A professional who attends to ewes during lambing. Respnsibilities include:

• Observes ewes to determine delivery time and assists ewes during delivery.
• Places ewes and lambs in pens or erects canvas tents and places lambs and ewes inside to protect from elements.
• Assists weak lambs in suckling.
• Administers artificial respiration or stimulants as needed.
• Skins dead lambs and ties skins over live lambs to induce ewes to adopt rejected or orphaned lambs.
• Feeds orphaned lambs from bottle.
• Feeds and waters ewes while in enclosures.
• Docks lambs.
• May castrate lambs.