sheep

Lambing began yesterday: Melinda arrived in the barn at 5 am to find that Brown Betty, a first-time mother, had delivered triplets in the night…

It was a beautiful day yesterday, and we decided all the lambs are old enough for everyone to move outside for good. The young lambs and their mothers joined the older lambs who were already outside with their mothers in the Hilltop pasture, and the “single mothers”–mothers of singles, who we are milking every morning

…two lambs in a tub. Lolo spotted this and insisted I take a picture. Blue Streak’s two white boys.

Our last lambs of the season were born on Tuesday, March 21st! Cousin, the last ewe, was looking like she was in the early stages of labor all day on Monday, but she didn’t progress. I checked the barn camera every hour from midnight onward, and she was up and down a lot but not

Lisa’s favorite lamb this year is Snagglepus’s funny little girl, whom Lisa has named The Snagglepiece. She’s a chip off the old block, as funny and quirky as her mother. And as an only child, she and her mother are inseparable.  

We had a tour today and Blue Streak and her lambs were one of the highlights. We got her and her little family out of the barn and onto the grass today and she and the lambs quite enjoyed the sun and the grazing options. During the course of the tour, Blue Streak made many

Beata got the triplet variety-pack this year–one of each color.

I woke up this morning and checked the barn camera and there was Melinda, who is on the early shift, with lambs in the barn. I called and asked “who is it?” She replied, “Blackbird. And you aren’t going to believe this: five girls!” Blackbird had our first quintuplets ever, and they all were girls!