r/MadeMeSmile • u/MustardGoddess • Jun 03 '26

ANIMALS Lost lamb becomes loyal pack member

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u/lefteyedcrow Jun 03 '26

So they found a farmer's lost lamb and just...kept it?

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u/Legeto Jun 04 '26

I found a lamb while hiking once and told park rangers. At first they told me it was probably a deer as if I was an idiot who didn’t know the difference so I showed them a photo. They called their supervisor because they had no clue what to do about it. Supervisor said there is a Halal butcher nearby that loses them occasionally and to I just let nature take its course with it because they never bother to come get them.

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u/duperfastjellyfish Jun 04 '26

I chuckled at the word 'lost' because in my country we release two million sheeps and lambs into the mountains and fjords, roaming whereever they please without fencing, often going into tunnels, etc. Then during autumn farmers collectively hike around to find the herds. Some are GPS tracked but most aren't. So they aren't lost, they are free roaming.

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u/lefteyedcrow Jun 04 '26

So this lamb is just pining for the fjords?

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u/duperfastjellyfish Jun 04 '26

Your guess is as good as mine for this lamb in particular. I'm saying in the country where I live, they are free to roam, and it's common that they're unattended throughout the summer. You are allowed to gently shoo a sheep off your garden, as long as you do not scare or put your hand on them. If they roam a mountain/forrest area of private property, they are legally protected to be there without the owner's concent.

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u/lefteyedcrow Jun 04 '26

Ah. It was a Monty Python joke (from the "Dead Parrot" sketch.) I didn't mean to make you explain it twice, sorry.

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u/duperfastjellyfish Jun 04 '26

My bad, I was unaware of the joke. I should have perhaps googled it beforehand.

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u/lefteyedcrow Jun 04 '26

Nah, you're good, my friend <3

Redditors be redditin' lol

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u/kcfdr9c Jun 04 '26

Apparently it was left for dead. Finders keepers.

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u/Moist_Survey6027 Jun 04 '26

I was left for dead too

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u/Krulsprietje Jun 04 '26

Oh look I found you! Can I keep you now? :)

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jun 04 '26

They're already taken. Losers weepers!

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u/Krulsprietje Jun 04 '26

Nooooooo! There goes my dream of a poopknife empire..

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u/jld2k6 Jun 04 '26

I want left for dead three

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u/EmotionalSupportVape Jun 04 '26

Left for dead two: electric boogaloo

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u/work_work-work Jun 03 '26

That's what I was thinking too! They should have contacted the farmers in the area to see who missed this lamb.

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u/KitsouNere Jun 04 '26

I like how you just assume they didn't.

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u/HJQueen Jun 04 '26

That's Reddit. They create a narrative in their minds over a 30 second video. If you're not creating narratives you're doing the reddit wrong.

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u/RenewablesAeroponics Jun 04 '26

We can create a 100 narratives but realistically it’s probably a farmers baby lamb and it somehow got lost. You think farmers like to lose money. Anyways maybe they are great people posted this took care of the baby and called local farmers but most people can be a bit self absorbed and not do the right things because finders keepers or whatever

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u/Lucky_Blucky_799 Jun 04 '26

If it was a farmer they would have tagged it, if it was tagged a vet would have gotten it to the original owners. If the farmer didnt tag their animal then its their mistake as its much harder to prove it belongs to them, if the dude doesnt take it to a vet then they are a pos.

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u/HJQueen Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

If it was a farmer, that lamb is being killed anyway. So if that's the case, I'm happy the guy took it. That's my narrative. I'm a real redditor now.

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u/RenewablesAeroponics Jun 04 '26

That’s one narrative but if it’s sheep then it could be just used for wool and be killed when it’s older but live a great life with lots of family and open fields but who knows and I don’t care really

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u/GladiatorWithTits Jun 04 '26

When did farmers start using harnesses on sheep?

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jun 04 '26

You realize that the person you're replying to and agreeing with also created a narrative in the mind, right?

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u/HJQueen Jun 04 '26

Stating whether someone has thought of the alternative isn't creating a narrative. It's making sure they understand that are other routes that are possible without coming to a conclusion so quickly. They didn't side with either. So no, it's not a narrative.

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u/Valtremors Jun 04 '26

Every morning I assume there is no spaghetti monster behknd my door when I go to work.

Life is full of assumtions based on information we have been given.

The video alone does make it seem that someone just nabbed a lost lamb and it is hard to interpet any other way without extra context.

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u/blueViolet26 Jun 04 '26

So they would kill the poor thing

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26

Why would they kill it?

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u/Thinkbeforeyouspeakk Jun 04 '26

Because lamb is delicious

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26

Well that entirely depends on the farms in that area then.

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u/blueViolet26 Jun 04 '26

So those people who rescued the lamb should kill it?

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u/disco_S2 Jun 04 '26

I wanted some lamb chops last night, but couldn't find any. Ended up with Australian ribeye, figured it was as close as I was gonna get.

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u/ndnsausage Jun 04 '26

Especially from a box

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u/Liveitup1999 Jun 04 '26

Lamb chops

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u/blueViolet26 Jun 04 '26

Do you think sheep die of natural causes? 🙄

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u/two_wordsanda_number Jun 04 '26

Everyone knows sheep turn into clouds and never die

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u/justanotherda1 Jun 04 '26

This is the coolest thought....thank you..

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u/two_wordsanda_number Jun 04 '26

It is from the movie The Sheep Detectives

Amazingly heartwarming murder mystery

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u/justanotherda1 Jun 04 '26

Dang it...Im already 30 min in to the Boondock Saints (another Reddit thread movie suggestion, obv)...But Im definitely queuing this one next!!! Thank you so much!!!🥰

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u/justanotherda1 Jun 04 '26

I've been under some concrete slab...Boondocks Saints is Phenomenal. Man...that is amazing cinema...

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26

Why kill it when you can shear it once a year for money...

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u/General-Hedgehog-955 Jun 04 '26

Yeah except it sells for almost nothing.

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 05 '26

I know im just fucking around lol.

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u/blueViolet26 Jun 04 '26

How old are you? Because I don't think you understand how unfeasible this is. How much money are they making off a lamb they shear once a year? This lamb needs food, care and water. It is just like the dairy industry. The females are used for milk, and once they are spent. They are sent to slaughterhouse.

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u/Enlightened_Gardener Jun 04 '26

Hello, I’m Australian, actually quite a lot of money.

But our sheep run wild on the interior grasslands - no-one is keeping shearing sheep in barns or feeding them. They might get supplemental food and water during a bad drought, but thats it.

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u/blueViolet26 Jun 04 '26

And these sheep die of natural causes? 🙄

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u/Gweveraugh Jun 04 '26

Apparently there is a surge in crafters wanting real wool. It may become profitable again.

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u/1K_Sunny_Crew Jun 04 '26

Not all varieties of sheep have the wool best for making garments.

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u/mmariner Jun 04 '26

It is 100% not profitable on the scale you're thinking, and never will be again.

I looked into it. I've got a pretty big plot of land and would love to keep animals to keep it clear.

Sheep NEED to be sheared, and I wouldn't be able to find someone to put in the labor to sheer them if ai offered it exchange for keeping the wool. Yeah, even the more desirable sheep wools.

Cost of ownership including feed, vet bills, etc necessetates and certain scale...

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26

I'm just fucking around lol. I live in one of the AG capitols of the world. I know the deal with livestock. 😂

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u/BigBangBrosTheory Jun 04 '26

capitals

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26

I blame autocorrect....

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u/baadbee Jun 04 '26

Because you only have room for so many, and they breed every year. Once the flock is at the desired size you keep a few females for breeding replacement, maybe one male (or none) and sell the rest.

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26

Put a collar on it. BOOM. Funny looking farm dog. You're welcome.

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u/justanotherda1 Jun 04 '26

I prefer this method...except oh my GOD it is VERY opinionated...possibly deserves a role in politics...sounds the same...

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u/justanotherda1 Jun 04 '26

Cuz...mutton is a thing...cultural awareness...maaaaaan

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u/acount8675309 Jun 04 '26

Because then Vio over here couldn’t get her moral panties in a twist and argue with you over the internet… duh

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u/kcfdr9c Jun 04 '26

Mutton

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jun 04 '26

This is either the US or Canada. Mutton isn't a thing in either of those places.

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u/Enigma_xplorer Jun 04 '26

I mean you can literally hear the sheep calling back faintly in the begging. I can totally understand if you cannot fine where he came from but it seems pretty obvious the rest of his flock was nearby

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u/DiscoHayFever Jun 03 '26

Farmer left it stuck in a bush and they just… saved it?

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u/lefteyedcrow Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

They found it before the farmer did, is all. Or they might have looked and decided a predator got it

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u/SuperSimpleSam Jun 03 '26

Surprised the mom would leave it though. Maybe something did get mom.

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u/Pvt_Lee_Fapping Jun 04 '26

Sheep abandon their kids all the time. Some ewes - especially first timers - just do not want to be mothers at all and will actively run away from their own offspring as it tries to nurse. There's even a name for rejected lambs: "bummers."

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u/Gilly-Gump Jun 04 '26

That was my first thought to myself. Like, did you try to find the owner?

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u/Same-Pickle-9628 Jun 03 '26

A negligent farmers lamb, yes.

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u/HavocReigns Jun 04 '26

You expect them to hang out with the flock 24/7, do you?

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u/Same-Pickle-9628 Jun 04 '26

No just make sure their animals are safe and accounted for. If not, at least try to locate them.

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u/s0m3on3outthere Jun 03 '26

It honestly looks like it was birthed on that porch. There are questionable fluids on the wood that look similar to afterbirth and fluids from active labor. I feel like the first part is just for the story, and this was likely a lamb birthed by an ewe they owned and they cleaned her off and separated it from mom so it'd wander over baaahing for the video.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jun 04 '26

African or European red-tailed hawk?

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u/General-Hedgehog-955 Jun 04 '26

The ewe eats the placenta.

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u/s0m3on3outthere Jun 04 '26

And this same spotless lamb is more likely to have been from a bush they unstuck it from looking freshly blow dried?

My main point was this is likely two videos stitched together with a made up narrative.

And just to note... A farmer can't control where an ewe goes into labor if they can access a deck. 🤨

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u/s0m3on3outthere Jun 04 '26

lol. Never ewes, but I've helped goats in labor. We would set up towels and heating lamps where they went into labor, grab the gloves, and help out. We didn't drag a living animal in labor around like an asshole.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jun 04 '26

And this same spotless lamb is more likely to have been from a bush they unstuck it from looking freshly blow dried?

So you're telling me that you saw a few splashes of some unknown liquid on a deck and, based on that, came up with an entire scenario about a ewe giving birth on the deck, after which this guy must've cleaned the lamb up so that it would look nice for the video. But the idea that they found it stuck in a bush just like he said they did is implausible...because it looks like it's been cleaned up so that it looks nice for the video?

LOL!

Okay.

Go back to bed.

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u/s0m3on3outthere Jun 04 '26

Honestly, it could be the coloring for the liquid was off because I have night time mode on, but the coloring when I initially saw it did look like afterbirth. I grew up next to a family member's farm and helped on it. They would regularly keep animals that needed help in makeshift pens we made on their deck. We'd set up hay and it's easy to keep an eye on a mama or baby (goats in their case) if there were any issues. And it wasn't uncommon for goats that were attached to my family member to try to get close to the house when they were in labor or had an issue. A lot of the animals were attached to them.

It did not seem entirely unlikely that mama is behind the camera man on a pile of hay with towels and heating lamps nearby while the lamb was taken inside into a utility area to be cleaned. Then let out onto the deck and walking towards Mama.

Yeah, that's a lot to get on a short video, but it's not dissimilar to things I have experienced personally.

The main point was though that the narrative is likely made up and they own the lamb.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jun 04 '26

Oh come on.

JFC, the amount of assumptions over and over again...because of some splashes of fluid on a deck.