There’s always a few late lamb-ers in our flock. This year we had three. One was our ewe-lamb, so we expected her to be late. I’m not sure why the other two were late, but I don’t mind a late lamb as long as it’s healthy. I’m not a fan of lambing out on our big pastures, but I wasn’t as worried since all our ewes are proven mothers this year, except one. And if she got mixed up, at least I knew who it was!
We had a single born last weekend. I’m not crazy about a late lamb being a single–but again, a healthy lamb over all is a good thing! Then this morning we had our second mature ewe drop twins!
They’re both doing fine and she’s got it all under control.
But while I was out there checking on them, I hear someone else bawling. There was our ewe-lamb…with her first lamb!
And she was doing just fine with the little guy. He was up, cleaned off, and tottering around. I made sure to see everyone nursing, but they clearly didn’t need me. {smile} And that’s the way we like it!
So that puts us at 21 lambs total for the season. I was shooting for 20, so that’s a season well ended!
Next up around here is shearing. We’ve already talked to our shearer this year and we’re looking at him coming out in the next two weeks or so. After that we focus on grass and gardening! Spring is rolling right along!
I know this one is a little blurry, but it’s a great picture. Those are newborns, and the one on the right is a 7 week old lamb. See the difference 7 weeks makes?And if you’re one of our regular readers, you might notice a few changes around here! I’ve been doing a little adjusting and updating. If you don’t like the new format–PLEASE TELL ME! We have some readers that just like farm stuff, so I was trying to make it easier to skim through and find posts that match your interest–but if it’s not working PLEASE LET ME KNOW! {smile} We want you to like coming here as much as we like having you here!
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Have a Peaceful and Holy Easter weekend!
