LAMBING RECORD

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1937, Page 4

LAMBING RECORD

SEPTUPLETS SURVIVE. (Per Press Association--Copyright). CHRISTCHURCH‘ September 14. Knowing that a ewe in his flodk was due to lamb at any moment, Mr w. J. C. Sheat, of Dunsandel, kept a close eye on her, inspecting her several times on Saturday morning. Between 10.30 and ll o’clock, she commenced to. Jamb, and she birth to seven lambs. The last one was difficult to deliver, and, apparently, the effort was too much for the mother, for. she died about 24 hours after her record-breaking achievement. All of the lambs are living. One was quite a good size. Three were normal, and three were small. Five were ewes and two rams.

The three small ones were put in the oven for a little while, but, after a drink, they joined the other members of the family. The one that was weakest at the beginning, became one of the nippiest.

The lambs wero all quite lively today.

The'ewe was a five-year-old Currie'bile. She was bought by Mr Sheat from North Canterbury, two years ago. Last year she had four iambs, three of which were alive and one dead when seen in Hie morning. This contribution of seven lambs is definitely a New Zealand record, and, from the viewpoint of the survival of the lot, it i s probably a world’s record.