TRYING TO SAVE THIS LAMBS EYES! | Vlog 20 - Lambing 2021
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Not all straight forward in this video and we have to treat a lamb with an inturned eyelid!
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I’m 31 years old and I’m a sheep farmer from Ayrshire in South West Scotland, which is why I have such a strong accent! I was born and raised on a sheep farm watching my dad who was the shepherd.
At 18 I went away from farming to work in the city (something I still do) and at 23 (2013) I decided I wanted to do something for some extra money so I went on a sheep shearing course. The hardest thing I’ll ever do was learning to shear sheep. [shudders thinking about it]
I shore whilst on my holidays from work for 2 years and then in 2015 my dad died so I decided to get my own sheep so I could continue working with sheep as it was something I loved doing. From there it escalated quickly from my first 4 sheep in my mum’s garden to now running around 600 breeding ewes.
I shore over 15,000 sheep this season in UK and I also travel to Norway for shearing in March and September. (Covid messed it up this year)
A few years ago I bought myself a sheep pregnancy scanner and have been building up my run since then.
I watched a few farm vlogs on UA-cam and decided I could have a go and now here we are!
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Cammy: says anything.
Sheep: FOOD GUY! FOOD GUY! FOOD GUY!
Haha very true, all they can relate to me is the food they get!
I never get tired of watching the lambs tails go crazy when they suck. How happy it must make them feel.
New subscriber here from Sandi Brock's recommendation. She is right you are a delight to watch and I really enjoyed seeing a different view of sheep farming.
That’s how I found him as well. Lovely seeing the sheep out in the fields.
It's really interesting how he does it versus Sandi. Not judging, it's a different way, housing in a barn vs open fields. His way seems a lot more labor intensive k guess. I'm surprised he doesn't have many more subscribers! It's all fascinating, and they both work so hard!
Well yes because he actually has a clue what he's doing. Sandi Brock spends more time whining about her "hard life" than working.
Me too!!!
"Sheepishly Me" sent us over. She told us that your a good watch!!
So I shared this video with a friend who is dealing with a lamb with entropian eyes at the moment. She showed her vet and they have just used it on her lamb, the vet not having done this with sheep before, only cattle. The Sheep Game, educating vets of the world (especially in Australia)! 😊
That's great, hope it works out for them 👍
Your sheep are like the birds who live in our church sanctuary. Every time the minister speaks the sermon, the birds start to chirp at the tops of their lungs.
Lizzie has a lovely smile!
Yes, she does.
I do my best to get a few smiles out of her 😁🥰
Aww. Love all the variety of sheep. Their faces are so adorable. I can see why they are what you are raising. Keep the videos coming. ❤️❤️
I love how you use your channel to educate people. I have learned so much from you. Thank you for sharing.
That's great Kristin, glad you have found it informative 👍
I finally got to your merchandise page. I laughed out loud at your modelling pictures. Well done haha
You've got such good knowledge, and good help. It takes a village to raise a lamb. lol Good work all! Hi Lizzy!
Entropion is more serious than many realize. The eyelashes can scratch the cornea, and cause permanent damage, even blindness. If this condition happens to your dog, the vet will not only have medicines for the eye - your dog will be wearing the Cone of Shame til the eye heals. I can’t even imagine what might happen if a lamb had to wear a cone!
Cammy, the girls all start talking to let you know they missed you 🐑😊! The sounds from moms and babies aren’t too loud for us to hear what you are saying. Besides, my two dogs always perk up and come over to watch the videos whenever they hear your sheep talking.
You definitely right about taking the lamb to the Vet if you aren't experienced and haven't help injecting the lambs eyes, just found a ewe on her back today that's the start of it, Great video cheers
Lovely use of the word ‘respite’
Love the videos. I’ve been on or around farms all my life. Mostly cattle ranch and turkey, but haven’t been around sheep since I was a “wee lass”, and I miss it. I’m now living in the city, and living vicariously through your vlogs. Keep up the great work.
The hair and beard are standing tall, Cami, me thinks it’s shearing time for ye!
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I'm putting it off just now, have an idea about getting it off but just trying to decide if I can commit to it for a bit longer yet 😂
Cool. I just watched a vet treat an eye exactly how you did. Nice quick fix. ❤️🇨🇦
That's good then, hopefully I'm getting it right and seems to be working effectively.
It’s nice you have a nice big helper like Haggrid, there, to hold the wee one tight!
Lovely lambs. Good job getting that last one out!
Thanks Melanie! Just a gentle tug required =D
Great vid, hope lamby's eye's get better, the injection in the eye lid made me wince a bit, but it's ok I didn't pass out 😂
Another great vlog Cammy….sleep well y’all
Another great video. The Herdwick ? sheep were very distinctive in appearance. You have an interesting variety of sheep. I look them up in my two sheep books "Fleece and Fiber" and the
"British Sheep & Wool" which is put out by the British sheep board to learn more about their usages (ie. meat or fiber). It is all fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Donna! These will definitely not be used for fibre as they're wool is so course!! Great animal for grazing really rough upland ground
I had already subscribed to Aarons channel when I found The Sheep Game. Love you both.
This reminds me of “Little Bo-Peep” & “Mary Had a Little Lamb” from Nursery Rhymes (1983)
You can give a sheep with after birth warm water. Like 25-30 degrees that simulates. Tips from the Netherlands
With dogs the tack the eyelid up so it doesn't bother the eye ,so take a stitch to hold it away from eye.
Don't worry about catching the HoofGP. You do sooo much more work. You should b really proud of ur. You do EVERYTHING!!!!!
Baaaa! That means, " Use your opposable thumbs and open the bag!"
Love the Count Down Milk Bar❤
Lovely video. Aaron was wearing your merch this week! Love you both. I'm developing an ear for your accent!
Another trick for the entropy (in-turned eyelid). If you pinch the bottom eyelid quite hard it causes a bit of swelling and keeps the eyelid the right way round without a needle. Doesn't work every time but quite often its enough. Another good video Cammy. Looking forward to your shearing season.
Thanks Jonathon, aye that can be a good technique too Jonathon and we will often try that first before injecting, shearing season is right around the corner now 😊
Greetings from Canada. I'm also here from Sandi Brock's channel. Great channel, Cameron.
I LOVE sheep!! Thank you for sharing your story!! We recently got a goat 🐐 sending love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Goats and sheep are Mother nature's best creations.
Beautiful delivery Cammy! You are awesome 👏 I like the different treatment for entropion too. Love the ending too. Nice set-up for efficiency💙
Good job Cammy 20K it's going to be close 👌🇨🇦
Thanks Azamy, a tight race it is!
Thanks for my new hats. From Finlay Barclay. 👍
Love seeing your sheep in the fields! Barn and pens for a while but so natural in fields🥰
Herdwick man here - you’re cancelled - and you were doing so well - haven’t missed a film this lambing time
WHAT????
Great video. I really enjoy seeing the different breeds of sheep.
yer turned in eyelids Cammy, ye can use michel clips too just pinch the skin wi the clip and it keeps the eyelid turned out too 16mm clips i use.....and if its a ewe lamb i dont keep her for breeding i give them a lug mark when i find it ..
Ah think I have heard of clips but not seen them used before. Good idea not to keep ewe lambs with it as it can be hereditary.
Grate vid cammy. I am seriously considering using teasers next year they really seem to do a good job
I’m a new subscriber from Northern Ireland having watched Sandi for a few weeks. I love your energy and upbeat attitude. You obviously love what you do!
Thanks Sharon, it's a great way of life 👍
awesome pet lamb set up
Nice work on the entropion explanation. 👍
Thanks Rebecca! Always worried how these sensitive topics are received.
Use the pickup to make a corner
I always think when I try that they run away from fence into middle of the field lol. haven't quite mastered it yet Bob!
@@TheSheepGame it normaly work when they have one lamb out the stay close if not let the dug bring her back
You are very humorous and a joy to watch. I’m really enjoying this vlog. 🤗👍
Wonderful to see all the babes, and you are pulling ahead of Aaron....watched his video earlier and he is at 18.6k followers :)
Loved this video! What a perfect life you lead!❤❤❤
Yeah longer videos yay keep up the good work
Good video Cammy
Great video as always Cammie!
I agree 100% if it’s working for you keep doing it
Omg the sheep are so cute. I can't get enough of them. I'm #1 sheep fan. lol
Top video again.
Fantastic as always ❤️❤️
Loved the video! Thank you!
Cheers Tammy
Great VIDEO
Well Cammy, that is the end of me eating g lamb chops. I'm definitely on my way to becoming a vegetarian. I no longer eat beef because of the Hoof GP All I need to do now is watch videos about chickens and that will probably solidify my decision. Thanks.
Another fab video, 😎
I came here after your video with Hoof GP!!
Thanks for coming to have a look at the channel Karissa, hope you enjoy.
Oh i had to look away when you did the needle by the lambs eye oh my
It is quite a fiddly procedure with being so close to the actual eye, but is so effective as treatment for in turned eyelids too
It is a hoot I was going to shoot an email to Sandi but heh she watches Cameron also he is great! That wee bairn that he and his partner have is beyond cute
So cute, you have a pen for bottle babies
awesome!
hi how is the shetland sheep lambing . Keep up the good work from james age 10.
We had another unexpected lamber today but lambed it’s self during the night first time mum with plenty off milk what more could u ask for 👌🏻
A dream, can't get much better than that👍
hugs
Great videos Cammy keep it up
From Finlay Barclay. 👍🥇
Hi cammy did you ever have a lamb born blind with white pupils...it looks like pinkeye or scammal as we call it here..great tube btw..
Great as usual
Great video 👍
7:02 Herdwick’s!
Enjoyed
Adorable
Such a wonderful vlog!!!
12” of grass growth here..went from 1.1C to 30.5 in one week. My oats, buckwheat, pea ground cover is all going crazy here and my pastures are growing faster than I can graze them down. Time to buy more sheep! “Subscribe” he says! Too late..Sheep full time Shepherd Fan for life! Edit: Yes! Sheep are better! (And Sheep Game is #1!). Some job! Cammie!
I'm glad spring has sprung for you, some increase in temperature that is!! hopefully our grass will get going soon enough 🤞
Wow glad you have steady hands with that needle but the lamb looked so much better once you’d treated it where it’s eye was scarred will that heal fully ? I’m going to be sad once they’ve all lambed it’s so fantastic to see all the new life spring definitely the best time of year ❤️
Cammy i will have some broken mouth herdwick ewes once i have weaned them if your interested? We have the most northerly flock of herdies in the uk.
New subbie here I'm looooove ur accent I'm from the States so I love the way u talk I'm binge watching ur videos 💙💙💙
This reminds me of A Christmas Romance (1994)
Will you have some open-farm days so we can come from Sweden and say hey? :) Family loves the vlogg
Herdwicks are a hair breed. I have spun some of their wool and it’s not good for anything close to the skin. Your two herdwick have such a lovely color.
Lambs be like, “Wait, the food is more important than I am?!?”
Herdwick sheep from the lake district, a hardy breed for the weather conditions
Yeah they are a pretty tough native breed 👍
Are these just for meat ?
Meg doesn't live with you? I would never have guessed. You work so well together I would have thought she's your constant companion and sleeps in your bed at night! BTW, I received my black hoodie just in time for our SoCal summer to hit and I can't wear it! But I love it so much!
Thanks so much for supporting the channel like this!! Meg lives at my mums as she has a shed there she has always lived in since my dad got her as a pup! She sleeps in the house through the winter so she has a good life there when she's not working =D
Love your jacket! New merch?
When the mommas eat, all of the cute little ones cry, they feel abandoned poor things.
When do you remove the skins from the lambs ? How long before he ewe will care for them without having the skins on? Thx 👍😎
Sometimes the lambs poo will push it off
Ewe will get a bond and skins will stink but it’s best way to do it I think
Great to see you coming to the end of your lambing, hope its a smooth run to the end. Has it been a good year compared with others
Yeah we are all glad to see the end, has been a great lambing probably one of our best so far with lots of healthy lambs on the ground now 👍
Hi Cammy from Florida. I grew up inNYC, so this is all quite new and I love the way you teach ...very good vlog and your sense of humor and energy are so up-lifting.
If you could, would you briefly explain the different lambs. I could google them for more info, I really want to learn. I have visited Scotland 3 times, ...loved it,
Thanks Cammie. .
Thanks Christine hope you're enjoying the channel. Glad you enjoyed your visits to Scotland. What would you like me to explain about the lambs?
Cammie, I am very late in answering, but I lost the video.
Anyway, the question is to clarify why different lambs are more desirable, what is the difference between rage Cheviots and the other breeds? Which are preferred for the market?
Textless lambs verses the Cheviots....? Spelling
Texile lambs
If you're lamb's eyes need a little help..go colestrom in the eye's full of good stuff ❤
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The Cheviots sounds like a Period Drama on Sunday night tv
😂😂 that made me laugh
@@TheSheepGame 😂 😂 😂
Not connected to the video but if any sheep farmers can help with this?
Today my wether horned Cameroon sheep had his entire horn ripped off during a butting match. The vet gave antibiotics and sprayed the nub left. But no pain killers and this evening the sprayed nub has half rubbed off with more bleeding. What can I do or is it ok to just leave him be and wait for it to heal? Sorry for adding an unrelated comment but in my country they don't really do much for farm animals so any advice welcome 🙂
I keep a bottle of oxytocin on hand for retained placenta's. 1ml will help her contract to release it.
Ah that would be handy, not something I've used but I have heard it's very good for a couple things at lambing time
Great video as always cammy. What do you think of hwrdwick sheep. Would you recommend them
Remember not all of us know all the breeds yet. This is my third video since I got up today at two it's three twenty am. When I first got on my laptop from being on my cell phone you know when you see a bunch of different videos to see all I saw was yours. I still haven't heard your name clearly
Sorry Danielle. Cammy is my name. I have a really strong accent and i’m trying on making it clearer for everyone to understand me🥰
I've had dogs with entropion, never seen it treated this way.
Just now seeing this. Endotropin can be easily treated without a needle or penicillin. All you need is a rubber band wrapped around the lamb's head, below the eyelids, to turn them out. For how long? It depends on how severe it is and whether you're dealing with one or two turned-in eyelids. It can be fixed in as short as 6 hours. In some cases it make take 24 hours. But I would FAR prefer using a rubber band to turn the eyelids out to trying to inject penicillin around a lamb's eye. There is no need to risk a needle near a lamb's eye.
Hi Craig, that’s a great idea and one i’ve never seen. I’ll try it this spring! Thanks. This method of injecting is the method the vets use 👍
Happy to help, Cammy! I regularly saw turned-in eyelids when I had Corriedales, but once I got out of the Corriedale business and switched to Lincoln Longwools (that was about 12 years ago), I haven't seen it once. I am glad to not have that problem anymore. So yes, just buy an assortment of rubber bands of different sizes. Depending on the size of the lamb's head, you may need a medium-sized or wide rubber band that is strong and large enough to wrap tightly around the lamb's head, just below the eye, and pull the eyelid out. I never had any kind of infection from using a rubber band, either. Also, the biggest advantage of this method is that one person can do it. Using a needle and penicillin is a two-person job.
Good luck, Cammy! So glad I discovered your channel. I enjoy your vlogs very much. Best wishes!
So nice that you responded. Another stupid question. What's the difference between an older lamb and sheep? Why do you call it lambing if sheep are birthing lambs? I'm totally confused.😮
😅 good question. Anything under 12 months old is sold as lamb. After they get their adult teeth they become adult sheep and you get less money for their meat.
Herdwick sheep! How many kinds of sheep do you run?
The Herdwicks belong to the farm owners, not Cammy.
A fair few lol but these ones aren't min as Lor says =D. they belong to the farm owner Peggy so I haven't yet added Herdwicks to the flock!