You giving a sheep a coat is literally the most heartwarming thing I have ever seen. Like your heart is absolutely golden and pure and I wish there were more souls like you in this world
Sandi, I am so very sorry for the loss of the two babies. The mommy is in shock, hopefully, she can recover and be with her baby that survived. On a brighter note, your office is going to be nice for you. Your smile tells it all about how you feel. Just a thought, you should put a corner table for a coffee maker. You will have your coffee right there to have whenever you want some. I also need to let you know that I think you are doing a wonderful job with your lambs. I can see how much you love them and what you are doing. Okay, that's all I have for now. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay happy.
One year, when I was away in the US the neighbor farmer snagged the fence on my ram field with his harrows and my rams got in with my ewes in Sept. I lambed in Feb at -30 in an unheated barn. I have never lost a chilled lamb so this comes from experience: you need a hot box. Never wait to warm up a chilled or weak lamb, the sooner you get it warmed the better, minutes matter. Putting a lamb in warm water is not good as then the lamb rechills if not blown dry and you can't regulate the water temperature. You can make a simple hot box with a big (minimum 2 ft square) cardboard box and a hair dryer. Place bedding (towels or straw in the bottom, cut a hole about 4" from the top of the box and insert the nozzle of the blow dryer. Prior to putting the lamb in the box subcu with 60cc warm (like baby bottle milk temp on your wrist warm) lactated ringers solution ( your vet can supply this it's not prescription) and 50% dextrose solution (6 cc dextrose 54 cc ringers). I also gave an injection of vitamaster. Place the lamb (or lambs) in the box with blowdryer on high but not blowing directly on the lambs. Be sure to go back and turn the lambs as if they aren't up within 10 min they should not stay laying on the same side. Keep an eye on the heat, the lambs should not be panting. if it's getting too hot in the box open one flap of the lid. Cattle farmers use professionally made hot boxes all the time. Mine was in my house, but if the temp in your annex/storage room is above 15C then that should work. Once the lamb has a warm mouth you can tube feed, but after 2 hr should re subcu ringers for the extra hydration. I find easiest to hydrate in the flank as the skin is very loose. Always give a dose of antibiotic as well if subcuing liquids.. Hot boxing can dehydrate a lamb, so must subcu Ringers, pinch test for hydration and re-Ringers/Dextrose if necessary.
How kind of you to offer so much help... i love youtube supporters! I know nothing about sheep other than what i have learned here watching Sandi, but looks like some excellent advice. Got to be incredibly sad when babies are lost this way. You are wonderful!
Perfect revival technique. We advise something very similar to that at the vet clinic I work at. Works for pretty much every newborn( dosages vary, of course) hot boxes work wonders!
With all the bad luck Lucy is having in the barn lately, those sheep nuggets must be pretty yummy for her to keep coming back! Congrats on the new office! It's wonderful to see a dream coming true.
Its so interesting looking back at these older videos where the lamb is put into warm water but now Sandi puts them into the plastic glove to keep them dry and also has the warming box..just shows you its worth trying everything..
Sandi you need to get a warming box. You can learn from your vet how to inject peritoneal glucose which you can give before going into the warming box. It will prevent the lamb dying from hypoglycaemic shock. Warm wetting will involve evaporation which is cooling. Carissa is such an asset the way she pays attention to detail..
+1 on the warming box. I use a 20 gallon peroxide barrel with an opening big enough to fit a metal heat lamp through (and a lamb afterwards), attach inside the top of barrel, 175 watt red bulb and viola. Portable easy bake lamb oven with a carry handle. Insert hypothermic lamb walk away for an hour.
March is women’s history month. So ... I thought of you because you handle this entire enterprise/sheep farm practically on your own. It looks like a very physical occupation. You rock!
After plywood goes on inside, pick a nice calming paint color and gift yourself a painted area. It’s amazing what that’ll do for you on stressful days when you need down time.
I shivered so hard I couldn’t stop my teeth from chattering. My jaw and body was so sore the next day didn’t feel the pain from labor. They told me they were bringing me a warm blanket. I was thinking fluffy warm. This thing was straight from the oven. Best feeling ever. Love your videos.
I’ve had four babies and remember the shivering 🥺 it got so bad during labor that I thought my teeth were gonna fall out from the chittering. Poor mama sheep! I hope she gets better!
I love that your getting new stuff at the NEW OFFICE! You DESERVE IT! and the kid in me loves that it reminds me of a fort! 10 yr old me would have lived up there!!
You deserve a nice new office with nice things. Don’t forget the coffee machine. So many opps babies. I’m loving the new gates. I sure hope they help with your back. Take care.
Yes you do! A hint for no future regrets! Put water upstairs so you have it for coffee. Even if it's a small plastic line to hook up a machine. More times than not, you won't have water up there when you need it!
@@virginian7317 can always but smallish jugs of water from thé store and JUST KEEP revolving them from thé house, lugging them up and using THOSE.😘 if NOTHING better can be arrangéd, Canadians, "can do" folks!😘
When I went to a farming school the person in charge of the sheep used to put the cold lambs in the oven on a very low temperature to help them heat up again. Or maybe try laying them under a heat lamp, you know like the ones baby chicks use. And try to make the space they are during, is a bit smaller so the heat don’t escape and isn’t drafty and place them on a piece of styrofoam or something like that.
Great call on the early, aggressive treatment on that ewe. You're right in the warm coat/blankets for maternal support. Helps the body cope with shock much faster. You're awesome 😎. The babies, so much harder. You work hard trying to save em all. You, ma'am are my hero. 💖🥰
When I had an emergency c section for my 34 week twins because of foetal distress, after I had all the complications. Hallucinations and seizures and a few days of blindness from cerebral oedema, as well as hemhorraging. So it was an IV, hormone shots, Dexamethasone, Vallium, Phenobarb and Dilantin for the seizure and brain irritation, and Lasix to reduce the cerebral oedema. It worked. Some of the same things you do without the iv. I know how those ewes feel. So sorry about you losing your lambs.
I suggest you make the railing on the landing removabel so you can lift up a desk, a couch, and other things up there with the telehandler so you don't have to carry everything up the stairs.
@@Parakeetfriend4215 That's what we used to do to change out the laundry hamper in the mechanic's room at work. Now why didn't I think of it, too? The Brock's have that versatile little Bobcat to help out!
When I had a kidney stone, the nurse at one point brought me warm blankets, and that's the closest thing to a religious experience I've ever had. It was glorious.
I had the same right after surgery from c de toon of my twins. They Saw me haring so Cold.. I shivered so hard, they gave me warmed up blanket they have Them as the recovery room is pretty chilly/ your body van coll down quick
Personally I think it's a great idea to put your whole office up there. Hopefully it gives you more time to relax or work or whatever you can do with those extra moments you'll get not going to other office. Looks nice! Great work on your ewe and babies ❤️
All the awesome ideas about warm boxes! I am a huge fan of heavy duty totes because I turn them into all sorts of things. I always have a few on hand to make into brooders, cages, transport, and warming bins. We have a steady stream of rescues(some babies). A heavy duty tote with towels, heating pad, and an old blanket to drape over would make an easy, portable incubator for those chilly babies.
Congratulations on your loft...will be nice to have your office above the ''shop''...sorry at the loss of the lambs and I hope the ewe recovers...however the other lambs are looking good...
A Sandi Shed! Suggestions: always more electronic outlets then you think you’ll need, coffee maker, mini fridge, internet router ( a job for Jack), extra lighting for doing your blogs, and a comfy sofa. Good for you! Do you think a lot of the birds will start nesting right on top of it? Maybe install for that the pointy wire they lay down along high rise building windowsills to discourage pigeons from nesting. I’m so happy for you, you soooo deserve your she she’d!❤️❤️❤️🍾👍👍👍
Take the truck and go to Ikea for your desk, file cabinets, futon, etc ;-) You'll spend less and it's such a fun place to go shopping for ideas. Also just wanted to say that even though they are "break out" babies, they sure are cute!
Sandi, you have taught me so much about sheep and lambing I want to help you. I have a great track record for saving comatose chilled lambs. It goes against all normal protocol. 😉 I put the lamb on a regular heating pad turned on high. Put some newspaper and a towel in between the lamb and pad and a towel on top of the lamb. Then I tube the lamb with about 100ml of warm colostrum with a squirt of “Baby Lamb Strength “ in it. I know this is said to be bad but what do you have to lose? It seems to warm the lamb on the inside. Since your heating pad is on High you need to flip the lamb over every few minutes so the skin doesn’t get too hot. This also seems to stimulate the lamb. After the lamb starts to get warmer gradually turn down the heat pad. I use a wire dog kennel for this. When the lamb starts to suck a bottle and can regulate their body temperature they could go on your machine and should be fine. Good luck and thanks for all you have taught us all.
So neat to have your office so close now and all the stats will be right at hand for you. Yeah!!!! Glad you now have someplace, just like the shed your husband built for himself. Wonderful.
It does my heart good to hear you say you are going to do something special for yourself. You have waited a long time and you deserve to treat yourself! You go girl!
Well that's live , if you want to keep a good bewering here, you need to cull, or sell those that where born die to escaping and meting without Being Breda on purpose to the right flock of rams;)
@@abbyrivers9971 .... Ummmm 👀 OBVIOUSLY I'M AWARE OF WHY SHE CAN'T KEEP THEM... AS WELL AS THE LOGISTICS BEHIND THAT! MY original comment was a "wishful" thinking comment, or theoretical comment, as was the 2nd one, and the the other one! 🙄😒🤨
coffee pot, printer, futon, heater, maybe a mini fridge for meds that need to be refrigerated, and just maybe a dog bed or 2😊 it sucks when lambs wont/can't strive for life but you tried everything you could! Hope momma comes around(and it's not silly for you to give her the jacket! Cathcart is warm and a bit heavy which can do wonders to shocky symptoms!). Maybe you need a blanket or 2 for sheep on your Amazon wishlist...some for mom's and some for babies!
Sandi. Happy for you Sandi with the development of your new loft office, as much as you love your sheep flock you can now watch them much closer like a good mom. Sandi just a thought leave the landing outside hand rail removable so you can put your office equipment in your office. Please Take Care of yourself Plus Be Very Care Full around all Farm Equipment.
As always you try you best, we can ask no more than that, stay safe and thank you for all you do for us, especially this weekend, remembering the good times xx
Hope mama is feeling better. She seemed to enjoy the jacket you gave her. Office looking great, a nice daybed to rest for you up there with a bit of glam, you deserve it!
You are truly a wonderful soul, you go beyond the distance for your girls and babies. Don't ever feel bad that you can't save one, because it's nothing you are doing. It just wasn't meant to be.
Do you have any post lambing preventative care for the ewes? I work on a Holstein dairy farm and we give all our cows a calcium bolus right after calving just to give them a boost and with out older girls that are at a higher risk for milk fever we will give them a bolus as soon as we think they are going to start calving.
Good morning. For the new office you’re going to want to get a PTAC unit. They are the same kind of units that you see for AC/Heat in hotel/motels. You want to have your carpenters frame it in at this stage. It will allow you to be cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Just figure out which one you want and then pull the specs for the carpenters. I think they run on 220 but don’t hold me to that. You can get a lower BTU unit since it’s such a small space. Less BTUs equals less cost. I thought about mentioning getting one with a Wi-Fi thermostat so it’s perfect when you go in there, but since you’re in and out of the barn all the time you can just go up and turn it on go about your business and then come back and work.
Some die hard fan needs to make a page for all the sheep that have names with pictures and fun facts of them! I know sandi is so busy but it’ll still be awesome to have!
GIRL! You’d better DECORATE that office! Paint the wall, hang a few pictures, put in a comfy chair (with a slip cover), put in a Keurig machine, etc! You’ll be in that space a great deal of time. Make it somewhere you want to be! You deserve it!
Hi, thank you so much for your amazing videos. It is clear in your videos that you love what you do and that you love your sheep and want the best for them. You and your daughter are such inspiring female role models.
A new building with space for a coffee pot, so the future looks bright for the farm. Personally, I'm waiting to get out to my cabin by the river and then a long mountain hike this summer. Hug.
Sorry you lost the lambs...so hard to watch when it's looking so bad. Hope momma recovers and still has one baby to love. Congrats on the office...I would call that my sanctuary if it were mine. (That is what I call my greenhouse these days!)
Congratulations on your new Office/Observation Space. Might want to move that little window to back wall and put in Bigger window so you can sit and have Birds Eye View of Everything. Just my thought. It's your Space. You'll enjoy having this space for sure. Sorry you lost those 2 Lambs and I hope the Ewe gets better. You take such good care of you Flock. Can't wait for your next Video. Always great to see you and your flock plus the Dogs lol. Oh forgot Mark, Jess and Carissa. Great to see all. Peace from WV
Make sure you have decent steps and railing (metal) so when you rush up and down so you don't trip and if you do, you can hold onto the railings! I use to have to wear safety boots working in plants with lots of stairs.....and those work boots that you wear aren't the easiest on steep stairs. Careful!
I have had a few issueswith what looks like preg tox. But it ended up to be stress pneumonia...per vet. It is a result of large difference in temperatures. More than 40 to 50 degrees in 48 hours. Antibiotics is the solution!
It will settle down, hopefully a few rough days now means smoother sailing later. Sorry you lost some babies, know you always take that hard. Fingers crossed for mum 💜
Congratulations on the loft! I hope your new momma pulls through. I thought the jacket was a great idea! You definitely have your hands full already. Good luck!
Sandi, you are so inspirational to me as well as others! You work so hard every day and I admire your dedication to these animals. I learn a lot each day you post a video! Just know that God loves you! Thank you for making COVID 19 bearable!!!
Jess with the grinder, I love it! I wonder if there is a line of livestock products like horse blankets or dog coats with a little battery operated heater cable in the lining? Or if you have some. hand warmers in the pockets of the Carhart? I'm just spitballing here. My circulation isn't what it used to be; I put a round seedling mat on my footstool at my desk to keep the soles of my feet warm. Saves me having to crank the house heat up 2-5 degrees. Maybe a big seedling mat in a canvas cover for your chilly mom😉👍
Awww. This was kind of heart wrenching. You worked valiantly to save that baby though! Wow! My mama-heart hurts a little. Your instincts are amazing. I'm glad to see you acknowledging them and trusting your own experience and knowledge!! Congrats on your new "loftice"!!
How cool you’re getting your own office (girl fort😊)! Woohoo 🥳! Sorry 😞 about the lambs that didn’t make it. Great news about the higher weening weights! Thank you for sharing pieces of your days with us💗🤗!
Congratulations on your new loft office, Sandi! What a cool space. You deserve a lovely room where you can watch your sheep. Hopefully this makes some of the admin you have to do a little more pleasant!
You giving a sheep a coat is literally the most heartwarming thing I have ever seen. Like your heart is absolutely golden and pure and I wish there were more souls like you in this world
Sandi, I am so very sorry for the loss of the two babies. The mommy is in shock, hopefully, she can recover and be with her baby that survived.
On a brighter note, your office is going to be nice for you. Your smile tells it all about how you feel.
Just a thought, you should put a corner table for a coffee maker. You will have your coffee right there to have whenever you want some.
I also need to let you know that I think you are doing a wonderful job with your lambs. I can see how much you love them and what you are doing. Okay, that's all I have for now.
Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay happy.
I Love the set up you have for your flock and how dedicated to each and every one of them, you are so compassionate. Love your loft office.
Definitely a very good coffee machine and strong coffee for lambing time
One year, when I was away in the US the neighbor farmer snagged the fence on my ram field with his harrows and my rams got in with my ewes in Sept. I lambed in Feb at -30 in an unheated barn. I have never lost a chilled lamb so this comes from experience: you need a hot box. Never wait to warm up a chilled or weak lamb, the sooner you get it warmed the better, minutes matter. Putting a lamb in warm water is not good as then the lamb rechills if not blown dry and you can't regulate the water temperature. You can make a simple hot box with a big (minimum 2 ft square) cardboard box and a hair dryer. Place bedding (towels or straw in the bottom, cut a hole about 4" from the top of the box and insert the nozzle of the blow dryer. Prior to putting the lamb in the box subcu with 60cc warm (like baby bottle milk temp on your wrist warm) lactated ringers solution ( your vet can supply this it's not prescription) and 50% dextrose solution (6 cc dextrose 54 cc ringers). I also gave an injection of vitamaster. Place the lamb (or lambs) in the box with blowdryer on high but not blowing directly on the lambs. Be sure to go back and turn the lambs as if they aren't up within 10 min they should not stay laying on the same side. Keep an eye on the heat, the lambs should not be panting. if it's getting too hot in the box open one flap of the lid. Cattle farmers use professionally made hot boxes all the time. Mine was in my house, but if the temp in your annex/storage room is above 15C then that should work. Once the lamb has a warm mouth you can tube feed, but after 2 hr should re subcu ringers for the extra hydration. I find easiest to hydrate in the flank as the skin is very loose. Always give a dose of antibiotic as well if subcuing liquids.. Hot boxing can dehydrate a lamb, so must subcu Ringers, pinch test for hydration and re-Ringers/Dextrose if necessary.
How kind of you to offer so much help... i love youtube supporters! I know nothing about sheep other than what i have learned here watching Sandi, but looks like some excellent advice. Got to be incredibly sad when babies are lost this way. You are wonderful!
Basically an incubator...
Give your shivering ewe Cal/Phos/Mag and Dextrose subcu (you can get both at UFA).
STATS must allow for Natural Losses......
Perfect revival technique. We advise something very similar to that at the vet clinic I work at. Works for pretty much every newborn( dosages vary, of course) hot boxes work wonders!
With all the bad luck Lucy is having in the barn lately, those sheep nuggets must be pretty yummy for her to keep coming back! Congrats on the new office! It's wonderful to see a dream coming true.
Its so interesting looking back at these older videos where the lamb is put into warm water but now Sandi puts them into the plastic glove to keep them dry and also has the warming box..just shows you its worth trying everything..
Sandi you need to get a warming box. You can learn from your vet how to inject peritoneal glucose which you can give before going into the warming box. It will prevent the lamb dying from hypoglycaemic shock. Warm wetting will involve evaporation which is cooling. Carissa is such an asset the way she pays attention to detail..
We did both of these at the sheep center I worked at in college and they worked so well for lambs that were unresponsive
+1 on the warming box. I use a 20 gallon peroxide barrel with an opening big enough to fit a metal heat lamp through (and a lamb afterwards), attach inside the top of barrel, 175 watt red bulb and viola. Portable easy bake lamb oven with a carry handle. Insert hypothermic lamb walk away for an hour.
Don't forget the futon. Every barn loft office needs a futon.
Bunk beds, and a sink and a toilet. :-)
And a heater a electric one
Small fridge and place for a coffee maker! Also a heater!
No... go to the house and get some good food and rest!
Meh, sleeping on a couple bales of hay is standard procedure for anyone with a barn! And so is peeing outside behind the barn....
March is women’s history month. So ... I thought of you because you handle this entire enterprise/sheep farm practically on your own. It looks like a very physical occupation. You rock!
It is a "She Shed" meets a barn office!!
After plywood goes on inside, pick a nice calming paint color and gift yourself a painted area. It’s amazing what that’ll do for you on stressful days when you need down time.
I shivered so hard I couldn’t stop my teeth from chattering. My jaw and body was so sore the next day didn’t feel the pain from labor. They told me they were bringing me a warm blanket. I was thinking fluffy warm. This thing was straight from the oven. Best feeling ever. Love your videos.
Whenever I'm in the hospital(which is a lot due to a chronic illness) my nurses know how much I love the warm blankets!!❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤
I’ve had four babies and remember the shivering 🥺 it got so bad during labor that I thought my teeth were gonna fall out from the chittering. Poor mama sheep! I hope she gets better!
The good, the bad, and the ugly we are here with you throughout it all. Thanks to UA-cam. Thanks for bringing us all on your journey!!
I love that your getting new stuff at the NEW OFFICE! You DESERVE IT! and the kid in me loves that it reminds me of a fort! 10 yr old me would have lived up there!!
Thanks for being you Sandi. Your enthusiasm, dedication and kindness are a balm for the soul.
You deserve a nice new office with nice things. Don’t forget the coffee machine. So many opps babies.
I’m loving the new gates. I sure hope they help with your back. Take care.
Yes you do! A hint for no future regrets! Put water upstairs so you have it for coffee. Even if it's a small plastic line to hook up a machine. More times than not, you won't have water up there when you need it!
I was thinking the same thing about the coffee machine.
Yeah! Different! And à coffee maker are must haves! Maybe put your 'puter💥 up there too, SAVE you running back and forth To thé house so often😘🙃
@@virginian7317 can always but smallish jugs of water from thé store and JUST KEEP revolving them from thé house, lugging them up and using THOSE.😘 if NOTHING better can be arrangéd, Canadians, "can do" folks!😘
Fourniture? Calendaire!
You should put the Sire as "Prison Break". 😂
😄😄😄
Panty RAID Day!
“One night stand”
The twenty minute group.
Maybe; Houdini!
When I went to a farming school the person in charge of the sheep used to put the cold lambs in the oven on a very low temperature to help them heat up again. Or maybe try laying them under a heat lamp, you know like the ones baby chicks use. And try to make the space they are during, is a bit smaller so the heat don’t escape and isn’t drafty and place them on a piece of styrofoam or something like that.
My favorite You-Tube channel, barn none! What a wonderful human.
Wonderful pun in that first sentence😉👍
Great call on the early, aggressive treatment on that ewe. You're right in the warm coat/blankets for maternal support. Helps the body cope with shock much faster. You're awesome 😎. The babies, so much harder. You work hard trying to save em all. You, ma'am are my hero. 💖🥰
Love ur new office!u deserve new furniture for ur new office!go girl enjoy ur new lambing from ur new office!how exciting!
Shepherdess Sandi has a SHE SHED!!!
When I had an emergency c section for my 34 week twins because of foetal distress, after I had all the complications. Hallucinations and seizures and a few days of blindness from cerebral oedema, as well as hemhorraging. So it was an IV, hormone shots, Dexamethasone, Vallium, Phenobarb and Dilantin for the seizure and brain irritation, and Lasix to reduce the cerebral oedema. It worked. Some of the same things you do without the iv. I know how those ewes feel. So sorry about you losing your lambs.
Wow, you really went through it!
I suggest you make the railing on the landing removabel so you can lift up a desk, a couch, and other things up there with the telehandler so you don't have to carry everything up the stairs.
A hoist & removable rail is a great idea!
Use one of the tractor lifts to lift the furnishings.
@@Parakeetfriend4215 That's what we used to do to change out the laundry hamper in the mechanic's room at work. Now why didn't I think of it, too? The Brock's have that versatile little Bobcat to help out!
When I had a kidney stone, the nurse at one point brought me warm blankets, and that's the closest thing to a religious experience I've ever had. It was glorious.
I had the same right after surgery from c de toon of my twins. They Saw me haring so Cold.. I shivered so hard, they gave me warmed up blanket they have Them as the recovery room is pretty chilly/ your body van coll down quick
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Personally I think it's a great idea to put your whole office up there. Hopefully it gives you more time to relax or work or whatever you can do with those extra moments you'll get not going to other office. Looks nice! Great work on your ewe and babies ❤️
All the awesome ideas about warm boxes! I am a huge fan of heavy duty totes because I turn them into all sorts of things. I always have a few on hand to make into brooders, cages, transport, and warming bins. We have a steady stream of rescues(some babies). A heavy duty tote with towels, heating pad, and an old blanket to drape over would make an easy, portable incubator for those chilly babies.
The babies get cuter every lambing group!!!! We love watching you. My grandson is talking about being a vet and these videos get him so excited!!
Congratulations on your loft...will be nice to have your office above the ''shop''...sorry at the loss of the lambs and I hope the ewe recovers...however the other lambs are looking good...
You are such an attentive caring shepherdess! Good job, Sandi!
So very happy you have your well deserved office at last. God bless.
A Sandi Shed! Suggestions: always more electronic outlets then you think you’ll need, coffee maker, mini fridge, internet router ( a job for Jack), extra lighting for doing your blogs, and a comfy sofa. Good for you! Do you think a lot of the birds will start nesting right on top of it? Maybe install for that the pointy wire they lay down along high rise building windowsills to discourage pigeons from nesting. I’m so happy for you, you soooo deserve your she she’d!❤️❤️❤️🍾👍👍👍
Take the truck and go to Ikea for your desk, file cabinets, futon, etc ;-) You'll spend less and it's such a fun place to go shopping for ideas. Also just wanted to say that even though they are "break out" babies, they sure are cute!
Sandi, you have taught me so much about sheep and lambing I want to help you. I have a great track record for saving comatose chilled lambs. It goes against all normal protocol. 😉 I put the lamb on a regular heating pad turned on high. Put some newspaper and a towel in between the lamb and pad and a towel on top of the lamb. Then I tube the lamb with about 100ml of warm colostrum with a squirt of “Baby Lamb Strength “ in it. I know this is said to be bad but what do you have to lose? It seems to warm the lamb on the inside. Since your heating pad is on High you need to flip the lamb over every few minutes so the skin doesn’t get too hot. This also seems to stimulate the lamb. After the lamb starts to get warmer gradually turn down the heat pad. I use a wire dog kennel for this. When the lamb starts to suck a bottle and can regulate their body temperature they could go on your machine and should be fine. Good luck and thanks for all you have taught us all.
So neat to have your office so close now and all the stats will be right at hand for you. Yeah!!!! Glad you now have someplace, just like the shed your husband
built for himself. Wonderful.
Sandi got her Bird House! Thanks for sharing:-)
It does my heart good to hear you say you are going to do something special for yourself. You have waited a long time and you deserve to treat yourself! You go girl!
Congrats on the new office Ms. Sandi. That ewe would make an awesome ad for the jacket "Carhartt... a glorious touch from God"
New shed office will be great job 👏 and very handy for coffee breaks 😉😉👍👍
My HEART JUST BROKE WHEN YOU SAID YOU COULDN'T KEEP ANY OF THE BREAKOUT BABIES!! 😫🥺 I HAD FALLEN MADLY IN LOVE WITH PANDA LAMB! 🐼🐑
She's needs to give panda to Belinda
@@Codeexcited OMG I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT.... YOU ARE A GENIUS AND THAT WOULD BE PERFECT! 🤗💕🙏🏻🥳🫂....
Or it can go stay with rusty, maybe?
Well that's live , if you want to keep a good bewering here, you need to cull, or sell those that where born die to escaping and meting without Being Breda on purpose to the right flock of rams;)
@@abbyrivers9971 .... Ummmm 👀 OBVIOUSLY I'M AWARE OF WHY SHE CAN'T KEEP THEM... AS WELL AS THE LOGISTICS BEHIND THAT!
MY original comment was a "wishful" thinking comment, or theoretical comment, as was the 2nd one, and the the other one! 🙄😒🤨
coffee pot, printer, futon, heater, maybe a mini fridge for meds that need to be refrigerated, and just maybe a dog bed or 2😊
it sucks when lambs wont/can't strive for life but you tried everything you could! Hope momma comes around(and it's not silly for you to give her the jacket! Cathcart is warm and a bit heavy which can do wonders to shocky symptoms!). Maybe you need a blanket or 2 for sheep on your Amazon wishlist...some for mom's and some for babies!
Sandi.
Happy for you Sandi with the development of your new loft office, as much as you love your sheep flock you can now watch them much closer like a good mom. Sandi just a thought leave the landing outside hand rail removable so you can put your office equipment in your office. Please Take Care of yourself Plus Be Very Care Full around all Farm Equipment.
As always you try you best, we can ask no more than that, stay safe and thank you for all you do for us, especially this weekend, remembering the good times xx
Hope mama is feeling better. She seemed to enjoy the jacket you gave her. Office looking great, a nice daybed to rest for you up there with a bit of glam, you deserve it!
Your adorable green hat really brings out the green in your eyes. Congrats on the loft.
I love your puppy in training . The other dog never stops moving around jumping in to try helping you . I like your new office ...
You are truly a wonderful soul, you go beyond the distance for your girls and babies. Don't ever feel bad that you can't save one, because it's nothing you are doing. It just wasn't meant to be.
Oh my gosh every one is so cute, the way your lambs look at you is almost endearing.
Do you have any post lambing preventative care for the ewes? I work on a Holstein dairy farm and we give all our cows a calcium bolus right after calving just to give them a boost and with out older girls that are at a higher risk for milk fever we will give them a bolus as soon as we think they are going to start calving.
The little Lamb makes me Sad as well especially when you look at his siblings. GOD is with him.🙏
Good morning. For the new office you’re going to want to get a PTAC unit. They are the same kind of units that you see for AC/Heat in hotel/motels. You want to have your carpenters frame it in at this stage. It will allow you to be cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Just figure out which one you want and then pull the specs for the carpenters. I think they run on 220 but don’t hold me to that. You can get a lower BTU unit since it’s such a small space. Less BTUs equals less cost. I thought about mentioning getting one with a Wi-Fi thermostat so it’s perfect when you go in there, but since you’re in and out of the barn all the time you can just go up and turn it on go about your business and then come back and work.
Clarissa is so pretty. She works so hard and the animals love her. I'm so glad she can work with you.
Some die hard fan needs to make a page for all the sheep that have names with pictures and fun facts of them! I know sandi is so busy but it’ll still be awesome to have!
I like the sheep butt on the corn silo It made me laugh :) just a random sheep tooshie LOL 🐑💜👍
It must be heartbreaking at times when you loose an animal. I don't think you would get used to it. 😔. The loft looks great. Enjoy 🙂
GIRL! You’d better DECORATE that office! Paint the wall, hang a few pictures, put in a comfy chair (with a slip cover), put in a Keurig machine, etc! You’ll be in that space a great deal of time. Make it somewhere you want to be! You deserve it!
I always took those fragile ones into the house. I love your new loft office.
Hi, thank you so much for your amazing videos. It is clear in your videos that you love what you do and that you love your sheep and want the best for them. You and your daughter are such inspiring female role models.
That is so exciting for you. That brought a Hugh smile on my face. Congratulations!!!!
Love the idea of the incubator box. Thank you for sharing that on here. God's love to you all.
I'm certain l'm glad you are making the office nice for yourself. You work hard and deserve it.
I know it's hard, but you are so good to each of your sheep and give each a chance.
I love how your daughter is always helping out!
A new building with space for a coffee pot, so the future looks bright for the farm. Personally, I'm waiting to get out to my cabin by the river and then a long mountain hike this summer. Hug.
Sorry you lost the lambs...so hard to watch when it's looking so bad. Hope momma recovers and still has one baby to love. Congrats on the office...I would call that my sanctuary if it were mine. (That is what I call my greenhouse these days!)
Under the stairs: You could have a little storage space!
Harry Potter under the stairs 🤣
Aww! Lucy and that lamb in the background when you were treating the ewe are aDORable!!! 😍
So sorry about lamb. 😢
Congratulations on your new Office/Observation Space. Might want to move that little window to back wall and put in Bigger window so you can sit and have Birds Eye View of Everything. Just my thought. It's your Space. You'll enjoy having this space for sure. Sorry you lost those 2 Lambs and I hope the Ewe gets better. You take such good care of you Flock. Can't wait for your next Video. Always great to see you and your flock plus the Dogs lol. Oh forgot Mark, Jess and Carissa. Great to see all. Peace from WV
Sandi stay strong! You are amazing & don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. I know nothing about sheep, but I enjoy watching. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
So glad you got your office!
Thanks for posting on wkend.your doing better about no beating yourself up for lamb loss and that's good
Make sure you have decent steps and railing (metal) so when you rush up and down so you don't trip and if you do, you can hold onto the railings! I use to have to wear safety boots working in plants with lots of stairs.....and those work boots that you wear aren't the easiest on steep stairs. Careful!
your own office that will be so nice. Needs a twin bed. Love seeing all your babies. thank you for sharing
"Oh, sorry" ~ 13:05 so Canadian. Great vid, love it, thank you Sandi.
I have had a few issueswith what looks like preg tox. But it ended up to be stress pneumonia...per vet. It is a result of large difference in temperatures. More than 40 to 50 degrees in 48 hours. Antibiotics is the solution!
It will settle down, hopefully a few rough days now means smoother sailing later. Sorry you lost some babies, know you always take that hard. Fingers crossed for mum 💜
I was in the hospital for 3 weeks in August 2019 and those heated blankets were a life saver for me. Even in August I just couldn’t stay warm
congrats, on your sheep office. Get your self a good coffee machine, a great chair and a amazing heater. I wonder how the dogs will handle the stairs.
Good for you Sandi. You deserve it!!!!
1:32 the babies have such a beautiful colors 😍😍😍
Hot box for lambs. Get an old dryer in to warm blankets and towels too. Just throwing it out there. I got a used one for a cheap deal. Blessings
I love and see you happy Sandi and I can not dig myself away from you ... hugs
You definitely need a comfy chair/sofa for the coffee drinking and sheep watching. 👍
Congrats on your loft office enjoy it. It looks so cool.
I’m always so happy for a weekend vlog but a little sad cuz that means (usually) no lambs on Monday 😔 but def needed this as motivation today. ❤️
Amazing how the ewe accepted your jacket. Hope she and her baby are doing better. You are a good shepardess
LOVE the Loft-icce.
Congratulations on the loft! I hope your new momma pulls through. I thought the jacket was a great idea! You definitely have your hands full already. Good luck!
Sandi, you are so inspirational to me as well as others! You work so hard every day and I admire your dedication to these animals. I learn a lot each day you post a video! Just know that God loves you! Thank you for making COVID 19 bearable!!!
Jess with the grinder, I love it! I wonder if there is a line of livestock products like horse blankets or dog coats with a little battery operated heater cable in the lining? Or if you have some. hand warmers in the pockets of the Carhart? I'm just spitballing here. My circulation isn't what it used to be; I put a round seedling mat on my footstool at my desk to keep the soles of my feet warm. Saves me having to crank the house heat up 2-5 degrees. Maybe a big seedling mat in a canvas cover for your chilly mom😉👍
I love the new office, that will be so handy for you! The prom babies are sweet!
Awww. This was kind of heart wrenching. You worked valiantly to save that baby though! Wow! My mama-heart hurts a little. Your instincts are amazing. I'm glad to see you acknowledging them and trusting your own experience and knowledge!! Congrats on your new "loftice"!!
How cool you’re getting your own office (girl fort😊)! Woohoo 🥳! Sorry 😞 about the lambs that didn’t make it. Great news about the higher weening weights! Thank you for sharing pieces of your days with us💗🤗!
I can tell we are going to have a new angle on some videos in the near future ! Awesome Sandi .. Congratulations !
When you open the pens the music and as the film quickens it reminds me of Charlie Chaplin! ☺️🙋
A friend used to raise sheep. Every lambing she would end up with one or two in an old playpen in the house by the fire.
omg loving the new loft office it will look awesome when it's all done!
Congratulations on your new loft office, Sandi! What a cool space. You deserve a lovely room where you can watch your sheep. Hopefully this makes some of the admin you have to do a little more pleasant!
Yes, it’ll save her a lot of time.