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other animals; her eyes have a wild look and she tries to get 

 away by herself; finally the labor pains come on and she seems in 

 great pain, the water bag soon appears and breaks, then if the 

 Iamb is coming all right the front legs and head will come out and 

 she will soon be delivered of her lamb. 



TROUBLES MET WITH IN LAMBING. 

 Sometimes the lamb will be coming with the front legs out 

 and the head turned back. In a case of this kind, raise the ewe's 

 hind end up high, then oil your hands and shove the front legs 

 back, and pass your hand inside and turn the head straight, then 

 draw on the head and legs and it will come all right. Sometimes 

 a lamb will be coming with only its head and neck out, the front 

 legs being turned back inside, in this case raise the ewe's hind 

 end up high, oil your hands and shove the head and neck back in- 

 to the womb and straighten the legs, then draw gently on them 

 and the head and it will come all right. Sometimes one front leg 

 and the head will be out; the lamb cannot come in this 

 position; raise the ewe's hind end up high and shove the leg and head 

 back into the womb and straighten the leg that is bent back and 

 bring it up with the other leg and the head, then it will come 

 all right. Sometimes in a case where there are twin lambs, a leg 

 of each will be out, in this case watch when you shove them back 

 and be sure you get hold of thfe two legs that belong to the one 

 lamb, because sometimes a mistake is made and they draw on a 

 leg of each lamb and injure both the lambs and ewe. Sometimes 

 the ewe will try to lamb but nothing will come — the only thing 

 you can feel in the passage is the tail and rump of the lamb; the 

 trouble in this case is, that the lamb is coming backwards with the 

 hind legs turned forward under it. In this case raise the ewe's 

 hind end up high, oil your hand and shove the lamb upwards and 

 forwards in the womb, then slip your hand down along the 

 hind leg of the lamb until you can hook your finger around it, 

 then draw it upwards and then backwards until it sticks straight 

 out in the passage, as soon as you have this leg up do the same 

 to the other, and when you have both of them up, draw the lamb 

 out backwards. When you find a lamb coming backwards 

 never attempt to turn it, for this is impossible in the ewe, but take 

 it away backwards. As soon as a ewe has lambed get her on her 

 feet to allow the lamb-bed or womb to go back to its place, also 

 try to get her to lick the lambs. Sometimes in a young ewe where 



