mysunwolf - four acres and some sheep

[mysunwolf]

I love your black and white lambs!

They are adoreable

Thanks, I'm in love with all of them as usual! But the black and whites are my weakness

 

[mysunwolf]

Another lamb this morning! This one's almost definitely from my Icelandic cross ram. Boots is being a hot-and-cold mom, one minute licking and purring and nursing the baby, the next slamming it repeatedly into the wall. We're working on it! Boots is only 13 months old so that can cause mothering issues too, but I like to see what they can do this young as it gives a better idea of how they'll do later.

Mom and baby are currently jugged and I closed off the barn so they can't be disturbed. Plus used disinfectant wipes on her nose. Tubed the lamb colostrum since Boots has almost none (thanks Princess). The lamb was dry and full-bellied this morning at 6am so she was born sometime in the night.

I'll try to get some photos today!

 

[mysunwolf]

Quick cell phone photos of mom and baby. We put some blankets over the jug panels and mom has settled down a little. I think her hormones are finally coming in too. But we'll plan to keep them jugged for a few days, and until this next snow storm passes.

 

[Baymule]

Look at that sweet little face! what's not to love about lambs?

 

[CntryBoy777]

It looks like she came out Smiling....so sweet and Cute!!....

 

[mysunwolf]

Look at that sweet little face! what's not to love about lambs?

I tried explaining this to her mother too, I think it worked

It looks like she came out Smiling....so sweet and Cute!!....

She DID come out smiling! She nearly got mushed by her mom and the rams, but as soon as we got her safe in a jug and taught mom how to have a lamb her smile got a lot bigger. Perfect little personality, though she'd prefer to approach you rather than you approaching her.

 

[mysunwolf]

Babies are all doing good, BUT we have massive amounts of snow falling from the sky! AGAIN! Another ewe is due today/tomorrow so we'll see how that goes.

Good news is that Boots has fully bonded with her lamb and they are back with the main flock.

Bad news is it looks like Snow (prolapse girl) has very little milk, so I may try to start supplementing her lamb.

Check out this weather we're having, 4 days after spring starts.


Girls are enjoying the barn today.

 

[Bruce]

You could move up here, it hasn't snowed in over a week.

 

[mysunwolf]

You could move up here, it hasn't snowed in over a week.

But you're in the land of the snow! Right? I've never been up there. What are your temps right now?

 

[Bruce]

RIGHT now? 67°F
Oh, you meant outside 25°F

We SHOULD be in the land of snow but it seems the biggest/mostest snow has run south of here the last several (many?) years. DW keeps asking how it is we live to far NORTH for snow. Her brother and sister-in-law live in southern NH. SIL didn't want to live were there was as much snow. They get more than we do most years.

But yeah it does get a lot colder here than it does in Virginia.