@NolaMel 's paying, so of course it's first class!
For the ppl who don't visit the Shiny thread:
Since everyone's away at Mt Cook I've been head shepherd. Usually sheep are pretty good at having lambs without any help - but I had one this morning that needed it.
Between us, we successfully delivered her lamb. She was pretty weak by then, so I got the lamb breathing, warmed up and eventually standing
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A few minutes after birth
After an hour Mum Sheep was still weak, so I bottle fed her lamb to give it a heads start. Both are doing much better now, and posed for me:
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Mum Sheep is in the background. The lamb is yellow due to the Mum not cleaning her up like they normally would. I've left it on her for now, as it helps the Mum know that this is her lamb
And her lamb isn't camera shy
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