I started watching your channel late 2022, and after binging on older videos, I just wanted you to hear a compliment about how far you've come, not just in your job as a sheep farmer, but also as a videographer! I noticed things you've learned and implemented to be a better farmer like using a heating pad and dextrose to save cold or small lambs, using thicker tubes to cast legs, using gloves when checking your ladies. Even your camera angles, editing and adding words to the screen has gotten SO MUCH BETTER! You have a lot to be proud of! ❤️
Very interesting to see your set up. Here in Scotland we do very similar procedures, The main differences being all lamb navels are iodine dipped to prevent joint ill and all lambs receive 1ml of a drug called Spectam which prevents watery mouth a condition common to housed lambs. Triples are recorded and wet fostered to singles. Down ewes are given 60ml sub-cute calcium along with Ceto for twin lamb.milk fever. Wonky joint lambs receive 1ml of vit E to encourage stronger muscles in response to stimuli from movement. I lamb 30 sponged pedigree ewes and typically visit them every two hours from the last time I walked out the shed. Lambing time is the golden time of the year for me. I trust you'll have a wonderful season.
Heck, I use iodine for everything with aloe Vera in every room of my house. Once the lambs arrived, I would not be able to function as they are a cuteness overload!!! Love this programme.
I am flat out exhausted after watching this video. I need at least a pot of coffee. Thanks a million for taking the time to share your experience. I do live vicariously through you. Much appreciated.
Hi Sandy. I just started watching you yesterday. I’m a retired nurse and I can truly appreciate your hard work, dedication and love for the job. Just like you we never stop learning and improving on our skills. Your a strong woman and I think your awesome
Hi Sandi, that little black and white lamb is so cute. Uncle has sheep also, we see that leg problem a lot. We call it 'wobble legs'. You don't know me from spit, but may I make a suggestion for treating it? We use a figure 8,wrapped 3times from one shoulder to the other across the back, then wrap down the leg with splints back up then a figure 8 under the chest also 3times with a spreader between the legs and chest. Down the other with splints, up and wrap to the top and end the wrap behind the neck. Think of the way that wrap for a human with dislocated shoulder. Same idea.
@@SandiBrock hi Sandi I don't have a picture. I wish I did. I can ask if uncle has one, but if you look at human pictures of dislocated shoulder splints it might help. You do primary wrap before the splints, correct? That is when you do over the shoulder figure 8, 3times around ending at the neck area. Splints, wrap with spreader tube right under breast bone, the bottom figure 8 holds tube in place. 3 times under the chest area. You don't want too tight or too loose. The lamb should be able to get up and down without friction from vet wrap or spreader tube. It's a two person job until you get use to doing it. Hope this helps.
What a great knowledge base for anyone who is thinking about starting out in sheep. The unvarnished truth, lambs will die, occasionally a ewe. You can feel like you got kicked in the guts one minute, the next have a pair of cracking lambs and be smiling. I have a small flock and lambing once a year is enough for me, so well done and keep making the vlogs
hey . you make a very nice video of the lambing time . i am a cow farmer in North West Germany nearly from the city Emden . other times .we milked 95 dairy cows in a playpen barn . we stopped dairy farming since two an half years .because in 2016 was the basic milk price for 7 months only 18 Euro cents !!! we change our sales into natural programms for the pasture which financed from the state and europian union . we have 80 suckler cows on 240 acres pasture . the cows are 6-7 months at pasture an winter times in the barns. it is lot of work .with lambs i see it in your video and it is a lot of work with new born calfs especially by the heifers . nice greatings and good luck for the next time to you from Bert from North West Germany !!!
Hi Sandi, Recently found your channel :) Love your setup. Just wanted to pass along a tip (you probably already know). I use Arbico Organics fly predators in the barn and compost piles. I thought these were just another gimmick until I tried their free sample. I'm totally sold on these predators and will never go through another season without them. No more fly sprays, no more fly traps, no more sticky tape wohoo. Thank you for these vlogs. Keep up the great work.
Lot of thin skinned people these days , give it time there will eventually people complaining cause they are bred for meat.Surprised there isnt already to be honest.
That's not right what TH-cam is doing. Why have they singled her out? There are other channels on TH-cam that actually show alpacas, goats giving birth. The whole actual process. So why are they harassing this woman? Definitely a hard worker. Loves what she does. We all need to find out why TH-cam has singled her out. They let other channels do whatever they want and show torturing monkeys is a big one I don't condone but TH-cam let's all that go on. I am going to find out why they have singled this woman out. She does not deserve to be treated like this from TH-cam. I'm sorry they are doing this to you. I'm sorry you lost so many babies. How did your sheep get this clamedia? I know I didn't spell it right but do all of them have it?
For all the trolls and nick pickers who get bent out of shape because they think you help your ewes too much I say that they are full of it. Just watching how the ewes seek you out when they are struggling or come over for comfort after you have helped save their lambs is proof that you are doing what is right for your ewes. It is the same in each lambing season. You have been letting more and more ewes do their thing and only help when it’s clear they need it. I actually think it’s pretty awesome how various ewes actually come over to ask for help and others then want to show off their babies and show what a great job they did. They know that you care about them and it makes a huge difference no matter what species they are.💚🐑🐏👍🏻
Don’t laugh but you can diaper (size 4 to 6 with a “tail hole” cut into it) the special ones like B & W ewe lamb and bring them into the house where u hv the time to bottle feed every 2 hrs and stand it up on a carpeted surface (better traction). Also a sling or jolly jumper helps to hold them upright and strengthen the legs. After a couple days u should see a big improvement. A little more work but what’s a few days inside worth compared to the value of the lamb in the long run. This is my experience. Maybe not for everyone but it works lol
Goatee Devotee You must be addressing something else besides what the original poster was talking about up top 👆🏻and that was the cuteness of the babies. Unless you found a way to make baby lambs cuter, in that case carry on.
Very interesting video,we have cattle and some years our calving is just as challenging. You just have to keep going forward and do your best. Hope the vet can help you out. Thank you for sharing your lambing with us.
Great video. Really entertaining and educational at the same time. You mourn the ones that don't make it with the strength of a seasoned farmer. Thanks for sharing this.
This is one more awesome video . Sandi, it's great to show what it takes to care for the ewes and the lambs. I have said before people have no clue what it takes to get the food we consume to the market . Also, it's important to show not every animal survives. It's part of life, you do what you can but sometimes it's not meant to be.
Another great video sandi I just love your channel very educational..that lamb u had to spint it legs is a beautiful hope that helps. TH-cam needs not leave your birthing video's alone. We love them..
Sandi you are like family - I so look forward to lambs. Sad to see babies and mommas not do well but you do such a good job capturing the totality of lambing.
I'm fairly new to your channel and have been trying to catch up on all of your videos. My husband, son and I just moved to a small farm and are raising hair sheep. I just wanted to say that I find your videos very helpful. We just started breeding this month so hopefully we will have spring lambs:) Thanks for the videos! I look forward to learning more. -Sarah
Great video. I’ve been shepherding for 15 years but I always learn or reaffirm something watching you. We’re an outside setup. I have several dogs watching the flocks but that’s not fool proof. It’s a rewarding life but sometimes a lot of work.
I like that word "onslaught" It was a brilliant adult word of poetry when I was in 8th grade and I loved saying it and I haven't used it in a long time. Memories
Thank goodness I found this channel, i myself am a dairy farmer but I’m going to get a wee flock of sheep for my bday so these videos are really useful👍🐑
19:17 these are part of raising animal you don't get to see but might hear about and taking advantage of the situation from two problems to make one positive outcome it GREAT.
wow busy lady, never thought I would enjoy watching these type of videos but thank you , very informative. Over here in Australia we never get to see this as it is all out in the bush / field
For the black lamb that's front legs don't work. Splint. Cut a cloth shopping bag and hold straps up for the lamb to walk. You can have them stand up for support for brief minutes.
Enjoyed the video, hard work, but gratifying :) Also enjoyed reading about your farm in the Farmers Weekly in the UK, today Canada tomorrow the World!!:) :)
I found your channel some time ago. I really enjoy your videos because it brings me back to my roots. My mom has a very small sheep farm. I was raised working with lambs from a very young age. It makes me feel nostalgic now that I’m living in the city.
We use the wet adoption we tie the foster lambs legs together so they lie with the other lamb letting the ewe lick both lambs we untie the lamb then when the lamb that’s been born is on its feet looking for the teet . Work 90% of the time for us . Great video 👍🏻
I’ve been watching your videos for several weeks now, but not “in order.” I’m fascinated! I’m overwhelmed by the love and care you have for each ewe & baby/babies. As far as the videos, I’ve just been watching them as the “TH-cam algorithm” 🤪 or whatever puts them next. I loved this video, as I learned a ton! Some of it I had figured out…but love your explanation! I have no idea why TH-cam thought I would like your videos, but I’m so glad I found you! I’m an identical twin & have identical twin girls (in their first year of college) so I especially love the multiple births. 🥰 How common is this in sheep?
It’s not you Sandi, you’re Awesome. Sadly TH-cam has and continues to censor content. Living on a farm/ranch, not all births go smoothly, and you show the methods for assisting in the MAGICAL MIRACLE of birth. Keep up the Fantastic work and Vlog. I am living in the city currently, but watching your Vlog makes me homesick. U rock!!!
In human babies Meconium stool in birthing fluid is an emergency and signals distress, resulting in possible brain damage and possible aspiration of fluids. Is the lamb positioning in the uterus such that that the soiled amniotic fluid will not jeprodize the lamb?? Thanks for taking us along and explaining everything so well
I was wondering the same thing. I've watched one of the new vlogs with a very yellow lamb from maconiam. My first daughter, when my waters broke they were horrible coloured because my daughter had pood, so I was induced straight away and doctors on hand because of all the risks it can have on your unborn baby. Luckily my daughter was fine, but it's always considered high risk when there is maconiam in the waters because of the risk it has on bub. So I was wondering if it was the same for lambs or really any animal in general
well i think if your not a vet, you need to be with all that work you do, amazing , i think that lamb with the poor front legs has adopted you,..he/she is so cute,.well done ..hell of a job..
I know this is a few months late (I just found your channel recently & currently binging on them 😁) but the lamb leg splaying issue resembles swimmer syndrome in puppies. There is a hobble method that can be used that prevents the legs from splaying outwards & remedies the problem. I know lambs aren't puppies, but it seems like a logical solution to a similar birth defect.
Yeah @24:09 if a lamb has a bent limb like that and it keeps putting weight on the end of that limb, it does 2 things: rips open the skin and infection and causes nerve damage and only surgery/splinting fixes it. Split a little past the suspected bend.
I first saw your videos here on TH-cam and loved them. So I went back & started watching your videos from the beginning, I even got an instagram account. You make sheep framing look easy but I know you work your butt off.
On your retained placenta, have you ever infused them with Benodine? We did that with out Dairy cows that retained their placentas. Just squirt in some in a quart container containing water until the water is light brown. Then us a sheath gently guided in the vagina and push some Benodine solution in with a syringe. We haven’t had a retained placenta yet, but we will definitely do this if we have one.
After more thought on the subject, I wasn’t thinking...cows and sheep have entirely different cervix’s. On cows, we insert a pipette through the cervix then into the uterus to dispense the Benedine solution. Unless a person can get through the sheep cervix, it won’t get where the infection is...
Good idea to separate ewes when beginning lambing, if possible preventing stealing. Must be difficult not becoming so attached to all lambs, as you are raising them for meat. I would want to keep them all! 💓
Hello Sandi like your videos. We had that when ewes would abort early or just have there lambs to early and just wasn’t stronge enough to live. It was very depressing to go down to the barn and see that every day. We ended up feeding 4gr aureomyicin and it took care of all the problems. But I can’t get it in the states now unless my vet gets it for me. Damn government
How do you manage the house and being a mom. Amazing that you can do all that work. I can remember calving it's a little like Christmas the joy of something new and special and sometimes the sadness when you don't get the outcome you expect . thankfully the joys outweighs the sadness. Take care
Another great video! I look forward to watching every week....and I check up once or twice a day ( ok its more than twice!) on your Instagram stories. Love the little black lamb☺
Easy as when the sheep are inside. We had 45,000 ewes lambing outside, in rain, snow and sunshine. They lamb themselves unless we spot one having difficulties. Estimate around 60,000 lambs.
@@SandiBrock I don't know how you manage it all . A wife , mother, house keeper , cook , banker , sheep farmer , fields, mechanic , video editor, film maker , that's A Lot on someone . You are an inspiration everyday !
sandi is you can share setup details to educate new farmers, lije shed material , compartment dividation, feed stock and all others things which help a new farmer who want to make a new farm. thanks
Hey....not sure if it'd work for sheep, but it might be worth looking into in the case that it could help, but Angelica root tincture helps to expel sticky/retained placenta in humans, so I don't see why it wouldn't in sheep....also, shepherd's purse helps stop bleeding after birth in humans.
Could you have performed a manual removal of the placenta when you first realised she had not passed it. I’m a human midwife and work birth suite and here I am watching sheep give birth. Nipple confusion ☑️ Retained Placentas☑️ Meconium liquor ☑️ Stealing newborns ✖️ but I did laugh at the mumma sheep steeling babies and you telling her off. Then you go steel a baby from the maternal death and give it the the mum of the stillborn. Mother Nature at its best with the little lamb and mumma both excepting each other. Gotta love the pregnancy hormones. Thankyou for your beautiful videos
So many things in common, I'm sure!! I was told very early in my sheep career to never pull the placenta from a sheep... I'll have to ask my vet again why that was!
Sandi Brock pulling can cause hemorrhage, I’ve pulled only once I think, from a ewe that aborted and her placenta started to get rotten. Didn’t have an oxytocin shot, so I gently pulled and gave an antibiotic. She made it with no other problems. But typically, no pulling is not recommended.
Have you ever considered just using Suffolk’s and texels I farm in the uk and we use beltex x Charolais I don’t know how many of them are in the states but they are the best rams to use the lambs come small they are always up in at most 2 mins and the lambs weigh heavy and fatten well of tmr
Sandi, Fantastic video and very well composed!.I like what you are doing and how you are doing it.Curious if on the day before lambing is to start if you can get someone to stay in the barn overnight to watch and pair up moms with kids to limit orphan lambs for say.. a couple nights.
I started watching your channel late 2022, and after binging on older videos, I just wanted you to hear a compliment about how far you've come, not just in your job as a sheep farmer, but also as a videographer! I noticed things you've learned and implemented to be a better farmer like using a heating pad and dextrose to save cold or small lambs, using thicker tubes to cast legs, using gloves when checking your ladies. Even your camera angles, editing and adding words to the screen has gotten SO MUCH BETTER!
You have a lot to be proud of! ❤️
Very interesting to see your set up. Here in Scotland we do very similar procedures, The main differences being all lamb navels are iodine dipped to prevent joint ill and all lambs receive 1ml of a drug called Spectam which prevents watery mouth a condition common to housed lambs. Triples are recorded and wet fostered to singles. Down ewes are given 60ml sub-cute calcium along with Ceto for twin lamb.milk fever. Wonky joint lambs receive 1ml of vit E to encourage stronger muscles in response to stimuli from movement. I lamb 30 sponged pedigree ewes and typically visit them every two hours from the last time I walked out the shed. Lambing time is the golden time of the year for me. I trust you'll have a wonderful season.
WOW!! Thanks for sharing these great tips!!!
Heck, I use iodine for everything with aloe Vera in every room of my house. Once the lambs arrived, I would not be able to function as they are a cuteness overload!!! Love this programme.
what is a Ceto , please ???? is a drug ? what is its composition and its indications ? thanksss
We dip with iodine here in California also tail dock and vaccinate at 3 weeks
What type of pedigreed sheep do you raise? Sponged?
I am flat out exhausted after watching this video. I need at least a pot of coffee. Thanks a million for taking the time to share your experience. I do live vicariously through you. Much appreciated.
Thanks!!
Hi Sandy. I just started watching you yesterday. I’m a retired nurse and I can truly appreciate your hard work, dedication and love for the job. Just like you we never stop learning and improving on our skills. Your a strong woman and I think your awesome
Hi Sandi, that little black and white lamb is so cute. Uncle has sheep also, we see that leg problem a lot. We call it 'wobble legs'. You don't know me from spit, but may I make a suggestion for treating it? We use a figure 8,wrapped 3times from one shoulder to the other across the back, then wrap down the leg with splints back up then a figure 8 under the chest also 3times with a spreader between the legs and chest. Down the other with splints, up and wrap to the top and end the wrap behind the neck. Think of the way that wrap for a human with dislocated shoulder. Same idea.
Love to see a picture of this! Would love to try!!
@@SandiBrock hi Sandi I don't have a picture. I wish I did. I can ask if uncle has one, but if you look at human pictures of dislocated shoulder splints it might help. You do primary wrap before the splints, correct? That is when you do over the shoulder figure 8, 3times around ending at the neck area. Splints, wrap with spreader tube right under breast bone, the bottom figure 8 holds tube in place. 3 times under the chest area. You don't want too tight or too loose. The lamb should be able to get up and down without friction from vet wrap or spreader tube. It's a two person job until you get use to doing it. Hope this helps.
Tell Sandi's vet this info. He should know this!!!!
Seen it too, and we used same method, Excellent referral. Also for retaining placenta, shot of occtocian(check spelling) but it clears this issue.
@@LICKMEKNUTS yes, oxytocin :) and can give several times a day for several days before it's an issue.
What a great knowledge base for anyone who is thinking about starting out in sheep. The unvarnished truth, lambs will die, occasionally a ewe. You can feel like you got kicked in the guts one minute, the next have a pair of cracking lambs and be smiling. I have a small flock and lambing once a year is enough for me, so well done and keep making the vlogs
You've nailed it here... Thats how much of an emotional rollercoaster lambing is!!
hey .
you make a very nice video of the lambing time .
i am a cow farmer in North West Germany nearly from the city Emden .
other times .we milked 95 dairy cows in a playpen barn .
we stopped dairy farming since two an half years .because in 2016 was the basic milk price for 7 months only 18 Euro cents !!!
we change our sales into natural programms for the pasture which financed from the state and europian union .
we have 80 suckler cows on 240 acres pasture .
the cows are 6-7 months at pasture an winter times in the barns.
it is lot of work .with lambs i see it in your video and it is a lot of work with new born calfs especially by the heifers .
nice greatings and good luck for the next time to you from Bert from North West Germany !!!
Hi Sandi,
Recently found your channel :) Love your setup. Just wanted to pass along a tip (you probably already know). I use Arbico Organics fly predators in the barn and compost piles. I thought these were just another gimmick until I tried their free sample. I'm totally sold on these predators and will never go through another season without them. No more fly sprays, no more fly traps, no more sticky tape wohoo. Thank you for these vlogs. Keep up the great work.
TH-cam needs to grow up. Birthing is a fact of life
true...
Lot of thin skinned people these days , give it time there will eventually people complaining cause they are bred for meat.Surprised there isnt already to be honest.
@@SandiBrock what do you do with sooooo many lambs?
That's not right what TH-cam is doing. Why have they singled her out? There are other channels on TH-cam that actually show alpacas, goats giving birth. The whole actual process. So why are they harassing this woman? Definitely a hard worker. Loves what she does. We all need to find out why TH-cam has singled her out. They let other channels do whatever they want and show torturing monkeys is a big one I don't condone but TH-cam let's all that go on. I am going to find out why they have singled this woman out. She does not deserve to be treated like this from TH-cam. I'm sorry they are doing this to you.
I'm sorry you lost so many babies. How did your sheep get this clamedia? I know I didn't spell it right but do all of them have it?
Sandi Brock happy 😊 Easter 🐣
I loved that you asked the Mom for permission to check her ❤️❤️
For all the trolls and nick pickers who get bent out of shape because they think you help your ewes too much I say that they are full of it. Just watching how the ewes seek you out when they are struggling or come over for comfort after you have helped save their lambs is proof that you are doing what is right for your ewes. It is the same in each lambing season. You have been letting more and more ewes do their thing and only help when it’s clear they need it. I actually think it’s pretty awesome how various ewes actually come over to ask for help and others then want to show off their babies and show what a great job they did. They know that you care about them and it makes a huge difference no matter what species they are.💚🐑🐏👍🏻
The black and white one is so freaking cute I really hope she does well.
Good vibes are needed!!
I think she’ll make it, she’s a firecracker
Don’t laugh but you can diaper (size 4 to 6 with a “tail hole” cut into it) the special ones like B & W ewe lamb and bring them into the house where u hv the time to bottle feed every 2 hrs and stand it up on a carpeted surface (better traction). Also a sling or jolly jumper helps to hold them upright and strengthen the legs. After a couple days u should see a big improvement. A little more work but what’s a few days inside worth compared to the value of the lamb in the long run. This is my experience. Maybe not for everyone but it works lol
Goatee Devotee You must be addressing something else besides what the original poster was talking about up top 👆🏻and that was the cuteness of the babies. Unless you found a way to make baby lambs cuter, in that case carry on.
Remember your sheep farm in Minecraft? This is her now. Feel old yet?
The sheep are good girls cute sheep
It may be really tough work and really long hours but I’m sure lambing season is very rewarding!!! Great video as always👍
Very rewarding!
Very interesting video,we have cattle and some years our calving is just as challenging. You just have to keep going forward and do your best. Hope the vet can help you out. Thank you for sharing your lambing with us.
Thanks Joe! It can be so hard at times!
I really enjoyed spending the day with you Sandi. thank you very much for inviting us to hang out with you.
I love the little tail shake when they eat. It's so freaky to hear that animals can get sti's.
Great video. Really entertaining and educational at the same time. You mourn the ones that don't make it with the strength of a seasoned farmer. Thanks for sharing this.
Some of these little ones are just hard to get attached to because they've got such a long battle ahead of them... I've learned that the hard way...
I am never complaining about doing the laundry and other household chores. Sandi works so hard!
*All you hear when ewes start lambing*: *baby baaaaaas* BAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
So seriously I have 4 goats I’m in the process of breeding and seeing this scale of things is awesome!!! Thank you!
Great!
I have sheep goats pigs and alpacass
Little black and white one that you wrapped the legs of looks like a panda its so cute!
So cute💕
Sandi Brock yes the sheep are good girls cute sheep
Ashley Moon happy 😊 Easter 🐣
I’ve been waiting for this since the last lambing video!! 😂😂 getting my fix of cute lambs is essential for my health
LOL!
This is one more awesome video . Sandi, it's great to show what it takes to care for the ewes and the lambs.
I have said before people have no clue what it takes to get the food we consume to the market .
Also, it's important to show not every animal survives. It's part of life, you do what you can but sometimes it's not meant to be.
Thanks so much!
Cuteness overload, pain, disparity and pure elation, I don't know how you do it. Heart felt thoughts.
All the feels. LOL
Love watching your videos. The care you give the ewes is amazing. I suffer from depression and anxiety. Your videos calm my mind. It’s amazing.🤗
Wow! Thanks Tina!! Its amazing how animals can do that.
A name for the splint lamb- Panda.
Great name!
Another great video sandi I just love your channel very educational..that lamb u had to spint it legs is a beautiful hope that helps. TH-cam needs not leave your birthing video's alone. We love them..
Thanks Rachel!
Try not to get to overwhelmed.Easy for me to say. Thanks for taking the time.
Sandi you are like family - I so look forward to lambs. Sad to see babies and mommas not do well but you do such a good job capturing the totality of lambing.
Thanks Andrew!!
I'm fairly new to your channel and have been trying to catch up on all of your videos. My husband, son and I just moved to a small farm and are raising hair sheep. I just wanted to say that I find your videos very helpful. We just started breeding this month so hopefully we will have spring lambs:) Thanks for the videos! I look forward to learning more.
-Sarah
Good luck to you!
Great video. I’ve been shepherding for 15 years but I always learn or reaffirm something watching you. We’re an outside setup. I have several dogs watching the flocks but that’s not fool proof. It’s a rewarding life but sometimes a lot of work.
Whew!, That's a long, exhausting day, seems like organized chaos at times, but you handle it like nobody's business, well done, thanks for sharing
Thanks Tony! Lots of practice I guess!!
I like that word "onslaught" It was a brilliant adult word of poetry when I was in 8th grade and I loved saying it and I haven't used it in a long time. Memories
This brings me back to the time I was lambing as a young man. One mourning I came out to 38 newborn in a 100 ewe pen. OMG 😮
OMG!!!!
How the hell did you sort the right lambs and the right moms together?
Thank goodness I found this channel, i myself am a dairy farmer but I’m going to get a wee flock of sheep for my bday so these videos are really useful👍🐑
That’s awesome!
Wow, that was one crazy day. Your intro was super cool.
Thanks Denise! I love this feedback!!
19:17 these are part of raising animal you don't get to see but might hear about and taking advantage of the situation from two problems to make one positive outcome it GREAT.
wow busy lady, never thought I would enjoy watching these type of videos but thank you , very informative. Over here in Australia we never get to see this as it is all out in the bush / field
Glad you like them!!!
I love the foster mom solution! 🥰🥰
Wonderful video. It really makes me miss my sheep but not all the work! I admire how hard you work and the great care of the flock.
LOL! I hear ya! Thanks Nancy!
@@SandiBrock hello
I have sheep on TH-cam would would like to watch clever Suki and Rachel have had all their wool cut offf
For the black lamb that's front legs don't work. Splint. Cut a cloth shopping bag and hold straps up for the lamb to walk. You can have them stand up for support for brief minutes.
Enjoyed the video, hard work, but gratifying :) Also enjoyed reading about your farm in the Farmers Weekly in the UK, today Canada tomorrow the World!!:) :)
So cool!!!
Just found your channel! I love it! Currently at Guelphs sister campus Ridgetown for agriculture management!
U r such a caring person. Remarkable. Ur smile lights up the barn.!
Wow you are "Super Mom" to all those babies and ewes. Extremely impressive. I hope you know how good you are. Love your channel, thanks for sharing.
So nice! Thanks Ken!
Such an exciting time this lambing is! Loved the little black one with splints that nuzzled your nose! 😍 thx for bringing us along ! 🤩
Thanks for watching!
Lol You turned your back and the stealer went for the 3 babies you were trying to coax mom into pen.
Sandi, what a great channel! Your dedication to the Sheep is outstanding, and you teach us all about the process. Thank you. Best Regards
Thanks!
This vid is about a great midwife, foster mother, nanny, babysitter, and all the rest!! Ewe (sp?). :)
Thanks!
I love the sound of the lambs calling, so cute! I bet it’s a welcome sound for you, too
captainscully If anyone is interested, I make vlogs with my goats, cows, pigs etc you name it. Please check it out 😊
They are cute
captainscully they are good girls I have pet sheep
I found your channel some time ago. I really enjoy your videos because it brings me back to my roots. My mom has a very small sheep farm. I was raised working with lambs from a very young age. It makes me feel nostalgic now that I’m living in the city.
We use the wet adoption we tie the foster lambs legs together so they lie with the other lamb letting the ewe lick both lambs we untie the lamb then when the lamb that’s been born is on its feet looking for the teet . Work 90% of the time for us . Great video 👍🏻
Great tip!!!
I’ve been watching your videos for several weeks now, but not “in order.” I’m fascinated! I’m overwhelmed by the love and care you have for each ewe & baby/babies. As far as the videos, I’ve just been watching them as the “TH-cam algorithm” 🤪 or whatever puts them next. I loved this video, as I learned a ton! Some of it I had figured out…but love your explanation! I have no idea why TH-cam thought I would like your videos, but I’m so glad I found you! I’m an identical twin & have identical twin girls (in their first year of college) so I especially love the multiple births. 🥰 How common is this in sheep?
Hi Sandy. Thank you, to you & your family for all the work it takes to share your life with us. You make it look so easy
Thanks Steven!!
It’s not you Sandi, you’re Awesome. Sadly TH-cam has and continues to censor content. Living on a farm/ranch, not all births go smoothly, and you show the methods for assisting in the MAGICAL MIRACLE of birth. Keep up the Fantastic work and Vlog. I am living in the city currently, but watching your Vlog makes me homesick. U rock!!!
In human babies Meconium stool in birthing fluid is an emergency and signals distress, resulting in possible brain damage and possible aspiration of fluids. Is the lamb positioning in the uterus such that that the soiled amniotic fluid will not jeprodize the lamb?? Thanks for taking us along and explaining everything so well
Interesting! I'm not sure!
I was wondering the same thing. I've watched one of the new vlogs with a very yellow lamb from maconiam.
My first daughter, when my waters broke they were horrible coloured because my daughter had pood, so I was induced straight away and doctors on hand because of all the risks it can have on your unborn baby. Luckily my daughter was fine, but it's always considered high risk when there is maconiam in the waters because of the risk it has on bub. So I was wondering if it was the same for lambs or really any animal in general
You sound like a 'lady doctoc' Mrs.Sandy!! Lol. I think im going to do a inturnal...LOL
I'm not a farmer nor will ever be. Your channel is so interesting to watch! I love it!
Thanks so much for watching!
well i think if your not a vet, you need to be with all that work you do, amazing , i think that lamb with the poor front legs has adopted you,..he/she is so cute,.well done ..hell of a job..
She sure has! I think I have a new pet...
Glad to see your cows are not bothered much by flies!
Hi very well explained and detailed vlog well done and keep up the good work
Thanks!
Lambing vlogs are my favourite
I know this is a few months late (I just found your channel recently & currently binging on them 😁) but the lamb leg splaying issue resembles swimmer syndrome in puppies. There is a hobble method that can be used that prevents the legs from splaying outwards & remedies the problem. I know lambs aren't puppies, but it seems like a logical solution to a similar birth defect.
Reassuring to hear that there are still other people using that dreaded alarm-sound on their phone. Instant-awake!
LOL
I love your channel because as soon as I searched up sheep a little blood on people came up I love this is family friendly
Yeah @24:09 if a lamb has a bent limb like that and it keeps putting weight on the end of that limb, it does 2 things: rips open the skin and infection and causes nerve damage and only surgery/splinting fixes it. Split a little past the suspected bend.
I first saw your videos here on TH-cam and loved them. So I went back & started watching your videos from the beginning, I even got an instagram account. You make sheep framing look easy but I know you work your butt off.
Thanks so much Vivian!!!
On your retained placenta, have you ever infused them with Benodine? We did that with out Dairy cows that retained their placentas. Just squirt in some in a quart container containing water until the water is light brown. Then us a sheath gently guided in the vagina and push some Benodine solution in with a syringe. We haven’t had a retained placenta yet, but we will definitely do this if we have one.
Never heard of that!
After more thought on the subject, I wasn’t thinking...cows and sheep have entirely different cervix’s. On cows, we insert a pipette through the cervix then into the uterus to dispense the Benedine solution. Unless a person can get through the sheep cervix, it won’t get where the infection is...
Thank you for including the Instagram stuff! That was fun👍
My pleasure!
Baaaaaaa! Mornin’ Sandi! 🙄😁😆
Sheep greeting you😆
Good idea to separate ewes when beginning lambing, if possible preventing stealing. Must be difficult not becoming so attached to all lambs, as you are raising them for meat. I would want to keep them all! 💓
thanks for another great video. As a new shepherd (bought our first sheep in 2017) I appreciate all the info and tips.
Thats awesome Angella!
Hello Sandi like your videos. We had that when ewes would abort early or just have there lambs to early and just wasn’t stronge enough to live. It was very depressing to go down to the barn and see that every day. We ended up feeding 4gr aureomyicin and it took care of all the problems. But I can’t get it in the states now unless my vet gets it for me. Damn government
I've used Aureomycin in the past also, but like you said, almost impossible to get it now.
How do you manage the house and being a mom. Amazing that you can do all that work. I can remember calving it's a little like Christmas the joy of something new and special and sometimes the sadness when you don't get the outcome you expect . thankfully the joys outweighs the sadness. Take care
My house gets neglected during lambing for sure!!! LOL
24:35 omg so cute!!
Yes the sheep are cute they are good girls cute sheep happy 😊 Easter 🐣
Yes everyone should drink coffee.....forget that we need IVs
ALL THE COFFEE!!!! LOL
I support this idea . As a fellow coffee consumer
Hello Sandi, all this brings back memories good luck with your lambing 👍👍👍🇬🇧
Thanks Ted!
Give the sheep a cuddle
She is soooo adorable ! I think the lambs are cute too !
Another great video! I look forward to watching every week....and I check up once or twice a day ( ok its more than twice!) on your Instagram stories. Love the little black lamb☺
You are the big super MOM..... outstanding job..
Lambs and sheep are like the cutest things ever
it is incredible the amount of work!!! wow
it is! but so very rewarding.
I do love your videos, especially lambing time.
Thanks Mary!
Wow wow wow ! Amazing !!!
Thanks!
I love your videos 😭 seriously the best. I look for another one everyday
Thanks Mallory!
Great video. Great farming. Lambs need lots attention
They do for a little bit!
Easy as when the sheep are inside. We had 45,000 ewes lambing outside, in rain, snow and sunshine. They lamb themselves unless we spot one having difficulties. Estimate around 60,000 lambs.
WOW!!!!!!!
Yay ! Lamb time again . So happy 2 see them
It sure is!
@@SandiBrock I don't know how you manage it all . A wife , mother, house keeper , cook , banker , sheep farmer , fields, mechanic , video editor, film maker , that's A Lot on someone . You are an inspiration everyday !
Love cute little lambs
Lambs are cute and the mummy sheep are good girls cute happy 😊 Easter 🐣
sandi is you can share setup details to educate new farmers, lije shed material , compartment dividation, feed stock and all others things which help a new farmer who want to make a new farm.
thanks
Be sure to check out my other videos... lots of info there.
Hey....not sure if it'd work for sheep, but it might be worth looking into in the case that it could help, but Angelica root tincture helps to expel sticky/retained placenta in humans, so I don't see why it wouldn't in sheep....also, shepherd's purse helps stop bleeding after birth in humans.
Have you tried using bulb syringes to clear the nose/mouth airways of fluid? We used that for puppies and it helped sooo much.
I'm embarrassed to say I bought one, and forget where I put it!!
Yes! Amazing video 👌👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👌
Thanks Myles!
I love seeing those sweet little faces 🥰
Makes it all worth it!!
They're cute sheep
Folk say look at my sheeps wee faces
Could you have performed a manual removal of the placenta when you first realised she had not passed it. I’m a human midwife and work birth suite and here I am watching sheep give birth.
Nipple confusion ☑️
Retained Placentas☑️
Meconium liquor ☑️
Stealing newborns ✖️ but I did laugh at the mumma sheep steeling babies and you telling her off. Then you go steel a baby from the maternal death and give it the the mum of the stillborn. Mother Nature at its best with the little lamb and mumma both excepting each other. Gotta love the pregnancy hormones.
Thankyou for your beautiful videos
So many things in common, I'm sure!! I was told very early in my sheep career to never pull the placenta from a sheep... I'll have to ask my vet again why that was!
Sandi Brock pulling can cause hemorrhage, I’ve pulled only once I think, from a ewe that aborted and her placenta started to get rotten. Didn’t have an oxytocin shot, so I gently pulled and gave an antibiotic. She made it with no other problems. But typically, no pulling is not recommended.
Thankyou for letting me know.
@@RoyalBlue4486 It could also cause a uterine prolapse.
tommy pulling gently won’t cause a prolapse. Hemorrhaging is the real danger.
I don’t know how you do it. But well done mom!
Thanks!
Have you ever considered just using Suffolk’s and texels I farm in the uk and we use beltex x Charolais I don’t know how many of them are in the states but they are the best rams to use the lambs come small they are always up in at most 2 mins and the lambs weigh heavy and fatten well of tmr
Interesting!
Sandi, Fantastic video and very well composed!.I like what you are doing and how you are doing it.Curious if on the day before lambing is to start if you can get someone to stay in the barn overnight to watch and pair up moms with kids to limit orphan lambs for say.. a couple nights.
I could for sure...