...twins!
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| Sandy is an expert mother. |
Sandy went into labor late last evening. I went into the barn and found her with a malpresentation. Luckily, it was easily fixed, and Sandy gave birth to a beautiful white ram lamb who we've named Feldspar. We could tell Feldspar was a ram without the usual gender check--he has some obvious horn buds! (We, of course, did the usual gender check, too.) Feldspar has a few black spots, which may or may not fade. His fleece looks very similar to big brother
Almond's fleece (which I love), so I'm quite excited.
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| Feldspar! |
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| Feldspar knows he's adorable. |
I'm doubly excited because, fifteen minutes later, Sandy gave birth to a nearly solid brown ewe lamb. That's right, brown! (Sandy is genetically a brown sheep with a big white spot, so it's not
too big of a surprise.) We've named her Olivine.
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| Olivine |
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| She's definitely brown. |
Good job, Sandy!
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| Sandy, Feldspar, & Olivine |
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