Seyðaatburður í lembing

Úrtak
Grundað á svar frá 64 bóndum og seyðamonnum í Føroyum við upp til 50-ára royndum innan seyðahald, eru partar av atburðinum hjá óm viðgjørdir í sambandi við lembing. Hvørt svar er grundað á 40-600 áseyðir, í meðal 202. Tá ið ær er komin til at lemba, er breið semja (94%) um, at ærin fer 0,5 til 12 km (miðal 3,1-4,1 km) burtur frá hinum seyðinum í 1-14 dagar (miðal 2,6-5,6 dagar). Nakrir (6%) høvdu sæð, at ærin als ikki kom aftur. Viðvíkjandi lembingarstaði eru flestu svar (73%) samd um, at ærin fer á sama stað at lemba. Tilsamans 14% hava verið varir við, at veðrið kann ávirka bæði tíðina, ið ærin er burtur, og hvat stað, ærin fer at lemba. Um ærin, ið skal lemba hevur gjóling frá árinum fyri, fer hann vanliga ikki við (56%), ella sníkir ærin seg burtur frá honum til at lemba (41%). At ær, ið er komin til lembingar, kann taka annað lamb aftrat sær, hava 48% sæð, og í hesum føri siga 45%, at ærin síðani kennist við sítt egna lamb, tá ið tað kemur. Eisini hava 38% sæð brundgelda ær taka lamb til sín at súgva. Um tað hendir, at lambið doyr stutt eftir lembing, siga 97%, at ærin verður verandi á staðnum, hjá deyða lambinum 1-2 dagar, ella longur.
Úrslitini verða umrødd við atliti til kanningar uttanlands av seyðaatburði í lembing. 


Abstract
The behaviour of ewes in the process of lambing is dealt with on the basis of answers from 64 Faroese sheep farmers and shepherds, who had up to fifty years of experience. Each answer is founded on 40 to 600 sheep, the mean was 202. A majority (94%) had seen the ewe leave the flock in a distance of 0.5 to 12 (mean 3.1 to 4.1) kilometers in a period of 1 to 14 days (mean 2.6 to 5.6 days). A few (6%) had observed that the ewe did not return at all. A total of 73% agree that the ewe is going for the same lambing place every year, but 14% reported that the weather could affect both the choosing of the lambing place and the time until the return of the flock. If the ewe had a lamb from the year before, the lamb could not succeed in following her mother going to the place of lambing (observed by 56%), or the ewe directly were hiding away from it (observed by 41%). An ewe who were close to lambing could steal another lamb (48%) and when her own lamb were born she would accept it, too (45%). The phenomenon of an ewe who had not conceived could attract another lamb was seen by 38%. If a newborn lamb died, 97% reported that the ewe remained at the lambing place for one or two days longer.
The results are discussed in relation to observations and experiments on lambing sheep behavior by workers abroad.