Counting lambs

COUNTING LAMBS

In the olden days, farmers wanted to see inside their animals so they could take more care of them. Ewes are scanned using ultra sound like a female mother to scan their babies too.

When a ewe has have been pregnant for two months and the lambs are due for three months,a scanning operator comes to the farm to scan the sheep.

Each female sheep,one by one,step on the platform. She needs to have an empty stomach to scan clearly. They are hungry because they did not eat half a day. The operator has to be quick because the ewe won’t stand for a few seconds or minutes.

The operator saw that the ewe has one lamb inside,so he marks it orange with a spray. If its having twins,the farmer does not mark it at all,but if its having no babies he marks it purple. The ewes that are having twins are lucky because they get more grass. They need it because she has more lambs.It cost money for each lamb too so if its 1500 well,WOW! Thats a lot of money. The scanning operator can scan cows and dogs too.

In my conclusion i think its important to scan animals because it tells you how much it can eat!

What would it be like to be a sheep that is scan?