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6th December 2006, 20:16 #1
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Little Lambikins
Sweet little things, lambs. They're the sole reason the word 'gambol' exists. Everyone likes to see them appear in the fields in spring, then on the menu in summer
Having spent sunday afternoon helping pull them out of sheep's rear ends, I'm not so keen on them any more
Until then I'd never been there for the birth of anything. One of my friends, ever keen to make me take up farming, had insisted on teaching me about lambing on his flock. He thought I might find baby lambs cute .....
They're gormless, really loud (until you want them to bleat so you can find their mother, then the blighters shut up ), always under your feet, almost impossible to bottle feed and far too big to fit easily through a sheep's cervix. They are also incredibly slippery when wet
Still, I enjoyed my kebab on the way home :
Ever been present for a birth, animal or human?"The Jaguar's going cheap"
"Shouldn't it be purring?" :confused:
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6th December 2006, 20:30 #2
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Originally Posted by Hazell B“If everything's under control, you're going too slow.” Mario Andretti
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6th December 2006, 20:50 #3
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Does that mean congratulations are in order?
"The Jaguar's going cheap"
"Shouldn't it be purring?" :confused:
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6th December 2006, 20:52 #4
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Ta!
“If everything's under control, you're going too slow.” Mario Andretti
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6th December 2006, 20:53 #5
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Originally Posted by Hazell B
Congrats, schmenke! :
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6th December 2006, 21:38 #6
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Originally Posted by Hazell BI could really use a fish right now
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6th December 2006, 22:22 #7
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Originally Posted by Hazell B
Originally Posted by schmenke
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6th December 2006, 22:33 #8
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Originally Posted by nitromasterI could really use a fish right now
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6th December 2006, 22:45 #9
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Originally Posted by Eki
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7th December 2006, 03:27 #10
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Look on the bright side Hazell, you have endured one of the worst tasks on a farm (well, outside of running around a dity great field tying to catch a stupid bleating sheep with half a lamb hanging out of its rear end anyway).
Although trying to get a calf out of a cow when its the wrong way round is a bit of a bugger. Suckers are also slippery and that final almighty tug before you consign cow and calf to the abattoir is guaranteed to have you, calf and cow flying with the greatest of ease across the barn to land with an almightier thud in a collective pile of straw, dung, blood and god knows what else (and you of course buried 'neath it all).
Yes, been there, done that...
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