to send my sheep to hospital to be induced

[derxa]

For 3 days now not one of the buggers has given birth. They just lie there in their pregnant splendour. Not even bothering to get up and eat. I tootle round them on the quad bike every 2 hours. Not a sausage.

[CMOTDibbler]

They're waiting till you decide not to look at them for a few hours, then find a nice ditch/bramble patch/nettlebed to deliver into. Because sheep are like that.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Do sheep eat raspberry leaves?

[Oysterbabe]

Hurry up sheep! We're hungry.

[derxa]

Do sheep eat raspberry leaves? Probably one of the many things which make them keel over and die. They can't eat curries and the rams don't want to have sex with them.

[cozietoesie]

We had one with a serious death wish once. Old besom.

[NewRags]

I'm with you there - still waiting for 5 of ours to get on with it - all the rest have ten week old lambs ffs.

[derxa]

Our lambing is late anyway to tie in with shepherdess's hill lambing. There's about 50 out there all smug.

[HellonHeels]

Awww lovely sheep! Post a pic?

[Janefromuptheshops]

OK, I've been watching this farming life on Iplayer.

I think you need to start wrestling them to the ground. That's what they all seem to do before the lambs are born.

[derxa]

Awww lovely sheep! Post a pic? I'll try There are some lovely twins in the front green.

[listsandbudgets]

How about pineapples - can they eat those?

[derxa]

Silage is OK but not pineapples. Maybe they're high on Crystalix licks

[EarthboundMisfit]

Pop a few birthing balls out there and play a bit of whale song.

[Lolimax]

Can you offer a sweep at the next ante-natal?

[cozietoesie]

Achh - they'll deliver in their own sweet time and (probably) at maximum inconvenience to you. Have you looked at the weather forecast recently? Any storms due?

[derxa]

Pop a few birthing balls out there and play a bit of whale song Maybe they've got secret birth plans that I don't know anything about. Water birth?

[derxa]

you looked at the weather forecast recently? Any storms due? I think rain's due

[cozietoesie]

Rain? Get ready for a 2 in the morning recce then. I know they'd probably opt for a howling gale but Hey - you take what you can get.

[WellErrr]

Yep, they're waiting for it to piss down.

[derxa]

Not a sausage

[TheWizardOfOs]

Nipple twiddling.

[cozietoesie]

Is it raining yet, though?

[whojamaflip]

I completely feel for you - our last one finally decided to get on with the job two weeks after the rest of her mates still had to keep checking her though - dh was walking on eggshells by the end

Good luck with it!

[derxa]

still waiting

[cozietoesie]

Get some sleep now. You'll need it at 2am.