Last Saturday, Adam texted this picture during morning chores. (It was a clinic day, so I wasn't there for chores). No, that's not a picture of one of the older lambs. This is a new lamb! Matilda had a baby on April 20! No, no one was tracking she was pregnant at all, though I… Continue reading Well that was a surprise!
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Eunice’s Twins
Got to the farm for chores about 5 AM on Monday, and a little surprise was waiting. Eunice had her lambs! That's right lambs. Twins. There is a little black ewe lamb and a little white ewe lamb. And Eunice is being a great mom, nuzzling and licking and feeding and herding them here and… Continue reading Eunice’s Twins
Eunice’s Twins
Meet Cookie
This was Edna last night. This is Edna today: Meet Cookie, our newest katahdin lamb. https://youtube.com/shorts/InosfwkAVck? Now, before anyone gets attached, remember she was sired by one of our twin rams, which means that she is technically the product of inbreeding so her destiny is for the table in about a year, not for future… Continue reading Meet Cookie
Maternity Farm
Iris is continuing to delay. She and her calf appear to be in no hurry. Her vulva is quite floppy (how's that for a sentence you never expected to read in a family blog!?) and there has been a little bit of mucus. She was a little slow getting up this morning for feeding, but… Continue reading Maternity Farm