Saturday, January 24, 2009

Amazing Mother Nature

I've been wanting to make a video of a sheep giving birth for a couple of years. I bought Julia a "Flip Camera" for a Christmas gift knowing I would have as much fun with it as she would!

Two weekends ago we were lucky enough to witness several sheep giving birth. This video is of an older cross-bred Romney ewe giving birth to a single, giant lamb. The birth took place over about 30 minutes but I've edited it down for you.
Enjoy our little slice of rural life and the amazingness of Mother Nature.

To see the video, go here.

37 comments:

Ms. Merino said...

This is awesome! The highlight of my day is always checking for a blog update to see the new lambs. Thank you so much for sharing!

Anonymous said...

Cool video.
Good film editing Kristin but the cross overs could have been smoother.
bob y

Anonymous said...

That was GREAT!! I've never seen that before. (I'm a city girl) and look how cute they are when they are all clean and sleeping.
Just darling!!
I loved it!

Heather L. said...

Thank you so much for putting that together for us all!!! It was wonderful. I was so excited to show my children and now I will show my mom and sister. What an exciting time lambing must be! Although I know your husband will be glad for all the work of it to be over! Thanks again!

Joansie said...

Wow! That video was terrific. Thank you for sharing with your blogging friends.

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Kristin!

Unknown said...

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

penny said...

thank you soo much for posting this!

Anonymous said...

Awwwwww

Karin said...

That's amazing....a miracle, every time. Thanks for sharing, and thanks to the ewe and lamb, too...

I know how tiny those cameras are and I think you did a great job with it.

Rebecca said...

Absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing!

bensedin art said...

I've never seen it before! Thank you!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much! (Again)
Anja and Moritz(11) from Germany

Lindy said...

Thank you, thank you, thank you! What a beautiful sharing.

I am curious - just how big does a lamb need to be to be considered "huge"? What would be a normal size? Mom didn't seem to be in any distress during the birth even though her baby was bigger than normal.

Lindy in AZ

Unknown said...

Thank you says it all I think.

Sojourner Design said...

Oh Kristin, that is wonderful. I'm putting a link on my blog... for the second time this month.

Diane

Phyllis said...

How precious they are. I was fortunate enough to watch a foaling years ago and never cease to be amazed at the strength of animals. We humans scream and beg for drugs and are so weak in comparison

I'm glad you helped the mom out in the last minutes!

old lady said...

Thanks for sharing such a precious moment!

Anonymous said...

Awesome video! Thanks so much for sharing such an incredible moment.

Jane's Designs said...

Thank you

Cathy said...

It is amazing how the sounds, sights and smells of lambing days stay with you even if it has been seven years. I so very much enjoyed this video of ewe mama and her single "gigantic" lamb (memories of those too). Thank you from someone who has been there and witnessed lambing firsthand...a quintessential part of my past life that I wouldn't change for anything. You did a fine job, yes, a fine job indeed!

Anonymous said...

I may never be the same again.

My favorite part was when the ewe was licking off the placenta and stared at the camera, as if to say, " yuck this is hard work."

Congrats, however, on your first video.

Linda

COFFEE & MORPHINE said...

Thank you! :)

Wool Enough said...

Amazing. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and share it with us.

Gretel said...

What a brilliant video, I feel I have shared something very special.

Michele in Maine said...

Wow, that's great. Imagine doing that a hundred times!

Thank you for sharing your life.

SusanR said...

Wonderful video Kristin. That ewe looked very relieved to be done pushing out Lily. (Great name Julia!) I've never seen a lambing and this was wonderful to see - I've only seen kittens being born. The ending shot of the 3 lambs napping was perfect.
SusanR

Thimbleanna said...

Wow! Thanks for posting. It's so amazing to me that those new little lambs know where to go for their breakfast!

Helen said...

Thank you for all your farm posts! I love having my daughter read your blog because she gets so much from it. Best to you, Julia and the Farmer.

Anonymous said...

Dear Kristen and Julia-- that was so great! I loved your commentary too! Thanks for sharing that with all of us. A new career in film making!
Love,
Deborah

ellen said...

Fantastic! This brings back so many memories of our lambing experiences years ago. Thanks. You did a terrific job filming this.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful! And I liked hearing all your voices. Adds another dimension to the connection we feel through the blog.

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Hi Kristin ~
How Cool! I ride horse and we have had foals at our barn! I love to watch baby animals being born! Julia might like my blog and I would love to hear from her!
http://www.stabledays.typepad.com
I will look at your blog tomorrow!
have a great day.
@raya

Anonymous said...

I just stumbled onto your site this morning. The lambing video made my day!

Now I have to go read the rest of your blog.

Thsnks for sharing the video. Birthing is always a miracle, isn't it?

Craftygrrrl said...

That was great! It reminded me how much I miss being on a sheep farm this time of the year.

How many bottle babies do you have?

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Kathleen said...

This is sooooooooo precious! And mama is just as precious as baby. She looks at the camera as if she's saying 'see what a good mommy I am?" A very good mommy indeed! The miracle of birth never ceases to amaze me.

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