To casually explain a normal part of an animals reproductive process to a child in public

[SpringSunshineanddaffodils]

At a farm park today and while looking at the newborn lambs and the very pregnant sheep my DD (7) asked "how do her babies get out of her tummy" and I answered "she pushes them out of her vagina, like we do" DD said "oh" and that was that.
I glanced up and noticed an older couple next to me with what I assume were their grandchildren giving each other shocked glances.
We moved on and I don't think they knew we were still nearby because I heard her say something like "what is wrong with people, children have got no innocence any more"
WIBU to have explained this in public in this way?

It's a farm, what we're they expecting.

That's quite literally how nature works, including us - we are also animals after all. YANBU.

The pregnant ewe might have pushed one out there and then. Would they have squealed and run away ? Tbf my kids' grandparents on DH side would have
They're so prudish

Well - I don’t think the stork delivers to sheep, @SpringSunshineanddaffodils, so I don’t think you did anything wrong! As a granny myself, I’d have thought well done you for answering the question clearly.

An increasingly annoying and stupid phrase is “what is wrong with people “. So I vote YANBU on that alone, regardless of the debate. I agree with you on that too.

This did make me LOL.
Farms/pets - nature doesn’t care.
When I was a child I knew exactly what my Guinea pigs were up to when they were getting busy.
My own children know what is happening when our dog is in season.
YANBU to explain stuff to your child

Reminds me of visiting a pet farm with my niece when she was about 4 years old, some animals got busy and my niece piped up with 'ah must be mating season'!! She also contradicted a mother who pointed out a 'mammy duck with her babies' by saying 'that's a drake actually' before saying she wanted to go see the owls facial disc!! My parents looked after her while her parents worked and there was a lot of national geographic documentaries watched along with my fathers bird watching magazines and books being firm favourites for story time.

How old were the grandchildren? Same age as your daughter or 2-3ish?

I wasn't paying much attention but I'd probably say slightly younger than DD, maybe 5-6ish?

Never in my 66 years have I heard anyone say vagina in relation to a sheep. And I’ve seen 1000’s of sheep’s vaginas🤣

No you were not being unreasonable at all... I've always been honest and answered questions with the truth and proper terminology..
But this did remind me of a story my parents told often..
At a farm/petting zoo my DD aged about 4 said very loudly 'Grandad, why has the donkey got 5 legs?'..
Apparently the crowd was in stitches.. apart from one older couple who tutted and walked away in a huff..

Why do you care what they thought? Would you change what you said?

Two hundred years ago every child knew this.

How would you refer to it? Is it called the 'birth canal' or something like that?

Ha ha no it's fine imo. This is an opportunity to share that my 10 year old just explained wet dreams to my 7 year old, which was a bit unexpected! Apparently they covered it at school today...

One of my my farming lads referred to "t'yow's passage"

I'm now resisting the impulse to Google and find out if ewes vaginas are called something else.

YANBU. It's not a dirty secret, just a normal part of life.

The sheep fairy godmother comes and cleanly magics them from the mummy onto the grass next to her. Then they start a country dance to celebrate the occasion.

Why would facts ruin a child's innocence? My son asked me loudly in a swimming pool queue if babies come out of your tummy button. I told him we'd discussed this and they come out of the mum's vagina or can be cut out of the tummy sometimes. He asked me if he could see my vagina. I stopped it there obviously.

Aibu... To casually explain a normal part of an animal's reproductive process to a child in public* *

Thanks for clarifying that the child in question was, in fact, your own and not a random one you buttonholed for a "casual explanation"😁

Natural curiosity and no.

Yanbu

I don’t understand how knowing scientific info like that equals a loss of innocence.

No doubt that lady's children and grandchildren were conceived and born by intervention of the Holy Ghost.

Absolutely this. It's ridiculous that people equate knowing basic facts about the human body as somehow loosing innocence or some such nonsense. They'd have a heart attack in my house as autistic 9 year old DS loves facts and is a fountain of knowledge on all sorts of random stuff

We don’t call it anything because there’s no need. I’m sure the vet would use’vagina’ in unusual circumstances such as anatomical abnormality.