Mimosa Gets the (Lambing) Party Started

Mimosa lambed yesterday morning.  She's a tiny ewe, but she had no problems lambing.  She did, however, have a lot of "help" at every stage.

Tiffany enthusiastically helped with lamb licking.  Mimosa needed a little teaching with this part of the process; she was a little overzealous. 

Tiffany very reluctantly allowed us to put Mimosa and her baby in a jug.  I think Mimosa is enjoying her privacy.

Mimosa's lamb is a single ram.  He looks like daddy Cypress.  We've named him Eagle.

Mostly Pawlonia

Pawlonia has never been skittish, but she's gotten very friendly recently.  The explanation?  She loves Nutri-Drench. 

Tiffany loves Nutri-Drench, too, although she's not a big fan of other treats.  This is the first time she's let me scratch her under the chin.  We've had her since 2013!

It's Pawlonia again!  (She is pregnant, although she is not due until the middle of April.)

Czadas seems ready for the whole pregnancy thing to be over. She (hopefully) doesn't have too long to wait.

It's Pawlonia again!

That's about as close as the sheep will get to the snow.  The llama and chickens are a little more adventurous. 

Shearing Day

Friday was a cold day for shearing.  However, it was necessary for the bred ewes to be sheared before they lamb.  The sheep didn't seem to mind it as much as the people.  Quite a few seemed happy to be able to get a really good scratch (not an easy thing to do with five inches of fleece on one's back!). 

I "employed" the same guest photographer as last year.  The best picture:

This particular chicken had a bad day.  The boys experimented chicken return time to the barn by carrying chickens the entire way across the pasture and seeing how long it took them to return.  The lack of photos has a lot to do with this.

There was only one picture of actual shearing:

I took some pictures Saturday morning.

The biggest pregnant belly belongs to Beryl.   She'd rather check me for treats than pose for a picture.

 Sequoia doesn't look nearly as large as her sister Beryl, but she has a while to go.

The open (not pregnant) ewes.  The good news?  There appear to be no surprises from the multiple ram break-ins this winter. (Elsie, in the middle, is just fat.)

 

Marble had a huge fleece...and I think she looks happy for it to be gone!