{"id":6595,"date":"2019-09-28T13:24:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T01:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2019-09-28T11:51:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T23:51:37","slug":"leg-of-lamb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/leg-of-lamb\/","title":{"rendered":"Leg of Lamb"},"content":{"rendered":"

For reasons which will be explained in tomorrow\u2019s post, maternity ward productivity on the farmlet remains at a stand-still. While I leave you to wonder what\u2019s up with that, here is a blog post about this year’s\u00a0first-born lamb<\/a>. He had a little adventure all of his own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read on for a story about the leg of a lamb. It\u2019s okay — nothing culinary.<\/p>\n

\"Lamb<\/a>

Fluro accessorising for the Discerning Lamb About Town. Or in this case, in the Bottom Paddock.<\/p><\/div>\n

See, that\u2019s the leg we are talking about. The one with the bandage.<\/p>\n

A few days after this little chap was born we noticed him limping. Puzzled as to what might be ailing someone so very new to the world, we asked Linda-Down-the-Lane if she would mind coming over to have a look. Linda-Down-the-Lane sold us our sheep, and she still kindly helps us out when sheep-wrangling tasks exceed our limited expertise. We are gradually learning the ropes, but this was a situation we thought best handed over to a Real Farmer.<\/p>\n

On examination our consulting shepherd diagnosed a broken leg. We\u2019re all at a bit of a loss as to how this happened, but Linda thought Broken Lambie’s mother may have accidentally sat on him. Careless!<\/p>\n

\"Lamb<\/a>

Could this doting mother have been the cause of a broken lambie?<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, there we were, with Linda holding 15kg+ of lamb, while Daredevil Deborah<\/a> and I sprinted around looking for leg-mending materials at short notice. The options were fairly limited, but we managed to gather together a couple of sticks and a cohesive bandage with which to improvise a splint.<\/p>\n

Linda cuddled our patient, who seemed quite relaxed. He even had a little nap while I played at being vet. One thing about living with a menagerie is that you do get a bit of practice at impromptu animal repair. The last time I stabilised a broken a leg it was with similar materials. That crippled white chicken made a good recovery, so we felt cautiously confident that our makeshift splint would do the trick.<\/p>\n

\"Whiltshire<\/a>

Splint removed, Mended Lambie sneaks up behind one of the twins to say ‘BOO’.<\/p><\/div>\n

And it did. We removed the splint last weekend, and little lamb seems quite well-mended. I spotted him this morning bouncing around with the young twins<\/a>\u00a0looking for all the world as if\u00a0we’d replaced his leg with a spring<\/a>. The wonderful thing about baby lambs is… they heal up fast.<\/p>\n

Anyone else been fixing things? Next on my list is a tea towel with a hole.<\/p>\n

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