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I need some serious advice I hope someone here can help me

I'm kind of a noob shepherd and one of my ewes is pregnant, the water sac emerged a day ago but has not ruptured, and the birthing appears to be stalling.

I'm not sure this is a mispositioning problem because she hasnt actually gone into labor I dont think, her water hasnt even broken, just the sac has emerged and is visible

Does anyone have any experience with sheep and know what's going on

Pic is one of the rams
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The answer is always take it to the vet.
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>>2326926
Get a picture of the problem. Could be jammed in there.
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>>2326926
Where are you?
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Her water has to break, for the birthing canal to expand. If not the lamb will get stuck and both will die. What you really need is a vet.
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>>2326926
get a razorblade from one of those budget razors with exchangable blades and perform a c section.
i think there are youtube tutorials.

also please stream
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The water bag shouldn't be visible and un-burst for longer than overnight, and that is at the very outside. Once it ruptures, the lamb needs to be out within 30 minutes. You're a self-confessed noob so I'm not going to ask you if you're comfortable washing up and going in. You should call a vet. The ewe might need to be induced.
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It might also be too early and the ewe might need a "spoon" to keep the water bag in and prevent it from rupturing until the lamb has been grown to term. I don't suppose you kept track of breeding dates?
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Another thing I just thought of... do you think you can tell a uterine prolapse from a water bag? Google for photos. The sooner you get the prolapse seen-to, the better the outcome.
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>>2327736
This. Can you take a pic, OP? Not sure how common stillborns and birthing issues are in sheep(the people I've known to have sheep never lasted very long) but the people I know who have goats, including two petting zoos say that stillborn kids are common and they always end up assisting births.

If that is the birth sac she should have given birth within 60 minutes and at most a few hours.
>Ewes may need assistance when they do not make significant birthing progress 40 to 60 minutes after the water bag appears. This is a good indication that there may be a malpresentation or a mismatch between the lamb size and the ewe’s pelvic size.
http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/sheep/articles/difbirth.html

The article goes on with details on how to assist.
Call a vet ASAP. I'd say ask a farming or sheep forum but you don't have time for that. I'd say there's a pretty good chance you will loose the lamb but you could at least save your ewe.
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>>2327746
Too add, here is a forum post about what may be happening to the ewe.
http://www.sheepimprovement.net/sheep_production/viewtopic.php?t=6096

More difficult births info I'm sheep/goats

http://www.sheep101.info/201/lambingprocess.html
http://www.infovets.com/books/smrm/C/C460.htm
http://www.nadis.org.uk/bulletins/lambing/lambing-part-1-–-the-basics.aspx
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/sheep/facts/98-091.htm


Everything points to that your ewe needs immediate assistance. By now I'm sure the lamb is already dead.
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