Chapter 70 (continued)

The mother and lamb are very close, so the mother lamb should be able to take good care of the lamb without needing human assistance.

Shi Wen a sigh of relief, went into the sheepfold, registered the newborn lambs, and helped the mother sheep wipe the mucus from the lambs' mouths and noses. He then let the mother sheep try to nurse the lambs.

After settling the mother and child in, Shi Wen went to check on the other ewes that had given birth.

As time went on, more and more ewes began to give birth, Shi Wen, Yan Kexing, and Aini each took care of their own ewes.

Ewes carrying a single lamb are fine, as they can give birth on their own. They mainly take care of ewes carrying twins or triplets.

Especially those ewes carrying triplets.

Shi Wen was taking care of a ewe who was pregnant with triplets.

He looked at the weak ewe in front of him and felt a little panicked.

The ewe had given birth to a lamb twenty minutes ago and another thirteen minutes ago, and now she was carrying one more lamb, but she was too weak to continue and could only stand there panting weakly.

He had no medicine on hand and didn't know what to do with it, so he could only keep stroking its head and neck to soothe it and observe its rear end to see if it needed any human intervention.

Unfortunately, after observing for a few more minutes, Shi Wen discovered that the ewe was indeed experiencing a difficult labor.

The third lamb came out first by its hind legs.

Only a little bit of its hind legs were showing, and the ewe was too weak to give birth.

Shi Wen put on gloves and tried to guide the lamb's hind legs back into the birth canal, then lifted the ewe's body and tried to adjust the lamb's position.

He simply lacked experience, and no matter how he tried to adjust, he couldn't get it right.

"I'm here—" Sikewell walked in from outside, enveloped in a chill, and called out as soon as he entered.

Upon Shi Wen his voice, Shi felt a sense of relief and immediately called out, "I need help here!"

"What happened?" Sikewell rushed towards Shi Wen's direction with his medicine kit, immediately spotting the ewe and the two newborn lambs in the pen. "Dystocia, isn't it?"

"Yes, the baby is breech, and the ewe is too weak." Shi Wen was kneeling beside the ewe, trying to adjust the baby's position. His clothes were stained with blood and amniotic fluid, making him look quite disheveled. "I can't adjust it."

Sikewell: "Wait, let me give the ewe an injection first to help her regain her strength."

Sikewell remained calm and skillfully retrieved the necessary medication from the medicine box. After administering the injection to the ewe, he quickly disinfected his hands and then took over Shi Wen's position to help adjust the lamb's fetal position.

Shi Wen breathed a sigh of relief and watched Sikewell's movements Shi Wen softly.

Sikewell looked up at the ceiling, carefully adjusting the lamb's position, and said to Shi Wen, "Don't worry, your ewe is in good condition; she'll give birth."

Shi Wen nodded. "Mm."

Sikewell was much more experienced than Shi Wen, and quickly adjusted the lamb's position. "All done."

The ewe seemed to realize that the fetus was in the right position and began to push again.

Sikewell massaged the ewe's perineum with one hand while holding the lamb's forelegs with the other, slowly pulling the lamb out in rhythm with the ewe's movements.

A short while later, the lamb was fully born, but it was unconscious.

Sikewell skillfully lifted the lamb by its hind legs, patted its chest to bring it back to normal, and then brought it to the ewe's mouth for the ewe to lick.

The ewe had regained some strength and skillfully began licking the lamb.

Sikewell told Shi Wen, "It's basically normal now. Bring some good quality hay for it to eat later, feed it a little less concentrated feed, don't let it drink ice water, and make sure it stays warm, and you'll be all set."

Shi Wen nodded quickly.

Sikewell observed for a moment longer. "The milk might not be enough. When the time comes, pick a ewe with plenty of milk, take one of the lambs there, and find it a wet nurse."

Shi Wen quickly wrote it down, "Okay."

The other ewes were still giving birth, so they hurried to check on them.

Both Yan Kexing and Aini are experienced; the ewes had a difficult birth, but there were no major problems.

After daybreak, Yang Yiqing rushed over to help.

She studied a related major and had interned at a ranch, so she had experience in this area.

With an extra person on their side, Shi Wen became much easier.

They worked for a day to deliver the lambs, and in the end, forty-three ewes gave birth to sixty-eight lambs.

All the ewes and lambs are safe and healthy, and their condition is encouraging.

Especially the lambs; even though they were just born, everyone present could tell that they had excellent potential.

Shi Wen a group of excellent second-generation sheep has been acquired.

Shi Wen dared not rest. While the lambs were still newborn and their condition was relatively clear, he asked Sikewell and Yang Yiqing to cooperate and quickly record the lambs' condition.

He planned to breed breeding sheep, so he had to create breeding sheep cards to record the ewes' mating records, lambing records, lambs' birth weight, birth conditions, and so on.

Especially regarding the lambs, if nothing unexpected happens, the second-generation lambs will become the main breeding stock on their ranch. In this case, it is essential to record all the data clearly so that it can be traced back to its source later.

These lambs are all offspring of the breeding Eight Treasures, and once they grow up, some of them will surely become breeding males.

The ranch already has Eight Treasures breeding rams and one Wanderer sheep. If we add more breeding rams, the situation will become complicated. If we don't tag them with their ears and record the details in time, I doubt anyone will be able to figure it out.

The work of delivering lambs is chaotic and busy.

If selling rams last year brought Shi Wen a substantial reward, then delivering lambs this year has brought him a great sense of accomplishment.

The birth of the new life made him truly feel that the ranch was developing.

The ewes at Shi Wen's house gave birth to lambs one after another. Out of 105 ewes, 163 lambs were born, including 82 ewes and 81 rams.

Sikewell helped throughout the entire process.

Shi Wen to ask him to vaccinate and ear-tagged the lambs, and to also get all the vaccinations for the other animals in the house completed this year.