BIG MAMA IS IN LABOUR!! 😱(how many lambs were there?!!!) | Spring Lambing 2021 | Vlog 432 

I'm a retired lawyer and know nothing about raising sheep. But I do know this, you are doing fine. If you price your life for perfection you will never be happy. I like the baby sheep too. They are so cute.

Don't ever stop being you. You are a strong, funny and big hearted woman and that's what has drawen us to you. Tell the negative Nancys to get to stepping.

Driving down a highway and seeing a tranquil, beautiful farm like yours, I had never realized how much work and stress is happening. This is amazing to watch.

Those little lambs are so cute. I love the way their little tails waggle really fast when they are feeding. 🐑🐑🐑

I needed this video. Miracle rescue and then happy healthy babies out of Big Mama. My cat Poppy crossed the rainbow bridge today, I really needed some better news and sweet babies.

The reason you are stressed is love. You love all your animals with all your heart and when one is not right it hurts you. Your doing your best and still learning. Keep up the great work!

You can tell she is not feeling well, but she still tries to take care of the babies in front of her while you work on her backside. What a good momma.

I love how you talk to the mommies and encourage them. The ewes are so calm and trust you implicitly

Here is something that I use for my puppies to keep them warm on a trip to the vet. It is a disk that heats in the microwave and stays warm for a long time. It is called a Snuggle Safe Pet bed Microwave Heating Disk. This would be ideal for you to warm up a lamb as it doesn’t use electricity and can be used with a wet animal. Of course you want to warm up a chilled animal slowly but this stuffed under your jacket would work perfect for heat delivery directly to the lamb. Amazon carries them.

Phew, thank God. She's been on my mind for a couple weeks now. We are cow/calf, and it has been heartbreaking watching this lambing. There are just years that are like this though. If not calving, and caesarians or pulls, we had our favourite 1st calf heifer hit by lightening. Lost a bull to what the vet thought was an aneurism, lying in the sun looking happily asleep. We couldn't believe it. Some years leave you walking around in a daze. Others are so fulfilling and rewarding it gives you faith and satisfaction in your many efforts

Sandy *Saves a baby lambs life* In the next breathe "I feel like I haven't gotten anything done today" Superwoman problems lol

At first I thought baby sheep with cold mouth was in a shopping cart, till I realized it was a metal crate . Shows how much I know ...lol. You brought the baby back to life right in front of our eyes . Just found your channel and have to say, Your one of the most compassionate farmers\ breeders I've ever seen . 💞

Her lambs coming out light yellow, pink and brown, neapolitan ice cream lambs 😂

Sandy, I so feel for you. When we were raising cattle my husband had a "rule" No calf no stay. I thought it was horrible, But when I sat down and put a pencil to things, 11 months of feed, medicine and all that goes with it, the bottom line is that it is a business not a charity. Anyone that doesn't pull their weight has to go. If you can prove that it is a feed issue and adjust accordingly that is one thing but if you can't isolate those that aren't pregnant it doesn't make dollars and sense to keep them. Better to cut your losses and at least get something from them. You are doing a GREAT job in a difficult situation. God bless

Omg 13:58 time stamp. I could watch them babies play, gallop & buck around all dang day. I love them sweet babies.

Oh, I'm SO happy for Big Mama! May she continue to recover in good health! Your little heater baby, is adorable! How great you were able to save her! Way to go!! 💕😊💕

Seeing all the little lambs bouncing around is just the absolute cutest thing!

I can see why you love your sheep so much. You have a big caring heart for your animals. I can tell you do everything you can to save them. Lambing season is so great watching those lambs jump around and play is so heart warming.

So happy that little lamb revived 😊! Looking forward to seeing or hearing how much Big Mama’s babies weighed 😃. Yay! You had some venting time off🤣! Plus, some definite wins 👍🏻! We all need those😊. Thank you for sharing peeks into your life Sandy, take care 💗🤗!

Sandi saves a frozen lamb and then says in the next scene I feel like I’ve not accomplished anything today…you just saved a lamb I was so excited when I saw her drinking from the bottle.

In your metal crate, even a blanket over the top open to the heater only, will really help. I'm nursing sick chickens atm. Heat, and honey saved them, This is not a critique, please don't think it is, I just have loads of experience bringing cold dead things back into warm alive things on my farm.

WTG, Big Mama! I was sure she was going to have at least 6 lambs. Every time I see you deliver lambs, Sandi, I think of James Herriot's stories of delivering lambs in the Yorkshire cold, and how chapped his arms would get. Let's hear it for barns, heat, and OB gloves!

I love how you can see the little lambs play in the background it's adorable.

Thank you for showing us the babies jumping and playing. With what is going on in the world your videos give me hope. I’m so happy the little one made it.💕💕🙏🙏🇺🇸

Just remember: we do not learn and grow when we are comfortable. It is in the times that we are forced to experience sadness, stress and anxiety when we learn the most, grow and become an even better version of ourselves. Your doing great. Just keep on truckin'!!

Snuggie the lamb is so wonderful to watch...when we saw him standing, we cried.... You are doing so well. HUGS from Esquimalt

My favorite time is when the lambs run and play they are so cute. I just want to hug them all.

Just started watching you and I'm a nurse, in awe of your care of these lambs and moms.... You are an amazing woman 💕

You saved a lamb, that is an accomplishment.

Just remember you’re a grand and beautiful human being, trying to do right by what you do. That’s all anybody can do Sandi! Enjoy all your hard work. Your videos are awesome. Love watching the little lambs jump around. Taking two days off a week would be such a blessing. But farmers can’t do that. You are appreciated.👍👍❤️

Loved watching those babies jumping and playing! God bless you for the care you give to them!

The lambs jumping to the music stole my heart. That was SO adorable. I had to rewatch it several times.

You are one tough cookie Sandi! You deal with the emotional rollercoaster of losing lambs and ewes to bringing back babies from the brink like it's just a normal thing. I would be a blubbering crybaby throwing in the towel the first time something went wrong. I take my wool cap off to you girl!!

Big Mama had some big lambs there! She was a trooper! ❤️🐑🐑🐑❤️

Those pens are so amazingly clean! You clearly take really good care of all your animals

I love seeing how the mama ewes are watching very intently when your handling or assisting birth I've noticed and few videos ❤️😉

I don't know if I am imagining but the sense of compassion to what you do is incredible. You put 110% into your operation and me being an x farmer certainly does appreciate the effort that I see forth. Here in Northern Alberta, calving is going strong and spring is in the air. Cheers!

Holy sheep!! Those are HUGE triplets!! So thankful you were able to help Big Mama!!! Way to go, Sandi! Definitely a great start to the week!!! So happy for you!

When the doctor broke my water she said it was the most fluid she has ever seen in all her years lol so Big Mama is my spirit animal 🤣🥰🐑

Hey Sandi, thank u for giving me tips, insight and courage to go for this. This night I helped deliver my first lambs on our smallholding here in Norway. Quads!! All alive and well🐏🐑🐑🐑

You and your lambs light up my days when I watch your videos.

Jess at Roots & Refuge Farm in Arkansas had a goat kid stuck on her farm and it's head was extremely swollen. She saved the 2 kids....I was so glad she didn't give up. I told her you have some incredible videos where your lambs survived being stuck and she shouldn't give up! :)

When all the lambs were playing was so cute I had cuteness overload lol

OMG the “Laurel and Hardy” music and dancing lambs. 💕💕. Hugs to you Sandi as you care for your sheep. with so much love.

your assistant was watching right up close. And then tried to help. Pull the skin so you get between the skin and internal cavity. You do a great job. YEA!!!!! She is going to be just fine. Dextrose is an amazing drug. You go girl. Sorry about the dead ones.

Sandi, when drawing fluids from a medicine bottle, typically you draw air into the syringe, and then push that air into the medicine bottle, then pull out the liquid. For example, if you are going to give 10 cc, you'd pull 10 cc of air, inject that into the bottle and then draw out 10 cc of the liquid/medication. Makes it easier.

Thank you for the phone call to alert me to Big Mama's labor! (LOL) I would have thought five, but am glad she had three good lambs. Maybe she needs a diuretic for getting rid of some of that fluid.

My granddaughter watches With me I loved watching the lambs she says they look like popcorn just hopping around there so they look like giant popcorn machine and the lambs pop pop pop all over it’s her favorite part she’s absolutely in love with the lambs you do such an amazing job you’re so inspiring to others keep up the good work we love you

Omg, you totally saved that lambs life by giving the injections. I could have cried when it started drinking the milk on its own.

I’m so happy the little one made it after shots and warmed up. I was cheering as she started sucking that bottle. Lol 😂 Big momma only 3? She looked like she was carrying a classroom! 😂🤣 good job 👍🏻

I love the lamb (daycare) bottle pen! I would fall in love with all of them. I know it's business but, it's amazing to watch you help deliver those beautiful babies and then they must leave. 😔

Thank you for being so transparent and open about your operation. Was dealing with pregtox myself and thanks to you I was able to save the mom and her triplets. Once again thank you and keep up the great work.

KISS: Keep it simple sweetie. We can only walk one step at a time. You do that better than most of us do. You have the resources and you know how to use them. Sometimes the results are not what you want. You are getting better at letting things go. You are a very gutsy lady. I am so glad I adopted you as a friend. Be well!

Sandi I am so impressed how you get through the difficulties that you have and the support you get from Jess and Mark and not forgetting carissa. watching your vlogs has helped me get through the lockdown we have had here in the UK. It great to see all the new life coming into the world. I hope things improve over the next few weeks and you have lots of more healthy lambs. best wishes for the future and a less stressful life

That was a tough birth for those lambs. They're different colors due to the presence of "meconium", the lamb's first bowel movement. They ingest their own amniotic fluid throughout gestation and it's usually eliminated just after birth but during a really hard labor, they'll often poop due to the muscular contractions of the mother. If the lamb is in a malpresentation (not in correct position for birth), that makes the labor go even harder for both ewe and lamb. At least two of these lambs came out backward, which is not the normal birth position, plus I suspect the first one was breech. She mentioned feeling a tail first and breech births are always tail first with the back legs tucked under the lamb's belly. That makes it nearly impossible for the mom to push out. It's too large to get past the pelvic girdle. I've had sheep for 23 years now and have done my time in the lambing pen. LOL Been up to my elbows in ewes, trying to save them and/or their lambs. Been present during a c-section in a Hail Mary to save triplets and their mom (lost the babies, saved the mother). I've pulled more than one, sometimes from the same mother. I had one ewe give me quadruplets but was exhausted after the second one so I had to go spelunking for the other two. She was one of my older, experienced ewes so she gave me a look of "oh, thanks for that" when I presented her with her own lambs. LOL Sheep can be tough to be around but there are moments when they're pretty fantastic (and I don't mean just on the dinner table). Lambing season is grueling but satisfying when you get that lamb out and it comes to life.

The lambs and ewe in the next cubicle, watching big mama deliver! They looked mesmerized! So cute! Excellent work sorting out all those feet Sandi! 💕

Big Momma is me as a sheep. All my kids were big ones and I retained a lot of fluid while pregnant.

I just discovered this channel yesterday and can’t quit watching. Glad I found it just in time for Big Mama’s delivery! I can tell you are an awesome shepherd!

Oh, Sandi, those lambs!! I always giggle when a lamb leaps up but ends up going sideways - and in this clip, near the fence, one little lamb actually zig-zagged a couple of times!! Thank you for some lamb time. Yours in Gratitude

As a city girl, I am in awe of you and your life. You do an amazing job with your animals. Thank you

Ontario, we have Suction. Every Life is Worth the Time, Money, Effort. Congratulations Lifesaver👍

Not a one of us has the right EVER to criticise your commitment, care, and involvement with all your sheep!, 😘

I love the way u interact with ur sheep and how u care so much!! U are amazing!!❤❤❤❤❤

All those happy playing lambs make it all worth all your hard work. Congratulations on the office lamb. Way to go Sandi!!🐑🐑🐑

You can help as many as you want-it’s YOUR herd.

Such a relief for Big Mama to deliver! She was so enormous and so many ewes were having difficulty, I worried! But no problem! Glad you were there though Sandi, carrying so much and all large lambs, you being there gave her a fighting chance!

You and mama did a wonderful job delivering. CONGRATULATIONS. HUGS and GOD bless us everyone 🤗💐

They are sooooo cute ☺️... I’m a city girl & it’s great to see these little lambs ... precious...💗... Thanks for sharing your life & story

You’re doing a great job. You’ve gone through a lot of unknowns this season but you’ve learned a lot. Don’t be hard on yourself. I love watching your videos.

Congratulations on saving that baby I almost cried. Good job. There again .

This is amazing to see you helping your lambs being born.

Well done on saving that lamb! So sweet when the stars aline and you save one so close to death. That is a huge accomplishment. Wow those three are huge, no wonder mom was so enormous!

My boss on the dairy farm bought some bred ewes and I saved an abandoned lamb and bottle raised it in my house, little balls of happiness

Right there with you Sandi... The lack of Sleep and the Brain overload has definitely set in. Sadly I’ve also had a horrible lambing group this go round. It’s been a heart breaking year to say the least. I hope things turn around for you and you get more answer as you dig further into your data! Love your videos

All the little lambs, "Look I can jump higher than you"

Great end to your stressful few days. So glad you were able to save the one you had in your office. Big mama sure like she was going to give you more. Sandi so glad you went with your feelings and were able to help deliver those babies. God bless you from Michigan USA 🇺🇸

Wow Sandi, you SAVED a lambie pie. Your day is a success!!! Thank God your farm has YOU!!!!!

WOW!!! I was sure she had 5 babies in there. They are three big babies though!!! Sandi, I just have to tell you what a wonderful person you are, you have such a big heart and when it comes to your lambs when they aren't doing well, you can really see just how big it is!! God bless you.

Omg! So adorable watching the babies jump around in the background while you talk. Pure entertainment. Thank you for sharing

I love watching the expressions on your face when you are nursing the little ones especially just watching the video of the dextrose treatme that you just gave. I was really tense waiting for it to start sucking it so awesome

Weird question, Sandy, could you do a video of all the cute lamb shots of silly, snuggling, and lambpede times, etc for at least an hour? That would be great therapy.

God love you Sandi!!! My heart goes out to you. You are such a good shepherdess.

You can tell how much pain they are in!! Sandy you keep them very calm. Amazing!!!🐑🐑🐑

Sandi - you got nothing done? Ah, did you forget that you brought a little lamb back from the brink? And your kisses for the lamb as it drank from the bottle was absolutely adorable..."it warmed the cockles of my heart" as they'd say in Lancashire ;-). BRAVA for all you really accomplish today/ yesterday!! Yours in Gratitude

as soon as I saw this I was like YES! Mrs. Wide Load has been on my mind forever!

Wow, I swear I thought Big Momma had 5 at least. But those babies were huge. That first lamb on Saturday looks like a Kala. So cute and congrats on saving the one baby. You needed a win 😍

Im stuck in bed sick and watching this put a smile on my face. I was also yelling push you can do it! This is amazing!

Sandi, I loved watching the baby take the bottle for the first time! How glorious! ♥️♥️♥️

When I tell you I’ve never clicked on a video that fast.

Big Mama has a lump. :( It's wonderful that Little Nugget made it. Congrats to Big Mama and Little Nugget! And congrats to you too Sanid! Always going that extra mile.

Watching the lambs run and jump always puts a smile 😃 on my face

Omg...the lambs are so stinking cute 😍 I would not get any work done because I would be in the pen playing with them lol. I so admire you for your compassion, your bravery for sharing your life. Thank you for sharing your life with all of us.

Im so happy you were able to save baby’s life. ,she looks wonderful good job Sandi .

The lambs! 😍 I could watch them all day long. Thanks for posting!

"I feel like I've got nothing accomplished" yeah, sooo lazy... just saved a dying lamb... that's all! (teasing, obviously!) You are great at what you do, we love your passion!

My heart exploded when the adorable baby started suckling from the bottle!!! 🥺 😭 🤗 🥳🙌 Great job and video as usual!!!

I admire your determination to help all the ewes and lambs, you pour your heart into it.

wow, I was in shock when I heard how many rams for ewes you use. Im in Australia and grew up on a sheep farm.. we used one very good quality/very fertile ram for about each 80 ewes

Big Mama with 3 awesome all healthy plus you saved one ! And the 3 thumbs down..get a freaking life! Just go away and do the come back to this channel. The love for your sheep is amazing! The love of farming and ranching you and your husband have is a joy to watch! God Bless

That little lamb is such a win! Soo cute