It seemed obvious to anyone with functioning eyes that Czadas would be having more than one lamb. She (quite dramatically) gave birth to a ewe lamb Tuesday afternoon.
I waited and waited...Then an hour and a half later, she laid back down and (quite easily) delivered another ewe lamb. There was quite a bit of drama, getting number two cleaned and fed with a first time mother and a twin old enough to be pushy.
The first born is named Beryl. She is a little stouter than #2 and has more white markings on her face. The (much) later lamb is Rhodochrosite;
we've nicknamed her Rhoda. She is leggier than her twin, and her white
markings are around her neck and ears. They may look a lot a like, but
their fleeces are wildly dissimilar. We'll see what happens as they
grow.
Czadas' post is a bit delayed because she isn't letting me take pictures of her babies. It's not that she's guarding them terribly fiercely; it's that she thinks she really, really deserves some treats!
We're at the halfway point now: five ewes have lambed and we have five more to go. Current lamb stats:
Total: 7
Rams: 3
Ewes: 4
Black: 6
Not Black: 1
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