BBC2 Lambing Live

[vernon]

A more interesting birthing story....

A kangaroo in a Siberian zoo who was thought to be male has surprised everyone by delivering a baby, it appears.

"It has a lovely face and a beautiful little tail," Barnaul Zoo, says, describing the young kangaroo on its website. "Because birth for kangaroos is a very mysterious and long process, it went unnoticed by staff zoo," it adds.

The baby kangaroo, known as a joey, was about 15cm (6in) in size when it was discovered on 22 March, suggesting it was born some time ago. Kangaroos are about the size of a cherry when they are born, and can then spend several months in their mother's pouch before they start venturing out.

The mother was identified as a male at another zoo, before she arrived in Barnaul, and she had already been given the name Chuck. But in light of the discovery that she is indeed a female, zoo director Sergey Pisarev says, "His mother probably needs to be renamed," the Itar-Tass news agency reports.

 

[Ern1e]

Why jealous. Out in the rain on top of a hill, at night, looking for sheep that didn't want to be found!

Oh yes now that just is something to savour lol in our younger days me and my good lady (farmers daughter) once spent several hours combing a piece of ground atempting yes that was atemting to find a yew we knew was in trouble i later worked out we had covered just over 12 miles on foot trying to find the silly thing only to find it next day several fields away from where it should have been quite well and with twins and @classic33 how could you @Young sleep through ? we used to take turns at watches and then trying to sleep but this is all over shadowed by calving ! Now thats what I call sport.

 

[welsh dragon]

I of course prefer my lamb roasted, with mint sauce

 

[classic33]

Oh yes now that just is something to savour lol in our younger days me and my good lady (farmers daughter) once spent several hours combing a piece of ground atempting yes that was atemting to find a yew we knew was in trouble i later worked out we had covered just over 12 miles on foot trying to find the silly thing only to find it next day several fields away from where it should have been quite well and with twins and @classic33 how could you @Young Ed sleep through ? we used to take turns at watches and then trying to sleep but this is all over shadowed by calving ! Now thats what I call sport.

Done that. Also had to give up when we couldn't get the innards back in.
See Sep 8, 2012
They always seem to happen in the early hours!

 

[classic33]

I of course prefer my lamb roasted, with mint sauce

Can't get fresher meat than freshly delivered.

 

[welsh dragon]

Actually the sheep here seem to be a bit late lambing. Last year, February saw lots of lambs, I can't understand that because we had 12 inches of snow at the time.

 

[biggs682]

must admit felt sorry for the lambs that there tails and manhood all docked within the first few hours

 

[buggi]

why do they dock their tails?

 

[welsh dragon]

I think it keeps them cleaner. Less likely to get blow fly.

 

[buggi]

makes sense. Seen neglected rabbits with fly strike. Not nice

 

[classic33]

why do they dock their tails?

Helps keep the rear clear and prevent disease later.
http://sheepandgoat.com/articles/castdockdisb.html

 

[welsh dragon]

makes sense. Seen neglected rabbits with fly strike. Not nice

There was a small lamb on our land one day. It was dying due to fly strike. Not pleasant at all. A terrible way to die

 

[buggi]

There was a small lamb on our land one day. It was dying due to fly strike. Not pleasant at all. A terrible way to die

 

[welsh dragon]

It was horrible. I don't want to see something like that again.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

It was horrible. I don't want to see something like that again.

Evolution at work? Begs the question why haven't tails been removed by evolution? Have sheep just recently evolved away from climbing trees?