turn out the way we would like them to. I'm glad all of the other babies and moms are doing good. I always smile when watching the "lamb tornado" and also when moms make room and the lambs run and jumb.....so stinkin CUTE! Hi,Teddy 🐻 💜💜💜
This is for Jess, in case she needs to hear it: you were fantastic. You did absolutely everything right. There's no guarantee that, had your mom been there, the outcome would have been any different. Wherever that little lamb is, it's so thankful you fought for it when its own little body couldn't, and loves you for loving it its entire life.
I think its adorable how the lil lambs will snuggle up/on any of the ewes near them.. I really thought they'd only do that with their mothers or rather the ewes would only allow their own lambs, but that doesn't seem to be the case! It's like a communal sleeping lodge as they're all laid out all over the place lol
Lovely to see Jess home safe and sound and in charge of the camera. Poor wee weak lamb, heartbreaking. Love your videos, your so gentle and caring with your flock. Look forward to every video you post xx
My grams has Alzheimer's, she's getting worse, quicker. She grew up raising lambs. As soon as she hears those little bleets SHE SMILES SO BIG. She will tell me stories of the Ewes and their babies jumping around. I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL THAT IS TO ME. THE GIFT OF YOU IS SO SPECIAL... THANK YOU.
Oh broke my heart. All the lambs are special. Like your own kids. I binge on your videos daily. U are such a wonderful, smart, loving human momma to your sheep and lambs. I now want to volunteer to help . Your happy smile is like sunshine.
Nurse here. Please do not put a used needle back into the bottle of medication or dextrose solution. The used needle introduces bacteria from the animal into the bottle and the bacteria will contaminate and multiply in the bottle. Bacteria especially like sugar and will multiply even more. Use one needle to draw up the medication and put on a new needle for injecting into the animal if you are going to draw up more than once from the bottle. You will have to throw out that bottle of dextrose now.❤I love watching your videos. Thank you for making them for us! Merry Christmas!❤🇨🇦🤶🏻🐑🎄
I gotta admit I shed a few tears for the wee lamb that didn’t make it. But I was cheered up instantly with the running of the lambs. Zipping around the creep feeder was hilarious. ❤️🎄
I am not sure why that little lamb hit me so hard in the FEELS. Proud of Jess, she sure pays attention to you and your videos. I love that even when odds are low, you give all the lambs the very best.
I think it was the sweet little voice of the lamb. I was almost in tears. So sad that she didn't survive. But Sandi did everything she could ( And Jess too💕)
The break between kids is so relatable. We where one and done, but eventually my partner wanted another one which made me want another one. And now #2 just January 😂
I was pulling for that little one to make it for Jess's sake. She really tried. She can't expect to know as much as someone who has done this for years. The babies doing zoomies around the feed cart was so cute. I love the running and kick flips. They are adorable.
You are so lucky to have a great daughter that can step up into a difficult situation without fear. It shows that you and Mark have done a good job raising both your kids. Hope your family has a happy and safe holiday season.
Y'all...Jess is FREEKING adorbs! Too cute and perfect the way she did her VERY best to care for these babies! Absolutely loved it! Poor little weak lamb. Jess did her best!
I totally agree! She did all the right things! Looking at the video twice, I think that the lamb looked very weak, too quickly after birth. It was a loss that couldn't be reversed. It's sad, but offers opportunities to learn and improve of the next one.
I'd like to see a "Day in the Life of a Farm Dog" episode. Seeing Kinzie living her best life is what got me to hit the subscribe button. She and Lucy look like every day is doggie Christmas.
Carissa is a wonderful young lady! She is loyal and a hard worker. To find anyone like this is rare these days. I just realized what I wrote.... What happened to morals and applying yourself in any job, or life? This brings me to a saying that I wrote in 1999 and share with many: "Nobody cares anymore, unless it costs them something. "
I've had terrible anxiety all day and I can always count on videos from Sandi and her flock to take me out of that head space! I absolutely adore this channel!!
you know wat sandi..... i love that it seems like u really love your sheep. for you it seems like these animals actually mean somethin to you. its NOT just a way for you to make money. i love it sandi you have such a beautiful soul!
It’s so awesome to see you confident, even with the sad news that the little lamb wouldn’t make it. Yes, we do what we can, but not all can be saved. Reality check. ❤
Jess, did well considering she had not done that warming up treatment before. I hope lambing is over by Christmas day, to give you a rest from lambing. I know there is still work to do, like feeding. Happy Christmas to you all, love from Mike. ❤
Most of the general population is insulated from the realities of farm life. We rarely stare death in the face. You have to experience the loss so much more often than the rest of us. Don't know how you handle it without getting calloused. Thanks for being "real" and sharing the struggles as well as the victories. It is obvious that you care so much for each one of your flock. Sending you a big hug to get you through to the next win.
About supplemental feeding. That was why you were so happy to get colostrum from a ewe to share with other lambs. Free and the best stuff. So glad to hear the nanny supplement isn't colostrum.
Jess it’s a blessing to see you home for the holidays. Jumping in and helping mom was a great help it’s not easy when you have a new born with problems you did what you could and that’s what counts. I shed tears when I realized that baby didn’t make it but it’s out of pain and suffering. Sandi you have a wonderful daughter that is very special ❤. Your family is always so supportive of you with all you do to keep going it very tough this time of year for lambing . Love you all ❤
Please stop yelling at Sandi. She loves these little beings and gives them a good life while they are under her care. She doesn't like the loss of any lamb or Ewes. She goes above and beyond to save them. We have seen it time and time again where she is up feeding babies. I love you share with us Sandi. I hope someday to have a little sheep group. You teach us so much. Thank you!
I've had a long and productive day with exams, getting my glasses fixed and laundry, so I'm elated to get to sit down and spend some time with you at the farm today! Thanks for everything you do, Sandi. Much love to you and yours
Ricky, I pray that you scored high on your exams! Although I went through the same stresses to become an RN, watching Sandi's wonderful sweeties just melts it away. She is an amazing lady!
Poor baby sounded so sad. Thanks “Brock’s” for all you do for these babies. ❤️❤️❤️ The labs are so cute when they circle the crepe feed and when they get in the feeding bunk.
Peace to all those who left us this year. Thank you for the love, memories and joy each of you have brought to this shared space. You are al treasures in my heart. Merry Christmas, seasonal celebrations and salutations.
I am so proud of Jess! You are such a good mom and, Yes, it shows in your empathy and compassion but especially in your children’s compassion and empathy.
Great to see Jess home for Christmas. Hopefully Jack will make it as well. Thank you Sandi for being the Shepardess that you are and loving your precious ewe’s and lambs. Thank you for sharing them with us. Merry Christmas ✨
Sometimes there are situations that are out of our control. You and Jess did everything that you could. You do such a great job with all the craziness that comes at you from all angles. I really enjoy watching your videos. I realized that this is the 3rd Christmas I have been watching you! Keep doing what you are doing and don't worry about the haters out there that don't know how hard it is to take care of animals.
Sandi I have shared before my father in law was a hobby sheep farmer. We now own the family farm but don’t raise animals. My FIL name was Howard, was a sucker for a sad story. A family had fallen in love with a bottle lamb and raised to to a few grown Ewe. She thought she was part of the family and even slept on their porch. Well these people ask my FIL if he would take their pet. Of course, he did. That’s how we got “Friendly” the sheep. She was nothing more than a big old puppy dog that would follow my father in law every where. We would just be getting ready to lamb here if we still had sheep! Merry Christmas Sandi and Family!
Jess did a great job trying to save the lamb! Proud of her! Merry Christmas to you all!!! I would like to ask for prayers for my husband, cancer now terminal......
I do wish you would get some WOOL things for your nursery - a wool lammie jammie and a couple of wool blankets . You can probably get the blankets at least from a thrift store. There is a HUGE difference in how fast they work and the job they do compared to anything synthetic (like fleece) but the amazing thing is that wool like all natural fiber will regulate temperature so it gets warm quickly and retains the temp and is never too hot . And just make it a practice of putting it on as soon as it is out of the warm bath . Or get someone to make a wool jammie from your own wool yarn. I don't know if your little room is heated but maybe a little oil filled radiator type plug in heater to warm things up on would also help when the temps plummet . Love all you do Sandi (et al) but you have a wonderful resource -- wool - - and there is so much benefit to it so should be put to use for the lambies too. See Campaign for wool for more info on the benefits of wool.
YAY!!! NEW VIDEO and I'm online as it launches!!!! Lambing is always exciting, but in all honesty, it has to be the monotonous things that I REALLY enjoy watching!!! The cleaning of pens, the feeding, the rearranging of ewes, gathering and stacking of hay... it's just all so enjoyable. I think I would LOVE that lifestyle of farming. When our class would go on fieldtrips to a farm, I was always so excited. Now my excitement lives on DAILY as I can watch your videos at my leisure!!! THANK YOU Sandi!!! My days are COMPLETE with Sandi and Her Sheep!!! I'm one of Sandi's Sheeple!!!! Cindy, NL, Canada
Tee hee!!! I'm a SHEEPLE from Alabama! I don't know what it is, but I can't enough of the monotonous things either! However, there's one thing that I don't miss: stress of farming. Many times- while watching- the stress of lack of sleep is apparent. I just start praying for her....
Convo between me and my doctor today DR: your BP is really high again but lower than it was the last time what have you been doing to help elevate your stress? Me: Well…… proceeds to show her your YT channel and videos 😅 I’ve never seen someone more elated because she watches you too 😂😂 best day ever! Very new to the channel but im back tracking old videos and my family knows I’m having a stressed day if I’m watching your videos quietly in the corner with a cup of tea! Sending much love and thanks from Nottingham England 🏴🫶🏼❤️ your content makes my day and takes me back to my summers in wales on my very best friends sheep farm as a child it’s my happy place 🐑
I absolutely love watching the babies run and hop around❤❤ I wish you could set up a live feed of just them playing. And good job, Jess. You did what you could for the little one. Sometimes life has other plans and that's OK.
Sandy, I want you know that you have helped me get through this. I do my morning grieving. Lost my husband of 36 yrs in Oct. (bit of a cry it out) I watch my clock waiting till noon to watch ur videos. It makes me feel content. Thank you Sandy and Jess. Have a very Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 ❤
So sorry Julie, for your loss. I know these videos help me feel better some days when I feel low. I hope you can reach out and share this with friends or family for support. I hope you feel better soon. Take care, from western Massachusetts USA. :-)
I would am a slobbering mess crying over the losses you have to endure. It is a business I know but looking at those cutes little creatures tears my heart out.
One thing I always learned. With livestock you will get dead stock. Doesn’t make it easier and doesn’t mean we don’t do everything we can to prevent it. We know that you and Jess and Carissa do just that. God bless all the little ones. And God Bless you and Jess and everyone there
I honestly couldn't tell ya how many times I refreshed my page, hoping for a video today. I just can't get enough of those babies. 😍 This was needed. 💕🐑
I feel bad seeing the little ones who pass, but then we get to the end of the video and cannot help but smile and feel happy, seeing the others running back-n-forth 🥰 Happy holidays to you and your family, was great to see Jess and those pretty nails 💜
The running of the lambs is Soo cute. The merry go round with the other section of lambs Soo cute. Mama's are all good mamas. Thank you Sandi for sharing your experience and days. God bless you for all the hard work you do.
Those babies running and jumping is my favorite part of your videos... they standing on mommas and pawing at them to get up is so fun to watch.. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
I once sat in the barn all night waiting for major gray to have her lamb because I was convinced she was going to lamb that night, three days later she decided it was time, I missed the whole thing. I love watching lambs being born! But you can’t wish it to happen when you want it to. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❄️💚🙃
Hello from Missouri! I'd like to start off by saying you're such a blessing and I'm always anxiously waiting for the next video. My husband and I have watched your for almost 3 years and your videos always cheer me up and make me smile, thank you for sharing with us. Hope you and your family have a very blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎉🎉God bless you
Just finished a rough exam so your calming videos are just what I needed! Cute lambs, good mamas, and your love and kindness showed for them all always brings me joy! Keep up your good work!!!
Dear Ladies! Thank you for letting us see both of you here today. All in all, today was a good day, regardless of one outcome. Keep smiling as you do this exceptionally wonderful work, and thank you for sharing as you are doing it ... Sherry...
You do much for your sheep, but we all know mother nature is a harsh mistress. Love watching all the babies and the care you give them and their mamas.
If you didn't know about Jess you would think Sandi suddenly de-aged 20 years! 🤣
I was only listening so the change of voice made me have to go back and verify what was going on... only started watching this vlog with this lambing season 😅
100% YES
I’m new to a long video, and until she said, “mom,” I was a bit perplexed for a second.
i seriously didnt realize because i never saw her ib the channel before 😅
I'm Buddhist and say a prayer for the crossing of the soul of each little one that passes.
Jess did a wonderful job. She didn't panic, and she did everything she knew how to do. And yes, she probably learned it from watching your videos. I have. I've been passing along to my friends that have sheep & goats, the things I've learned. Now when they have a baby that's not doing so well, they take it's temp first. (BTW 37C is amazingly 98.6F.) They never had done that before. The other day, she took a chilly lamb and put it in a small plastic bag, and put it in a pail of warm water, to help warm it up. They never had done that before. They are incorporating a number of the things I've learned from watching your videos. You are a great teacher. I understand that you don't know everything, but what you do know is invaluable.
Thank you for taking the time to try and save these tiny lives, and passing your knowledge onto us. God bless you! Big hug from Oklahoma.
When I was working with wildlife we had issues with the first thermometers that I ordered because we couldn’t read low temperatures on hypothermic animals (they read ‘Lo’ just like yours). It might be worth getting a thermometer that goes lower, to help you get more useful data on how cold a lamb is. It was a game changer for us to know exactly how cold an animal was and track how quickly it was warming.
As I was sitting here crocheting this evening, I was thinking about how Jess had learned enough from watching you care for lambs, that she could care for the little high risk baby.
My younger daughter has been my mini-me. When she was young, we had housebunnies. I learned a great deal about bunny care from a lot of my non-vet friends. Bunnies are considered exotic animals and most vets are NOT trained to treat bunnies.
My daughter absorbed an enormous amount of information in the bunny care department just from watching me. In kindergarten, she proclaimed that she wanted to be "a housepet vet." She never went that route, however, her grad degree was in Integrated Biology and she had her own bunny in undergrad years. Leopold got a girlfriend in grad school. She worked with zebra finches as her research, and several times she got calls from classmates about sightings of domestic bunnies in places where they shouldn't be (abandoned). She'd grab a banana and a small dog cage and head out to captured the bunny, find a home for said bunny and carry on.
I was basically gobsmacked every time she'd rehome an abandoned bunny! Learned behavior! Her friends couldn't believe how she just knew how to handle these buns.
Jess has a great deal of respect for her mama!
You have been and are a great role model for her. Treasure that. You've done a great job Mom💖
Lamb tornadoes are too cute.
Hope your having a good day. ❤
“Lamb Tornado”! What a great name.❤
Lambnato!
@@Dorkella_ bahahahaha 👍🏻👍🏻🤣🤣🤣
I like that!! You are too funny! Lamb tornadoes... yep! Sounds perfect!
@@pamelabryant7390 I wish I would have thought of that name...PERFECT !!!!!!
There is not one video of yours that I don’t like. They are so entertaining and I could watch them for hours (and I do sometimes lol)
Same here 😍😍 I love all Videos
Me to hours and hours!
I'm still kind of new, but I'm going back in time on Sandi's TH-cam and Instagram channels! Now I learning why some of them have names and are cherished! I could just snuggle up in her barn for a week or two! (Just drop a piece of chocolate off and I'll be happy!)
Same!! Love, Love, Love!
I dont know, there was that one 😉 oh i can even joke, you are 100% right
When I was raising sheep my sister bought me a felt little black stuffed lamb. It was wearing a t-shirt that said " There will never be another Ewe". I loved it
This time last year when Jess was opening the advent calendar, she was so sick. It’s good to see her so well this year.
Those lambs playing ring around the feed cart are TOO ADORABLE! Seeing that made my heart smile! 😊 Isn’t Jess amazing, like mother like daughter! Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄 🎅 🧑🎄 🦌
That made me laugh soo hard when the lambs were playing ring around the feeder !!!so adorable !!
I love when the lambs are doing this. Merry Christmas to you and your family too.
Merry Christmas to everyone!!
Saved me typing the same thing. 😆 Merry Christmas!
Ring around the rosie!! 🤣🤣🤣
As a small farmer and animal lover, I look forward to your videos every day. You have the same attitude and thinking toward raising farm animals as I do. I am grateful for someone who is "real" and helps keep me feeling normal. Than you! ❤️
Loved this video,keep them coming 😊
Amen Rosie! Farmers have no alternative at times. They cannot just leave animal's unattended. Since your a farmer too, I'm thankful for you and all that you do to provide food for us all. Many never bother to think about that or say thanks!
I agree!!
Blessings upon ur farm
I second Crystal regarding blessings upon your farm. I also wish you and your livestock good health.
I grew up in the farming community of NE Ohio/NW Pennsylvania. I don't have coordination enough to be a farmer. I never lost respect for the farming community. I became a psychiatrist (MD). My goal was to keep people functional. I really like division of labor. I knew from a young age I could not do what my elders did. I studied long and hard to be able to contribute. I did make a difference. Now I am retired due to serious illness. I really enjoy Sandi's efforts and her community.
Jess did everything she knew and did it well. No one can know everything. RIP little lamb.
From my earliest memories, I knew not every egg hatches; not every calf lives and accidents happen. Oh how I appreciated the advances in medicine. Humans used to have 10 children to have 3-5 survive. I was common for women to die in childbirth. Many men had second wives (some a third) who raised the children. There are far more step mother stories than step father stories. Some Native American tribes didn't have permanent names for a child until a certain age because so many died prior to that age. On the animal side, still born is real too.
Sandi's videos show real farm life not sugar coated but with kindness and empathy. It is a kinder world although it is closer to the pain & frustration Nature can throw at us. I have much more difficulties with the EVIL PEOPLE who create a cold nasty world and do everything to break Natural Law.
This Christmas season I wish all of Sandi's community the good will I find on this channel to be spread by every one. I hope the New Year brings you all health and many moments of happiness. My Sandi and her family be able to have yet another profitable (money, health & happiness) year in 2023.
I'm a laboratory technologist in BC and one of my coworkers is a cattle rancher. Thanks to your videos I can have really sincere conversations with her about how hard raising cattle must be. I was mentioning your thoughts on vets sending different brands of the same vaccine and she said "I KNOW! They did that to me and the dosage was different between the two so I messed up!"
She takes it so seriously, just like you. She takes every loss very personally and is constantly looking for answers when all her efforts don't have the best results.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge so that I can connect with her on a more personal level!
Hello Sandi. I have been watching your videos for a couple months now. I don't know what it is about your life as a farmer that is so intriguing but I do know that it keeps me coming back! I started out as a once in a while viewer to an every day viewer! I think it is your honesty, your transparency, your work ethic, and your love for the animals. You are refreshing and a breath of fresh air that in this world is few and far between. I have always had a love for animals and it blesses my heart to hear the joy in your voice when you see a newborn. Out of all the things on social media to take up my time I choose to spend my time watching your videos!! Hope this encourages you to continue as your followers, who I'm now including myself, can't wait to see your next one!!
I am 74-year-old grandmother that he absolutely adores videos. I appreciate them so much. Every one of your videos fills my heart with so much love. I look forward to every new one you have. Thank you for all your hard work. Merry Christmas.
I think that everytime Jess feels homesick, she watches your clips, hence why she knew what to do with the lambs (she may not admit it though) or just wants to see what is going on at home. She knew to dip the baby's navals, give colostrum as well as check mama for milk (even though she has been around you for many lambings, its only recently that you started dipping) as well as how to save a hypothermic lamb.
With every lil lamb that passes I cry. But that is nature taking care of itself. And it makes me so much happier to see the healthy ones running & jumping around. Sandi, I appreciate you sharing your world...the good & the sad!! ❤
Hey sandy! Baby human nurse here ☺️ I love that you can provide dextrose to those little lambs! Just make sure to use sterile water or saline to mix with the dextrose and not tap water. You’re injecting into a sterile place and they will get an abdominal infection if dirty water is introduced to it. Thanks for all you do for those lambs!😁
Watching you and your daughter carefully doing all that you could to save the little weak lamb really brought home to me that every living creature has value. Life itself is a very precious thing. Sorry that this little life was so short. It’s all part of the bigger picture. Sending love. ❤
It was so touching to see the worry and her remembering all that she could. What a great kid!!
It was so awesome to see Jess do a great job! She is a beautiful person.... must've learned that from super mom Sandi!
Lambpede 🤪
Merry Christmas to you all. Poor weak lamb. I love the double wide areas for Mums and bubs. Look at the lambs running around that trough. Too cute.
You always do your very best and then do more ❤❤❤
Even her daughter Jess did her very best. Sandi taught Jess well. (Jeff is knowledgeable as well). IMO, Mark and Sandi are successful parents from what I observed by the many videos that Sandi produced.
I appreciated Jess doing everything she knew for that little lamb. Yes, if Sandi had been there the % chance of survival, because of the knowledge base Sandi has, would have been a bit higher. However, no guarantee the little lamb would have survived. I think Jess did the best she could with the knowledge she had and no one can ask for more.
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How are you doing today?
The "How do they get so old" registered with me today. I turned 32. Like "How did I get so old?" Absolutely love seeing the baby lambs! They are so stinking cute!
I believe you better give the concentrated glucose/ dextrose without dilution. Dilution ( when needed) should be done with sterile water to avoid introducing bacteria/ microbes resulting in peritonitis and death.
Jess did an amazing job, doing all the things without ever being taught. You just can't win them all. I know she prefers being in the field, but what an incredible help for you she has become, Sandi.
Jess reminds me so much of her beautiful mama. She did her best for the little lamb,but sometimes in life no matter how hard we try ,some things just don't turn out the way we would like them to. I'm glad all of the other babies and moms are doing good. I always smile when watching the "lamb tornado" and also when moms make room and the lambs run and jumb.....so stinkin CUTE! Hi,Teddy 🐻 💜💜💜
I smile and chuckle every time I see it! I think another person commented that it could be called a "lambnado!" Tee hee!
This is for Jess, in case she needs to hear it: you were fantastic. You did absolutely everything right. There's no guarantee that, had your mom been there, the outcome would have been any different. Wherever that little lamb is, it's so thankful you fought for it when its own little body couldn't, and loves you for loving it its entire life.
Your daughter is as beautiful as you are.
She really is like you trying to save the weak and she's doing a wonderful job.
The joy I have from seeing all the lambies play and run and jump. Thank you Sandi. ❤
Jess your mom taught you good. Temp is important. Still good job.
I think its adorable how the lil lambs will snuggle up/on any of the ewes near them.. I really thought they'd only do that with their mothers or rather the ewes would only allow their own lambs, but that doesn't seem to be the case! It's like a communal sleeping lodge as they're all laid out all over the place lol
Lovely to see Jess home safe and sound and in charge of the camera. Poor wee weak lamb, heartbreaking. Love your videos, your so gentle and caring with your flock. Look forward to every video you post xx
My grams has Alzheimer's, she's getting worse, quicker. She grew up raising lambs. As soon as she hears those little bleets SHE SMILES SO BIG. She will tell me stories of the Ewes and their babies jumping around. I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL THAT IS TO ME. THE GIFT OF YOU IS SO SPECIAL... THANK YOU.
I am so glad that Sandi's videos have helped you connect with your grams again.
Oh broke my heart. All the lambs are special. Like your own kids. I binge on your videos daily. U are such a wonderful, smart, loving human momma to your sheep and lambs. I now want to volunteer to help . Your happy smile is like sunshine.
Nurse here. Please do not put a used needle back into the bottle of medication or dextrose solution. The used needle introduces bacteria from the animal into the bottle and the bacteria will contaminate and multiply in the bottle. Bacteria especially like sugar and will multiply even more. Use one needle to draw up the medication and put on a new needle for injecting into the animal if you are going to draw up more than once from the bottle. You will have to throw out that bottle of dextrose now.❤I love watching your videos. Thank you for making them for us! Merry Christmas!❤🇨🇦🤶🏻🐑🎄
I gotta admit I shed a few tears for the wee lamb that didn’t make it. But I was cheered up instantly with the running of the lambs. Zipping around the creep feeder was hilarious. ❤️🎄
I am not sure why that little lamb hit me so hard in the FEELS. Proud of Jess, she sure pays attention to you and your videos. I love that even when odds are low, you give all the lambs the very best.
I think it was the sweet little voice of the lamb. I was almost in tears. So sad that she didn't survive. But Sandi did everything she could ( And Jess too💕)
Me to x I'm sobbing my heart out x very rarely do these hit me but this one broke me x
Me too. I don't normally get emotional about the lambs, but that one really moved me.
You never get tired of seeing the babies running around in circles ❤
Jess’s nails are on point!!! So festive, she came in clutch when needed. What a beautiful daughter. 💛
The break between kids is so relatable. We where one and done, but eventually my partner wanted another one which made me want another one. And now #2 just January 😂
I was pulling for that little one to make it for Jess's sake. She really tried. She can't expect to know as much as someone who has done this for years. The babies doing zoomies around the feed cart was so cute. I love the running and kick flips. They are adorable.
You are so lucky to have a great daughter that can step up into a difficult situation without fear. It shows that you and Mark have done a good job raising both your kids. Hope your family has a happy and safe holiday season.
It's clear they have been excellent parents! Both Jack and Jess come home to help every chance they get. BRAVO!
Y'all...Jess is FREEKING adorbs! Too cute and perfect the way she did her VERY best to care for these babies! Absolutely loved it! Poor little weak lamb. Jess did her best!
I totally agree! She did all the right things! Looking at the video twice, I think that the lamb looked very weak, too quickly after birth. It was a loss that couldn't be reversed. It's sad, but offers opportunities to learn and improve of the next one.
I'd like to see a "Day in the Life of a Farm Dog" episode. Seeing Kinzie living her best life is what got me to hit the subscribe button. She and Lucy look like every day is doggie Christmas.
That would be fun! A go-pro strapped to her chest/back. It’d be a wild ride, I’m sure, since she never stops 😂
In your Christmas opening, which I love, I keep waiting for Carissa to peek shyly out the barn! Thx for the new video Sandi!
Carissa is a wonderful young lady! She is loyal and a hard worker. To find anyone like this is rare these days. I just realized what I wrote.... What happened to morals and applying yourself in any job, or life?
This brings me to a saying that I wrote in 1999 and share with many:
"Nobody cares anymore, unless it costs them something. "
I've had terrible anxiety all day and I can always count on videos from Sandi and her flock to take me out of that head space! I absolutely adore this channel!!
It is so sad when a little one fails to thrive. I love watching your videos.
you know wat sandi..... i love that it seems like u really love your sheep. for you it seems like these animals actually mean somethin to you. its NOT just a way for you to make money. i love it sandi you have such a beautiful soul!
It’s so awesome to see you confident, even with the sad news that the little lamb wouldn’t make it. Yes, we do what we can, but not all can be saved. Reality check. ❤
Yay! Jess is home! The calvary has arrived!! I bet Mark is tickled pink! The tools will once again be sharp and locatable...lol
Love the wreath of lambs the bottle babies make. Whenever any animal gets it's nose close to the camera lens, "mmwah". Merry Christmas to all.
Jess, did well considering she had not done that warming up treatment before. I hope lambing is over by Christmas day, to give you a rest from lambing. I know there is still work to do, like feeding.
Happy Christmas to you all, love from Mike. ❤
Most of the general population is insulated from the realities of farm life. We rarely stare death in the face. You have to experience the loss so much more often than the rest of us. Don't know how you handle it without getting calloused. Thanks for being "real" and sharing the struggles as well as the victories. It is obvious that you care so much for each one of your flock. Sending you a big hug to get you through to the next win.
Happy Holidays Jess! Happy you’re home safe and sound. You did such a great job filling in for Mom.
Thank you for letting us be a part of your life. Merry Christmas everyone!
I love it when the lambs start playing and the momma's get the zoomies too ❤️
About supplemental feeding. That was why you were so happy to get colostrum from a ewe to share with other lambs. Free and the best stuff. So glad to hear the nanny supplement isn't colostrum.
Jess it’s a blessing to see you home for the holidays. Jumping in and helping mom was a great help it’s not easy when you have a new born with problems you did what you could and that’s what counts. I shed tears when I realized that baby didn’t make it but it’s out of pain and suffering. Sandi you have a wonderful daughter that is very special ❤. Your family is always so supportive of you with all you do to keep going it very tough this time of year for lambing . Love you all ❤
Amen!
Please stop yelling at Sandi. She loves these little beings and gives them a good life while they are under her care. She doesn't like the loss of any lamb or Ewes. She goes above and beyond to save them. We have seen it time and time again where she is up feeding babies. I love you share with us Sandi. I hope someday to have a little sheep group. You teach us so much. Thank you!
Hope Jess knows not to take it too hard on herself - she did the best she could. What a rockstar. Lots of love to you all from southern Utah, USA.
I've had a long and productive day with exams, getting my glasses fixed and laundry, so I'm elated to get to sit down and spend some time with you at the farm today! Thanks for everything you do, Sandi. Much love to you and yours
Ricky, I pray that you scored high on your exams! Although I went through the same stresses to become an RN, watching Sandi's wonderful sweeties just melts it away. She is an amazing lady!
I love it when the babies get the zoomies
Poor baby sounded so sad. Thanks “Brock’s” for all you do for these babies. ❤️❤️❤️ The labs are so cute when they circle the crepe feed and when they get in the feeding bunk.
Thank you Sandi, it was nice seeing Jess. I’m so glad she’s willing to help out when your not around. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❄️💚🙃
Those babies running back and forth just make my heart smile!!also precious when they look up at you!,
Peace to all those who left us this year. Thank you for the love, memories and joy each of you have brought to this shared space. You are al treasures in my heart. Merry Christmas, seasonal celebrations and salutations.
I love watching the Littles run circles around the feeder. And hop up and down the run.. that just melts my heart. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS
I love how sheep have a single brain cell playing ping pong in their heads
I am so proud of Jess! You are such a good mom and, Yes, it shows in your empathy and compassion but especially in your children’s compassion and empathy.
Great to see Jess home for Christmas. Hopefully Jack will make it as well. Thank you Sandi for being the Shepardess that you are and loving your precious ewe’s and lambs. Thank you for sharing them with us. Merry Christmas ✨
I just love watching the lambs chasing each other around and jumping up and down. How sweet life is.
Sometimes there are situations that are out of our control. You and Jess did everything that you could. You do such a great job with all the craziness that comes at you from all angles. I really enjoy watching your videos. I realized that this is the 3rd Christmas I have been watching you! Keep doing what you are doing and don't worry about the haters out there that don't know how hard it is to take care of animals.
Sandi I have shared before my father in law was a hobby sheep farmer. We now own the family farm but don’t raise animals. My FIL name was Howard, was a sucker for a sad story. A family had fallen in love with a bottle lamb and raised to to a few grown Ewe. She thought she was part of the family and even slept on their porch. Well these people ask my FIL if he would take their pet. Of course, he did. That’s how we got “Friendly” the sheep. She was nothing more than a big old puppy dog that would follow my father in law every where. We would just be getting ready to lamb here if we still had sheep! Merry Christmas Sandi and Family!
Jess did a great job trying to save the lamb! Proud of her! Merry Christmas to you all!!! I would like to ask for prayers for my husband, cancer now terminal......
Prayers for both of you.
Thinking of you
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Ahhhh so sorry to hear, prayers for peace for both of you.
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I do wish you would get some WOOL things for your nursery - a wool lammie jammie and a couple of wool blankets . You can probably get the blankets at least from a thrift store. There is a HUGE difference in how fast they work and the job they do compared to anything synthetic (like fleece) but the amazing thing is that wool like all natural fiber will regulate temperature so it gets warm quickly and retains the temp and is never too hot . And just make it a practice of putting it on as soon as it is out of the warm bath . Or get someone to make a wool jammie from your own wool yarn. I don't know if your little room is heated but maybe a little oil filled radiator type plug in heater to warm things up on would also help when the temps plummet . Love all you do Sandi (et al) but you have a wonderful resource -- wool - - and there is so much benefit to it so should be put to use for the lambies too. See Campaign for wool for more info on the benefits of wool.
YAY!!! NEW VIDEO and I'm online as it launches!!!!
Lambing is always exciting, but in all honesty, it has to be the monotonous things that I REALLY enjoy watching!!! The cleaning of pens, the feeding, the rearranging of ewes, gathering and stacking of hay... it's just all so enjoyable. I think I would LOVE that lifestyle of farming. When our class would go on fieldtrips to a farm, I was always so excited. Now my excitement lives on DAILY as I can watch your videos at my leisure!!! THANK YOU Sandi!!!
My days are COMPLETE with Sandi and Her Sheep!!!
I'm one of Sandi's Sheeple!!!!
Cindy, NL, Canada
Tee hee!!! I'm a SHEEPLE from Alabama! I don't know what it is, but I can't enough of the monotonous things either! However, there's one thing that I don't miss: stress of farming. Many times- while watching- the stress of lack of sleep is apparent. I just start praying for her....
Love this an the nickname
Jess did amazing with the lamb, smart girl!! Love the bottle lambs running around the feeder. ❤️
I'm so excited for another Sandi vlogmas video! And Jess is back 🥳
Convo between me and my doctor today
DR: your BP is really high again but lower than it was the last time what have you been doing to help elevate your stress?
Me: Well…… proceeds to show her your YT channel and videos 😅
I’ve never seen someone more elated because she watches you too 😂😂 best day ever! Very new to the channel but im back tracking old videos and my family knows I’m having a stressed day if I’m watching your videos quietly in the corner with a cup of tea! Sending much love and thanks from Nottingham England 🏴🫶🏼❤️ your content makes my day and takes me back to my summers in wales on my very best friends sheep farm as a child it’s my happy place 🐑
This channel never fails to make me smile. It’s nice to find someone who is genuinely positive and upbeat about their life and work.
That one wanted you no where near her baby . She was almost running. Lol
You work so hard for your lambs and sheep. I’m so impressed by your dedication to your animals.
I absolutely love watching the babies run and hop around❤❤ I wish you could set up a live feed of just them playing. And good job, Jess. You did what you could for the little one. Sometimes life has other plans and that's OK.
Sandy, I want you know that you have helped me get through this. I do my morning grieving. Lost my husband of 36 yrs in Oct. (bit of a cry it out) I watch my clock waiting till noon to watch ur videos. It makes me feel content. Thank you Sandy and Jess. Have a very Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 ❤
I'm so sorry for your loss. The holidays always magnify the grief. Sandy's videos are certainly a wonderful distraction from our problems.
So sorry Julie, for your loss. I know these videos help me feel better some days when I feel low. I hope you can reach out and share this with friends or family for support. I hope you feel better soon. Take care, from western Massachusetts USA. :-)
@@Nyquil5 thank you for your kind words.
@@patchurch1677 thank you for your kind words too.
@@julieheilman2065 I hope you feel better soon. :-)
So nice of Jess to drop in and say hi to the vlog!!!!
Sheepnatos are too adorable!!!!
I would am a slobbering mess crying over the losses you have to endure. It is a business I know but looking at those cutes little creatures tears my heart out.
There's nothing that warms the heart more than to see those little lambs running in circles and up and down. Merry Christmas Sandi and family!
One thing I always learned. With livestock you will get dead stock. Doesn’t make it easier and doesn’t mean we don’t do everything we can to prevent it. We know that you and Jess and Carissa do just that. God bless all the little ones. And God Bless you and Jess and everyone there
I love that the FIRST thing you ALWAYS SAY is "YOUR BEAUTIFUL"! As soon as a new baby is born ❤️
I could watch those babies run and jump all day!❤ They make me 😃
I honestly couldn't tell ya how many times I refreshed my page, hoping for a video today. I just can't get enough of those babies. 😍 This was needed. 💕🐑
I've noticed that vids come out every other day, at noon Eastern Time.
@@Cricket2731 Yess. 😊 That's why I was refreshing knowin it had been the 2nd day an a video should be up. 💕☺️
I feel bad seeing the little ones who pass, but then we get to the end of the video and cannot help but smile and feel happy, seeing the others running back-n-forth 🥰 Happy holidays to you and your family, was great to see Jess and those pretty nails 💜
The running of the lambs is Soo cute. The merry go round with the other section of lambs Soo cute. Mama's are all good mamas.
Thank you Sandi for sharing your experience and days. God bless you for all the hard work you do.
Those babies running and jumping is my favorite part of your videos... they standing on mommas and pawing at them to get up is so fun to watch.. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
I once sat in the barn all night waiting for major gray to have her lamb because I was convinced she was going to lamb that night, three days later she decided it was time, I missed the whole thing. I love watching lambs being born! But you can’t wish it to happen when you want it to. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❄️💚🙃
JESS YEAH. MISS U GIRL.
Hello from Missouri! I'd like to start off by saying you're such a blessing and I'm always anxiously waiting for the next video. My husband and I have watched your for almost 3 years and your videos always cheer me up and make me smile, thank you for sharing with us. Hope you and your family have a very blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎉🎉God bless you
Yay! Another 'Show Me' state watcher!
I totally agree! BTW, howdy from Alabama!
Whoop whoop!! More show me state watching
Aww poor little lamb
Just finished a rough exam so your calming videos are just what I needed! Cute lambs, good mamas, and your love and kindness showed for them all always brings me joy! Keep up your good work!!!
We know you do everything you can possibly do to keep your Lamies alive and thriving, it’s sad to see one not do well😢
Dear Ladies! Thank you for letting us see both of you here today. All in all, today was a good day, regardless of one outcome. Keep smiling as you do this exceptionally wonderful work, and thank you for sharing as you are doing it ... Sherry...
You do much for your sheep, but we all know mother nature is a harsh mistress. Love watching all the babies and the care you give them and their mamas.