Lambing: The Birth Of Twins

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Lambing The Birth Of Twins

• Anderson Valley
• Agriculture Department
• February 26, 2000

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The First Lamb

• Our Suffolk ewe gave birth to twins.
• This is the first lamb to be born.
• She is licking it clean.

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• The lamb is yellow because of the amniotic fluid.

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Lamb Number Two

• The next lamb is about to be born.
• The water sack is hard to see, but it is showing.

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The Wait for the New Lamb

• You can see the new lambs head.
• The other lamb is waiting for the new lamb to
  come out.

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• The ewe is straining while the lamb is being
  born.
• Part of the new lambs body is showing.

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• You can see the lambs whole body is almost out.
• The other baby lamb is being licked.

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• Now the two lambs are born.
• They are ewe lambs.

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• The ewe is starting to lick the new lamb.

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• And licking.

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• And licking.

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• And licking.
• The lamb is trying to stand.

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• The ewe lamb is looking for her first drink of
  colostrum.

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• This lamb is still resting.

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• Now she is standing.
• The afterbirth is being expelled.

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• Both lambs are standing and ready to find the
  ewes udder.

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• They have both nursed and are resting. Being
  born is tiring.