I’m struck by how many of these problems you’ve resolved over the years ...hanging pails of water to prevent them overturning or lambs drowning, getting The Nanny and averting the issues with the “nipple bucket”.... I hope you look back on these early videos and are cheered by all the progress you’ve made in the barn! 🤩
What I appreciate about your channel is that you do not shy away from showing LIFE, AND DEATH. It happens, lambs die, Ewes die. It's real life, not scrubbed for sensitive people. Thank you for being honest and courageous enough to show real life.
I’m so glad to see your top 10 list now, 3 years later. You have solved so many of these issues: raising up the water buckets onto a hook off the floor so it’s cleaner and no lambs climb in and drown; feeding by adding buckets into your troughs and just filling them up with your machine...then picking up the filled buckets and bringing them into the pens. I guess the only thing that is harder to fix are dumb lambs, lol, omg , they are too funny. The other is dead lambs, always heart breaking , but over time you really have less and less. It just shows how much you have advanced in time, good for you Sandi! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🐑🐑🐑
Been watching you for a couple years...decided to see the earlier years... OMG ... this was hilarious! You have grown and have figured out a lot the past few years... LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
You are a 'doll' Sandi. Keep up the fantastic work. You are EXCELLENT in so many ways. You are humane, you are kind, you are charitable, self- sacrificing, genuine, thorough, knowledgeable, successful!!! You are getting thinner...and you work so hard. Maybe you need a chef!!
Tw: infertility I was unable to conceive and have children naturally so my son is adopted. I never went though labor. However when the lamb’s butt popped out of Mum OH my word I felt that. 😱 Every time you pull a lamb I ache in sympathy. I appreciate all the pain you and your ewes go through!
Sandy I just love how real you are. I’m a postnatal ward lactation consultant. I agree the babies are sooo cute, but when you get one who hasn’t read the breastfeeding book, like lambs they drive you crazy, and it’s always the really cute ones. The baby and I have to have a serious talk, I usually win but it may take a few days. In 20 years I’ve only had to send 1 to our special care nursery for tube feeding on day 5. I wonder what else was going on with this baby. Just like your lambs. Preterm, cold babies, low blood sugar babies or those with respiratory distress at birth are different. They often end in special nursery and need warming, glucose and tube feeds for a period of time. Human babies have a 4% breech rate, what is the backward lamb rate? Your job and mine are so similar in so many ways, but I’m sure yours is harder and heavier. Just keep these videos coming. I know why you have 1 million subscribers, you have earned every one of them. 🥰
Oh Sandi, this is the best video I have watched, and yes, I am still binge watching. I love your sense of humour, and how you delivered you 10 worst things about lambing. So far I have cried, and now I got the best chuckle in a long time. Thank you.
Love, love, love your vlogs!!! This is probably one of my very favorite ones. So raw, but so funny at the same time. Sandie you are one amazing woman!!!
@@SandiBrock They need to make Ewe-friendly Bailey's. I saw you work with that Mama to pull that breeched lamb out and all I could think was ya'll both need a drink after that.
Sandi, you are so much more than you give yourself credit for. You wouldn't care so much about other people think about you, if you would realize how little they do! You're the best!!
For the water pails you can get long S hooks from hardware stores super cheap and hang them off the fencing. You can also get long sieves that sit across part of your sink so you can pour the water through and not get hay clogging the drain. You can get drain covers that sit over the hole and stop things going down them but they are a pain to clean and fill up super quick, but with the sieve you can have it almost full and it'll still drain and they're super easy to empty. Maybe put a permanent coloured mark on the tip of the ear tags for dumb lambs so you don't keep any back for breeding haha!
Just watched “10annoying things about lambs” gotta say ,Sandi, I love your videos. You’ re so honest and entertaining! Try to never miss any of them. Even the farming ones are fun and informative!! I admire you!!
You could get a big strainer for your water buckets, strain it as you dump in sink. Also that stuff you put in your septic tanks to keep them going, works great on keeping drains clear. Septobac I think. ❤️🇨🇦
I love you Sandi! You have an awesome sense of humor, you made me laugh so loud over the dumb lambs that I made my sleeping husband make a noise which means he was on the verge of waking up then I am toast because he won’t be able to go back to sleep and I will feel so horrible. I am really enjoying going through these old videos, thank you!
Omg when you talked about the dumb lambs I start cracking up then you said you needed baileys in your coffee I started crying. I needed a good laugh lol
I got mine from Jeffers (jefferspet dot com). Search on "bucket hook" - only US $0.79 each when you get at least a dozen, although I see that they are on backorder right now. :-( Someone is selling them on Amazon too at $15.35 each - yikes! ~ Cindy
Have Mark build a 1x4 frame that will sit in the bottom of your wash tub. Fit a 1x 2 frame inside with window screen covering it. Make sure it is well supported so the screen material will not tear out. The screen and the raised edges of the 1x4's will keep most of the straw and other large material from entering the drain. You can then hose off the screen outside the barn. Should really cut down on clogged drains.
My sheep raising friend once lambing starts, stays in the barn basically full time, meals snacks, even a bucket for potty breaks. Gets a nap on a hay bale here n there.
I LOVE your channel. 2nd year hobby sheep farmer. VERY much a beginner and have learned alot from your channel. Prepping for lambing so rewatching. My timing is always off with lambing they r in the lambing shed and I'll think today is the day for a ewe and I never seem to be right lol. Thanks for the great channel
Thanks for being truthful! Though I'm too old to want to become a shepherdess, maybe next time around I'll become one!? Already I'm having a problem of not ever finding the time to go on vacation, LOL! 🤣
I think that when you made this video you were having one of those very bad days the Sandy I hope you put a little bit of that stuff you were talking about in your coffee you may need it every once in awhile just so that you can you know keep going on when it's that hard God bless you we love you so much and thank you for bringing us on your journey and showing us the real truth even though sometimes we don't like it
Hi from Melbourne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺😎 Been a subscriber for a while now, But this is real 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 When I lived in Minlaton, on the York Peninsula, south Australia, for 11 years, is when I learnt lambing, I'm 58 years old, I was 25 years old then, when I say I tip my hat to you I mean you have my adderation, for I understand, after 11years I'm out of there, I understand the work and the heartache. I work as a high school/junior high teacher , I can't go back!!!!!!!! I love your videos by the way 🥰
You are SO correct! If I could add one, it's first time mom's who refuse to stand still for nursing and appear to be freaked out that a lamb is following their udder around. Some just don't seem to grasp the concept that they are a mom.
Too right, Tim. It's those first-timers that get stuck in "licking mode" and spin around in circles. Meanwhile the lamb is getting exhausted, constantly wobbling toward the udder. Drives me crazy! ~ Cindy
To prevent drain clogs, you can use a colander or strainer and pour the water through it. The strainer will catch the straw and the other little bits and you can just throw those away. It also works when cleaning rugs and you need to pour the dirty water out. You don’t want rug fuzz going down your drains either.
I am not a lamb farmer but we did this with young calfs, we would use 5 gl. buckets with the lid on and drill a hole and attach a teat like on a milk bucket for newborn lambs. They are already conditioned for the milk but soon realize it is water and then know where to get water.
3:19 At first I thought you said, "they don't tell you that on Omegle..." and I just about passed out I laughed so hard. I did eventually rewind to listen again. lol!
The sink trap is a pretty easy fix - in the pipe under the sink above the u trap, you can install a "bell trap" or semi-diy the same thing but even easier to clean. Above the u bend, fit a wider connector to the top, then leave an open space a couple of inches or so, then just the straight pipe from the sink drain aligned above it, then stick a regular metal kitchen sieve in the gap, sitting on the trap opening - then cleaning is as easy as pulling and dumping the sieve and replacing it. There's also "dog grooming hair trap" you can get if the bell trap doesn't suit but seriously, the sieve is fantastic and cheap.
I know I'm late to this but here's a trick for your drain issue. Try a metal strainer like for spaghetti to drain nasty water from water buckets. That will strain out any crud from bucket. Also vinegar/ baking soda bomb once a week. 1 cup baking soda, 1 1/2cups hot (boiling) white vinegar. Soda first in the drain poke it down with pencil until no more will fit. Add the 1 1/2 cups of vinegar hot ,1/2 cup first, STAND BACK then the cup's worth and let it fizz for awhile. The hottest water possible for 10 minutes will clear your drain. Scouts honor.
You can put a Steel Kitchen Sink Strainer over your drain. I use it to keep hair and other stuff from going down the drain. I am sure it would work for straw, too. It's on Amazon and other places.
hi Sandi, me again :) what do you do with dead lambs ? do you burn them, do you bury them ? etc ... (I'm watching your vlogs from 01 to avoid asking you what you may explain in some video 🙂 ) Davi
Watching this way late, but I agree lambs can be dumb! I have watched yours moseying around and suddenly one takes off and then they are doing their wind sprints for awhile. Do we not hear one of them or a ewe say, "time to exercise your lungs now, get running"? But their moms can be pretty dumb to. They will all stand around waiting for one to go first and then when it does, the ewes are going like crazy as if someone was offering chocolate! It is so funny to watch. So sad about the dead ones.
Hi Sandi, Great videos! Just looking at your list, most of which I agree with. If you look at your dumb lambs on the video, you will notice both lambs look in the same place for the nipple, but it’s not there! We cull any ewe that we have that problem with, and don’t keep the lambs either as udder shape is highly heritable, ask any dairy farmer! One better is to source maternal sires from someone who is also doing this. It may seem harsh at first, but next year you won’t have any issues. I bet if you look at your records it’s the same sheep you have to suckle every year.
I’m sure it’s already been suggested. Maybe you could try hanging buckets for water and feed, and a garbage disposal for your sink. Thanks for the videos.
I have a possible solution to your clogged service sink (if you still read comments on old videos). Go to a hardware store and look for a domed roof drain. They stick up and will help catch the straw and/or hay. Just place the dome over the drain (you might need to remove some of the roof drain. Not likely that you will find one with a discharge pipe the same size as your service sink drain. This is the cheapest solution. A proper solution would be to put an interceptor on it but that might be more expensive (depending on what make/model you are picking for the roof drain or interceptor). Also, if you are on a septic tank that stuff is not good for it but I think there are treatments that you can add to help. If you are on city sewer you might not want to mention your problem again as they will get very upset and may cause you problems. In the last 5 years, various building departments in North America have been cracking down on waste disposal systems that have not been installed with interceptors. Think of the roof drain acting like an inverted hair trap that you place inside a bathtub.
For dumb lambs, my vet told me that a Vitamin E supplement could help - either by feed or injection to the ewe just before lambing, or (worst case) by injection to the lamb. I'll be supplementing my ewes next lambing season and hoping for the best. ~ Cindy
Don’t feel bad, you are doing a fantastic job.what I like most is how honest you are with yourself and your strength to share with us. To let us see the qutest newborn lambs ever...but also when things go bad.
I thought it was just me .... I’ve had every experience you’ve listed😏 and you summed up the love hate relationship we can have with our flocks. Unless I see an issue I pasture lamb because I’m a glutton for punishment. I’ve named lambs Squall, Snowflake, Twister (😱), Midnight, Daybreak And Hurry the Hell Up I’m Late for Work (my boss asked if lambing was actually a word. I said “Lambing is a word. No kidding.” ☺️ Shepherding has its days but I wouldn’t trade it...usually. Thanks for the humor and candor.
I was watching some of your videos on the Lambs that don't have mothers with milk I was watching another TH-cam video and it's one of the first that were made and some of the country I forgot which one it was but they have it where you can breastfeed them with the room temperature of the mother's milk it's pretty awesome maybe that's something that you can look into that we are not having such a hard day trying to have feet each one I believe it holds 6 nipples all together
we use 5-gallon pails for water because they're tall enough to stay clean better and the lambs don't get in them. Keep them full so they're heavy to not tip over.
Thank you for saying don’t turn it off because this is real life because it’s so true I breed rabbits and one miss carried and I freaked out because there was blood everywhere I had no clue what was happening so I bought her in the house and had her on a towel in my lap and my sister pics up one of the babies and asked what it is so I told her and she thought it was cool to see them
Sandi Brock Especially with a bad year I took rabbits to a small animal swap and brought the ones I didt sell back I didt think to Corentine them and all but 4 of my rabbits died and at the time I wanna day I had 20+ rabbits
You need a drain trap under your sink.. they make them for sinks used to catch hair and grease and whatever. Simple compression pvc fitting open dump and your all set. Defn hang your buckets. They make hangers. Or clips or whatever get them off the floor. Salon Sink Hair Trap Bowl Strainer Catcher Gray www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKU9VEC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_hvmPCbVNXHXTY
Hi Sandi. Thank you for your videos. I am learning so much. I wanted to ask, would it be possible to double the width birthing pen, since they're modular? Would that be enough room for the ewus to birth? Then you won't have to find which lamb belongs to which mommy. Hope to hear back. Thanks!
Look up Dr Pol! On TH-cam! He's a vet that has a TV show and he does Vaginal prolapse.. and it's not about teaching just a show about the day to day life of a vet but I've learned a lot from it!
Lol whoops sorry I put lol before your # 10. But didn't know you were so funny. Like me Sandi I use to be really funny. I could crack up even the worst Grouch now I'm the Grouch LOL.
Hi Sandi.Love your channel. My wife and I are in the middle of lambing and have an orphan newborn lamb thats constipated. I am wondering what you do for enema as I have read varying things on what to use and how much? Thx in advance!
Hey Chris! Sorry, I'm likely way too late to answer this! I'm not exactly sure what to do in this case! I'll see my vet tomorrow so I'll try to remember to ask him!
We lost the poor thing, just could not get it to recover - think there were other things going on. If you do find out, it would be great to know. my contact is rainstormer1968 AT gmail dot com.
Every profession has at least 10 thumbs down parts. We were in laying hens for a few years, I promise, more than ten. We were in the retail business for many years, it has at least 10 also.
In human world. There is a reason human babies are cute, because they are a lot of work. Haha, if we had to be killed because our udders didn't work I would be in trouble:)
Hi, sandi ref to you getting above average Breach births, unless I am wrong are your ewes always inside, as a ewe in a field will easily walk 2/3mls per day, giving the lamb stimulation and movement to turn around in the womb, as when there pend up they tend to lay down a lot,
You're right... them moving would help immensely. But there are groups that lamb with close to no breach births... so not a consistent thing for it to be a housing issue alone perhaps.
We put a small drain screen on our drain. You can get them at the dollar store. We also place a screened vegetable basket used for washing veggies in the sink. It hangs across. Dump your dirty pail of water into this basket. The fine mesh screens out most of the stuff that’s plugging the sink.
Okay so I really suck when it comes to actual names of things that need to be said but you were saying something about the feeding situation so there was something on you to a while ago I was watching it looks like a big hose that you would put on the back of your dryer for the lint well it looks like that and then it has like a lid that shuts and opens and closes anyways so that was something that I was looking at when you were saying that you have to go back and forth everywhere it just hangs on the top of the roof and rolls wherever you need it to go like it'll go criss cross front back things like that and then as far as your buckets are concerned use that I forgot what those are called to oh my God I am so sorry I'm so horrible at this but it gives you an idea to Google it or being I don't know what you use it's like a doggie Bowl type thing but it only lets it out once its face is right next to it and then you said that you're always like changing the pins and stuff like that there's a way to zip tie it to the door itself and because its a nozzle type watering system it won't leak all over the place why are opening and closing the fences
Water pails; I don't put water pails in claiming pens. I gave up doing that when enough lambs drowned in them and they got them too dirty to be of any use to them anyway. I carry 2 gallon pails around and give them the chance to drink out of it for 5 mins each, twice daily. Hay/baleage feeder: I built my own hanging hay bags with 1.75" holes in it, so it lasts for 2 ewes for 2.5 days, which is pretty close to how long each ewe is in the claiming pen. I found the ewes are happier, because the hay is always clean and they can't defecate on it, making them get less of it. Bad udders: cull hard for that at weaning time and test for MV to eliminate it. Hope this helps! Happy lambing!
Oh, and with my RV's, none of those lambs are ever dumb and none of their udders are too big or have teats that are too big for the lambs to suck or find. Which is one of the many reasons I love them so much!
Right! I've seen those hay bags before, and great idea! Thanks! This has been a great way to get some good helpful advise... wish I had posted long ago! LOL
Well, you haven't seen the ones I made for myself, you probably saw ones made for horses, but similar. I can send you pics. I bought the netting from a supplier in MTL and make them myself. Yes, it started because I was making big hay bags for the horses round bales to save on wastage and they work great! The ones I make for the lambing jugs will fit approximately 1 square bale, I think. I made them rectangular with the seam on the top for easy filling for me. What I love the best is that filling each bag once, saves ME 10 trips into each claiming pen. YAY!!!
Hey Erich! Yes... winter can be bad for this when lambs are snuggling in against mom when its cold to keep warm. I was told that shearing the ewes prior to lambing helps with this as the wool sometimes prevents them from feeling the lamb under her. So far, since I've been doing this, no laid on lambs!
hey i like this vlog sandi! it's always cool to see people around the world and their perspective!! I also make vlogs about my adventures in life it would be amazing if you could stop by my channel and check them out and lemme know what you think! Keep up the great work! Cheers! :)
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I’m struck by how many of these problems you’ve resolved over the years ...hanging pails of water to prevent them overturning or lambs drowning, getting The Nanny and averting the issues with the “nipple bucket”.... I hope you look back on these early videos and are cheered by all the progress you’ve made in the barn! 🤩
Here here!
What I appreciate about your channel is that you do not shy away from showing LIFE, AND DEATH. It happens, lambs die, Ewes die. It's real life, not scrubbed for sensitive people. Thank you for being honest and courageous enough to show real life.
Thank you so much!!!
I’m so glad to see your top 10 list now, 3 years later. You have solved so many of these issues: raising up the water buckets onto a hook off the floor so it’s cleaner and no lambs climb in and drown; feeding by adding buckets into your troughs and just filling them up with your machine...then picking up the filled buckets and bringing them into the pens. I guess the only thing that is harder to fix are dumb lambs, lol, omg , they are too funny. The other is dead lambs, always heart breaking , but over time you really have less and less. It just shows how much you have advanced in time, good for you Sandi! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🐑🐑🐑
Been watching you for a couple years...decided to see the earlier years... OMG ... this was hilarious! You have grown and have figured out a lot the past few years... LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
You are a 'doll' Sandi. Keep up the fantastic work. You are EXCELLENT in so many ways. You are humane, you are kind, you are charitable, self- sacrificing, genuine, thorough, knowledgeable, successful!!! You are getting thinner...and you work so hard. Maybe you need a chef!!
Tw: infertility
I was unable to conceive and have children naturally so my son is adopted. I never went though labor. However when the lamb’s butt popped out of Mum OH my word I felt that. 😱 Every time you pull a lamb I ache in sympathy. I appreciate all the pain you and your ewes go through!
Sandy I just love how real you are. I’m a postnatal ward lactation consultant. I agree the babies are sooo cute, but when you get one who hasn’t read the breastfeeding book, like lambs they drive you crazy, and it’s always the really cute ones. The baby and I have to have a serious talk, I usually win but it may take a few days. In 20 years I’ve only had to send 1 to our special care nursery for tube feeding on day 5. I wonder what else was going on with this baby. Just like your lambs. Preterm, cold babies, low blood sugar babies or those with respiratory distress at birth are different. They often end in special nursery and need warming, glucose and tube feeds for a period of time. Human babies have a 4% breech rate, what is the backward lamb rate? Your job and mine are so similar in so many ways, but I’m sure yours is harder and heavier. Just keep these videos coming. I know why you have 1 million subscribers, you have earned every one of them. 🥰
Oh Sandi, this is the best video I have watched, and yes, I am still binge watching. I love your sense of humour, and how you delivered you 10 worst things about lambing. So far I have cried, and now I got the best chuckle in a long time. Thank you.
Love, love, love your vlogs!!! This is probably one of my very favorite ones. So raw, but so funny at the same time. Sandie you are one amazing woman!!!
This has been my first year lambing and I can relate to all of the above! Thank you for your videos. Always nice to know we shepherds aren’t alone.
This is so very true! We are all in this together!!!
"I actually need Bailey's in my coffee.." Best line ever!
I DO LOVE BAILEYS!!
Agreed!
@@SandiBrock They need to make Ewe-friendly Bailey's. I saw you work with that Mama to pull that breeched lamb out and all I could think was ya'll both need a drink after that.
I love this
Sandi, you are so much more than you give yourself credit for. You wouldn't care so
much about other people think about you, if you would realize how little they do! You're the best!!
For the water pails you can get long S hooks from hardware stores super cheap and hang them off the fencing. You can also get long sieves that sit across part of your sink so you can pour the water through and not get hay clogging the drain. You can get drain covers that sit over the hole and stop things going down them but they are a pain to clean and fill up super quick, but with the sieve you can have it almost full and it'll still drain and they're super easy to empty.
Maybe put a permanent coloured mark on the tip of the ear tags for dumb lambs so you don't keep any back for breeding haha!
Thanks!!!
Omg, so funny. Your frustration is real but your delivery is awesome.
Just watched “10annoying things about lambs” gotta say ,Sandi, I love your videos. You’ re so honest and entertaining! Try to never miss any of them. Even the farming ones are fun and informative!! I admire you!!
You could get a big strainer for your water buckets, strain it as you dump in sink. Also that stuff you put in your septic tanks to keep them going, works great on keeping drains clear. Septobac I think.
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Omg I laughed so hard at this episode!! You should do another one for your newer viewers!
That was so cool! It's not always smiles and rainbows. Thanks for sharing the human side of lambing.
I love you Sandi! You have an awesome sense of humor, you made me laugh so loud over the dumb lambs that I made my sleeping husband make a noise which means he was on the verge of waking up then I am toast because he won’t be able to go back to sleep and I will feel so horrible. I am really enjoying going through these old videos, thank you!
Omg when you talked about the dumb lambs I start cracking up then you said you needed baileys in your coffee I started crying. I needed a good laugh lol
Sandi, get your hands on a fantastic little bit of metal called a "bucket C hook" -- you can hang the buckets from your lambing jug panels. ~ Cindy
I've been told about these magic hooks! Where do I find them??
I got mine from Jeffers (jefferspet dot com). Search on "bucket hook" - only US $0.79 each when you get at least a dozen, although I see that they are on backorder right now. :-( Someone is selling them on Amazon too at $15.35 each - yikes!
~ Cindy
@@SandiBrock You can get them at Tractor Supply Co in Canada! Used them for years working with horses to hang water buckets on the thick stall walls
Good list. I could add a few, but you got the main ones. Dumb lambs has to be my "favourite". :)
Have Mark build a 1x4 frame that will sit in the bottom of your wash tub. Fit a 1x 2 frame inside with window screen covering it. Make sure it is well supported so the screen material will not tear out. The screen and the raised edges of the 1x4's will keep most of the straw and other large material from entering the drain. You can then hose off the screen outside the barn. Should really cut down on clogged drains.
My sheep raising friend once lambing starts, stays in the barn basically full time, meals snacks, even a bucket for potty breaks.
Gets a nap on a hay bale here n there.
Wow! Thats amazing! Unfortunately, I need my sleep to function so I do a night check around 10pm and set the alarm for 4-5am.
lol..calving we had fold up cots and a mini fridge😂 and a potty corner in the barn! gramps laughed the first time we set up a tent with an airbed🤣🤣🤣
Your VENTING !😁 Good for you! Keep up your great work 💪 your awesome🍾
I LOVE your channel. 2nd year hobby sheep farmer. VERY much a beginner and have learned alot from your channel. Prepping for lambing so rewatching. My timing is always off with lambing they r in the lambing shed and I'll think today is the day for a ewe and I never seem to be right lol. Thanks for the great channel
Ah you are too funny... thanks for the video. I’m brand new at this and am learning a lot through your videos!
Oh thanks!! I'm glad you like the videos!!
I would like that too
Thanks for being truthful! Though I'm too old to want to become a shepherdess, maybe next time around I'll become one!? Already I'm having a problem of not ever finding the time to go on vacation, LOL! 🤣
I think that when you made this video you were having one of those very bad days the Sandy I hope you put a little bit of that stuff you were talking about in your coffee you may need it every once in awhile just so that you can you know keep going on when it's that hard God bless you we love you so much and thank you for bringing us on your journey and showing us the real truth even though sometimes we don't like it
Hi from Melbourne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺😎
Been a subscriber for a while now,
But this is real 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
When I lived in Minlaton, on the York Peninsula, south Australia, for 11 years, is when I learnt lambing, I'm 58 years old, I was 25 years old then, when I say I tip my hat to you I mean you have my adderation, for I understand, after 11years I'm out of there,
I understand the work and the heartache.
I work as a
high school/junior high teacher ,
I can't go back!!!!!!!!
I love your videos by the way 🥰
You are SO correct! If I could add one, it's first time mom's who refuse to stand still for nursing and appear to be freaked out that a lamb is following their udder around. Some just don't seem to grasp the concept that they are a mom.
Too right, Tim. It's those first-timers that get stuck in "licking mode" and spin around in circles. Meanwhile the lamb is getting exhausted, constantly wobbling toward the udder. Drives me crazy! ~ Cindy
To prevent drain clogs, you can use a colander or strainer and pour the water through it. The strainer will catch the straw and the other little bits and you can just throw those away. It also works when cleaning rugs and you need to pour the dirty water out. You don’t want rug fuzz going down your drains either.
I am not a lamb farmer but we did this with young calfs, we would use 5 gl. buckets with the lid on and drill a hole and attach a teat like on a milk bucket for newborn lambs. They are already conditioned for the milk but soon realize it is water and then know where to get water.
3:19 At first I thought you said, "they don't tell you that on Omegle..." and I just about passed out I laughed so hard. I did eventually rewind to listen again. lol!
Sandi. I. Want. To. Thank. You. For Doing. Really. Cool. Vídeos. You. Are. Só. Cool.
The sink trap is a pretty easy fix - in the pipe under the sink above the u trap, you can install a "bell trap" or semi-diy the same thing but even easier to clean. Above the u bend, fit a wider connector to the top, then leave an open space a couple of inches or so, then just the straight pipe from the sink drain aligned above it, then stick a regular metal kitchen sieve in the gap, sitting on the trap opening - then cleaning is as easy as pulling and dumping the sieve and replacing it. There's also "dog grooming hair trap" you can get if the bell trap doesn't suit but seriously, the sieve is fantastic and cheap.
I know I'm late to this but here's a trick for your drain issue. Try a metal strainer like for spaghetti to drain nasty water from water buckets. That will strain out any crud from bucket. Also vinegar/ baking soda bomb once a week. 1 cup baking soda, 1 1/2cups hot (boiling) white vinegar. Soda first in the drain poke it down with pencil until no more will fit. Add the 1 1/2 cups of vinegar hot ,1/2 cup first, STAND BACK then the cup's worth and let it fizz for awhile. The hottest water possible for 10 minutes will clear your drain. Scouts honor.
Do I ever understand! ( Love my lambies, but lambing season can really be a bummer sometimes!
Love your Homers vlogs so much!
Thanks!
HONEST :) Not Homers 😅😂
You can put a Steel Kitchen Sink Strainer over your drain. I use it to keep hair and other stuff from going down the drain. I am sure it would work for straw, too. It's on Amazon and other places.
hi Sandi, me again :)
what do you do with dead lambs ?
do you burn them, do you bury them ? etc ...
(I'm watching your vlogs from 01 to avoid asking you what you may explain in some video 🙂 )
Davi
The dead lambs get composted...
Watching this way late, but I agree lambs can be dumb! I have watched yours moseying around and suddenly one takes off and then they are doing their wind sprints for awhile. Do we not hear one of them or a ewe say, "time to exercise your lungs now, get running"? But their moms can be pretty dumb to. They will all stand around waiting for one to go first and then when it does, the ewes are going like crazy as if someone was offering chocolate! It is so funny to watch. So sad about the dead ones.
*”Why you have to be like that?” the answer is still unknown and women are still asking the exact same question...* 😂
Hi Sandi,
Great videos! Just looking at your list, most of which I agree with. If you look at your dumb lambs on the video, you will notice both lambs look in the same place for the nipple, but it’s not there! We cull any ewe that we have that problem with, and don’t keep the lambs either as udder shape is highly heritable, ask any dairy farmer! One better is to source maternal sires from someone who is also doing this. It may seem harsh at first, but next year you won’t have any issues. I bet if you look at your records it’s the same sheep you have to suckle every year.
I’m sure it’s already been suggested. Maybe you could try hanging buckets for water and feed, and a garbage disposal for your sink.
Thanks for the videos.
Lol I wish they would add a laughing button to TH-cam! 😂🤣😂
Hahaha! So many truth word’s. Exactly the way I feel during lambing season.
Right?! The struggle is real. Good thing they are so darn cute.
Like me and my daddy say...it's just a thing. You're good.👍
انتي انسانه ممتازه وانا اتابعك منذ فتره طويله أنا معجب بكل ما تفعليه
I have a possible solution to your clogged service sink (if you still read comments on old videos). Go to a hardware store and look for a domed roof drain. They stick up and will help catch the straw and/or hay. Just place the dome over the drain (you might need to remove some of the roof drain. Not likely that you will find one with a discharge pipe the same size as your service sink drain. This is the cheapest solution. A proper solution would be to put an interceptor on it but that might be more expensive (depending on what make/model you are picking for the roof drain or interceptor). Also, if you are on a septic tank that stuff is not good for it but I think there are treatments that you can add to help. If you are on city sewer you might not want to mention your problem again as they will get very upset and may cause you problems. In the last 5 years, various building departments in North America have been cracking down on waste disposal systems that have not been installed with interceptors. Think of the roof drain acting like an inverted hair trap that you place inside a bathtub.
For dumb lambs, my vet told me that a Vitamin E supplement could help - either by feed or injection to the ewe just before lambing, or (worst case) by injection to the lamb. I'll be supplementing my ewes next lambing season and hoping for the best. ~ Cindy
Good idea! I'll discuss with my vet!
Loved this video. I laughed so hard.
Omg I love this video so so much!
I’m an L&D nurse. Many similarities t humans😮😥😂. Just change up a few of the circumstances
Put a drain filter, sieve on your sink! There are hundreds of sizes on Amazon!
Don’t feel bad, you are doing a fantastic job.what I like most is how honest you are with yourself and your strength to share with us. To let us see the qutest newborn lambs ever...but also when things go bad.
I thought it was just me ....
I’ve had every experience you’ve listed😏 and you summed up the love hate relationship we can have with our flocks. Unless I see an issue I pasture lamb because I’m a glutton for punishment. I’ve named lambs Squall, Snowflake, Twister (😱), Midnight, Daybreak And Hurry the Hell Up I’m Late for Work (my boss asked if lambing was actually a word. I said “Lambing is a word. No kidding.” ☺️ Shepherding has its days but I wouldn’t trade it...usually. Thanks for the humor and candor.
Dumb lambs...roflol, love this, glad I went back to see it.
I was watching some of your videos on the Lambs that don't have mothers with milk I was watching another TH-cam video and it's one of the first that were made and some of the country I forgot which one it was but they have it where you can breastfeed them with the room temperature of the mother's milk it's pretty awesome maybe that's something that you can look into that we are not having such a hard day trying to have feet each one I believe it holds 6 nipples all together
you are strong fighter
u r the best
Excellent 👍
I found your videos while looking for tube feeding advice. You gotta heck of an operation there! Your really good and knowledgeable.
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Number 5 was my fav!!! I laugh so hard!!
lol I love this!
Yes dum lambs!!! Thank u!! God help x
Dumb lambs is the one I relate to the most 😂😂
LOL!
we use 5-gallon pails for water because they're tall enough to stay clean better and the lambs don't get in them. Keep them full so they're heavy to not tip over.
Great tip!
Thank you for saying don’t turn it off because this is real life because it’s so true I breed rabbits and one miss carried and I freaked out because there was blood everywhere I had no clue what was happening so I bought her in the house and had her on a towel in my lap and my sister pics up one of the babies and asked what it is so I told her and she thought it was cool to see them
It can be tough thats for sure!
Sandi Brock Especially with a bad year I took rabbits to a small animal swap and brought the ones I didt sell back I didt think to Corentine them and all but 4 of my rabbits died and at the time I wanna day I had 20+ rabbits
You need a drain trap under your sink.. they make them for sinks used to catch hair and grease and whatever. Simple compression pvc fitting open dump and your all set. Defn hang your buckets. They make hangers. Or clips or whatever get them off the floor.
Salon Sink Hair Trap Bowl Strainer Catcher Gray www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKU9VEC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_hvmPCbVNXHXTY
Great suggestions! Thanks!
Cute sheep
Hi Sandi. Thank you for your videos. I am learning so much. I wanted to ask, would it be possible to double the width birthing pen, since they're modular? Would that be enough room for the ewus to birth? Then you won't have to find which lamb belongs to which mommy. Hope to hear back. Thanks!
I chanced upon this video while trying to learn --from Google-- how to suture up a postpartum vaginal prolapse. Thanks for the Baileys tip.
Look up Dr Pol! On TH-cam! He's a vet that has a TV show and he does Vaginal prolapse.. and it's not about teaching just a show about the day to day life of a vet but I've learned a lot from it!
Lol whoops sorry I put lol before your # 10. But didn't know you were so funny. Like me Sandi I use to be really funny. I could crack up even the worst Grouch now I'm the Grouch LOL.
Hi Sandi.Love your channel. My wife and I are in the middle of lambing and have an orphan newborn lamb thats constipated. I am wondering what you do for enema as I have read varying things on what to use and how much? Thx in advance!
Hey Chris! Sorry, I'm likely way too late to answer this! I'm not exactly sure what to do in this case! I'll see my vet tomorrow so I'll try to remember to ask him!
We lost the poor thing, just could not get it to recover - think there were other things going on. If you do find out, it would be great to know. my contact is rainstormer1968 AT gmail dot com.
Fairy liquid n warm water or cooking oil from the UK
Every profession has at least 10 thumbs down parts. We were in laying hens for a few years, I promise, more than ten. We were in the retail business for many years, it has at least 10 also.
In human world. There is a reason human babies are cute, because they are a lot of work. Haha, if we had to be killed because our udders didn't work I would be in trouble:)
How dare you be a real person? 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍🤣🤣🐑
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😇😇😇💜you are hilarious 😂
Hi, sandi ref to you getting above average Breach births, unless I am wrong are your ewes always inside, as a ewe in a field will easily walk 2/3mls per day, giving the lamb stimulation and movement to turn around in the womb, as when there pend up they tend to lay down a lot,
You're right... them moving would help immensely. But there are groups that lamb with close to no breach births... so not a consistent thing for it to be a housing issue alone perhaps.
That's the reason we're hard-wired to think that small, immature, helpless baby creatures are adorable - including our own children.
Oh no, 2021 : Was the the ewe w the bucket on her head one Sandi saved from drowning in a water bucket?
We put a small drain screen on our drain. You can get them at the dollar store. We also place a screened vegetable basket used for washing veggies in the sink. It hangs across. Dump your dirty pail of water into this basket. The fine mesh screens out most of the stuff that’s plugging the sink.
Omg #5 is the worst!
LOL! I forget what it is! Time to watch it again...
Make a big hole in the divider and place the pales out side
Maybe a garbage disposal that chews up the hey would help #9
Okay so I really suck when it comes to actual names of things that need to be said but you were saying something about the feeding situation so there was something on you to a while ago I was watching it looks like a big hose that you would put on the back of your dryer for the lint well it looks like that and then it has like a lid that shuts and opens and closes anyways so that was something that I was looking at when you were saying that you have to go back and forth everywhere it just hangs on the top of the roof and rolls wherever you need it to go like it'll go criss cross front back things like that and then as far as your buckets are concerned use that I forgot what those are called to oh my God I am so sorry I'm so horrible at this but it gives you an idea to Google it or being I don't know what you use it's like a doggie Bowl type thing but it only lets it out once its face is right next to it and then you said that you're always like changing the pins and stuff like that there's a way to zip tie it to the door itself and because its a nozzle type watering system it won't leak all over the place why are opening and closing the fences
great tips! Thanks!
Water pails; I don't put water pails in claiming pens. I gave up doing that when enough lambs drowned in them and they got them too dirty to be of any use to them anyway. I carry 2 gallon pails around and give them the chance to drink out of it for 5 mins each, twice daily.
Hay/baleage feeder: I built my own hanging hay bags with 1.75" holes in it, so it lasts for 2 ewes for 2.5 days, which is pretty close to how long each ewe is in the claiming pen. I found the ewes are happier, because the hay is always clean and they can't defecate on it, making them get less of it.
Bad udders: cull hard for that at weaning time and test for MV to eliminate it.
Hope this helps! Happy lambing!
Oh, and with my RV's, none of those lambs are ever dumb and none of their udders are too big or have teats that are too big for the lambs to suck or find. Which is one of the many reasons I love them so much!
Right! I've seen those hay bags before, and great idea! Thanks! This has been a great way to get some good helpful advise... wish I had posted long ago! LOL
Well, you haven't seen the ones I made for myself, you probably saw ones made for horses, but similar. I can send you pics. I bought the netting from a supplier in MTL and make them myself. Yes, it started because I was making big hay bags for the horses round bales to save on wastage and they work great! The ones I make for the lambing jugs will fit approximately 1 square bale, I think. I made them rectangular with the seam on the top for easy filling for me. What I love the best is that filling each bag once, saves ME 10 trips into each claiming pen. YAY!!!
Ever have moms lay on there lambs??? I had one do that this past year and that was pretty depressing!
Hey Erich! Yes... winter can be bad for this when lambs are snuggling in against mom when its cold to keep warm. I was told that shearing the ewes prior to lambing helps with this as the wool sometimes prevents them from feeling the lamb under her. So far, since I've been doing this, no laid on lambs!
POV: its 2023, and you have now seen Sandi perform cpr on a lamb
Get a garbage disposal for the barn sink
hey i like this vlog sandi! it's always cool to see people around the world and their perspective!! I also make vlogs about my adventures in life it would be amazing if you could stop by my channel and check them out and lemme know what you think! Keep up the great work! Cheers! :)
Thanks Ace! I'll make sure to visit your site this week!
Do lambs/ sheep in general need to be vaccinated for tetanus?
Can you hang smaller pails in the pen corners?
Yes... and I should. I just haven't bought the clips, and I always forget when I'm prepping for another lambing group...
@@SandiBrock , it's a never ending evolution! Same with meat goats.
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#6 favoritism you. You always have favorites, and usually it's the darker ones. LOL
Now can I give my opinion on things huh? Huh???. Lol.
I was actually going to ask if you'd ever lost a lamb in a bucket of water. How awful.
Hang pail on fence