yep we have 2 baby lambs.
They were born yesterday.
I went outside and noticed one of the ewe's "Miss Martha" sniffing the ground. didn't think to much of it as we had a skunk outside the night before and figured the llamas might of killed it and the ewe was just investigating it.
Well as the morning chores went on I noticed it was a little white blob moving in the field....A LAMB!!!
So I run into the barn get the lambing jug all ready and set up for momma and baby. Go into the pasture to get Miss Martha and baby. And won't you know it she had a second one in the short time I was getting the jug ready. So we have TWINS!!!! A girl born first, then a boy.
They are cute as can be....
Normally a pasture born baby stays in the pasture, but with this ewe she is a first time mom, and still a little skiddish around excitement. Plus with the fact that it rained all night and was still raining yesterday morning I didn't wanna risk loosing a baby.(it rained until about 9:30 last night so glad I moved them into the barn).
So we now have mom and babies in the barn. I will have to get the camera out there...
The mom is Sulfolk and the dad is Hampshire. So they should be nice big sheep when the are older...
This ewe had showen NO signs of even being pregnant. I was just getting ready to put the rams in with the ewes next week so in 5 months we could start our lambing season.
Now I really wonder if any other girls might pop before I am ready.....
Just glad she didn't need any help. And being a first time mom, no help and twins on top of it, she's a keeper....
Now our youngest daughter needs to think of names. The ewe is hers so she gets to name the babies...Our oldest daughter has Miss Martha's sister Miss Sallie. Gonna have to watch her very closely as they were penned together--obiviously I didn't get the ram out into his own pen soon enough this spring...
They were born yesterday.
I went outside and noticed one of the ewe's "Miss Martha" sniffing the ground. didn't think to much of it as we had a skunk outside the night before and figured the llamas might of killed it and the ewe was just investigating it.
Well as the morning chores went on I noticed it was a little white blob moving in the field....A LAMB!!!
So I run into the barn get the lambing jug all ready and set up for momma and baby. Go into the pasture to get Miss Martha and baby. And won't you know it she had a second one in the short time I was getting the jug ready. So we have TWINS!!!! A girl born first, then a boy.
They are cute as can be....
Normally a pasture born baby stays in the pasture, but with this ewe she is a first time mom, and still a little skiddish around excitement. Plus with the fact that it rained all night and was still raining yesterday morning I didn't wanna risk loosing a baby.(it rained until about 9:30 last night so glad I moved them into the barn).
So we now have mom and babies in the barn. I will have to get the camera out there...
The mom is Sulfolk and the dad is Hampshire. So they should be nice big sheep when the are older...
This ewe had showen NO signs of even being pregnant. I was just getting ready to put the rams in with the ewes next week so in 5 months we could start our lambing season.
Now I really wonder if any other girls might pop before I am ready.....
Just glad she didn't need any help. And being a first time mom, no help and twins on top of it, she's a keeper....
Now our youngest daughter needs to think of names. The ewe is hers so she gets to name the babies...Our oldest daughter has Miss Martha's sister Miss Sallie. Gonna have to watch her very closely as they were penned together--obiviously I didn't get the ram out into his own pen soon enough this spring...
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