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Break A Leg:  Venus lambs successfully, and how!

Break A Leg: Venus lambs successfully, and how!

Neither traditional dictionaries nor any of the numerous websites that trace the history of “Break A Leg” have seen fit to include lambing in their list of definitions, or Soay lambing as a possible source for the expression.  They obviously haven’t been reading this blog. Breaking a leg sure brought Venus good luck.  Last year, with her leg intact, she delivered a pair of […]

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Venus update

Venus update

Several readers kindly have inquired after the progress of our pregnant Soay sheep Venus and her broken leg.  After we got her home on Friday and into the tiny cubicle pictured in my earlier post, we pretty much left her alone, thinking complete rest would be best, and we did not want to give her a chance […]

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A pregnant Soay sheep with a broken leg – what to do?

A pregnant Soay sheep with a broken leg – what to do?

Just when we thought we could relax and wait for lambing to begin, Steve came back to the house looking agitated and clearly worried. He discovered one of our pregnant ewes, Venus, in dire straits in the Maternity Ward. Here’s his report:  “When I first saw Venus out of the corner of my eye, I thought […]

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