Lambing hasn't stopped despite the weather. It has slowed down, though. There are a lot of overdue ewes in the barn. If they are waiting for sunny days and warm temperatures, I am afraid they are out of luck.
Around dinnertime last night, I saw Czadas pushing, already with a lamb on the way out. I was surprised. Despite her due date, Czadas didn't look due to me. I assumed she didn't get bred when she was marked but on her following cycle. I was wrong!
By the time I trudged through the snow, Czadas's lamb was born. After the lamb was born, she kept digging. Usually, that means another lamb is on the way. I thought there was no way-- Czadas's belly was relatively small and her lamb relatively large--but once again I was wrong.
Czadas's first lamb is a solid black ewe. Because yesterday was the Spring Equinox, we named her Equinox. Her second lamb is another ewe, but she is white. She has a few spots, but it is likely they will fade. We named her Solstice.
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