Lots of Surprises: Vanilla, Cinnamon, & Peanut

Vanilla lambed Sunday night.  It was a huge surprise.  It was the earliest any of our ewes has ever lambed, and the ewes who do lamb early usually are on the smaller side or have twins.  Vanilla is a big girl (compared to the rest of our sheep) and she delivered a single ewe lamb.  Her lamb, who is named Sunshine, is a white ewe.  She has a few spots. She is the first of Hawk's lambs.  The rest of the lambs this year will be his.

I expected Cinnamon, Vanilla's twin, to lamb early as well.  Although she wasn't much overdue, she did go past her due date.  Cinnamon lambed Tuesday afternoon.  She delivered a single dark brown ewe lamb we've named Tempest.

Meanwhile, Peanut was looking enormous.  On Friday night, we checked on her at 9:30.  She was acting completely normal.  At 11, I looked at the video monitor to see Peanut licking a lamb.  Her first lamb is a brown gulmoget ram lamb (Typhoon).  He was quickly followed by a white ram (Hurricane).

A Little More Variety

Out for their morning run

Fahrenheit

Aurora and Dusk

Evening and Dusk

Haze and mom Cayenne

Nimbus

Tsunami

White Lambs Everywhere (with a guest appearance from Fahrenheit)

Celsius

Celsius is a busy guy.

Celsius, Fahrenheit, & Elsie

 He poses with his mom and brother....

Celsius, Frost, Flurry, & Mimosa

....then shows Mimosa's lambs how it is done.

Frost, Flurry, & Mimosa

Frost is getting the hang of it, but Flurry is still learning.  (By the way, if you don't know the story behind mom Mimosa's eyelid injury it is here.)

Sassy, Ice, & Snow

New to the pasture:  Sassy with Ice (in the front) and Snow (in the back). 

Fog with Opal

Sometimes it's difficult to tell white rams apart in photos but this is Fog.  Once again, Opal has passed her amazing fleece down to a ram lamb.

I've updated the sale page--it's now TWO pages.  Ewes can be found here, and rams/wethers are located here.

More Lamb Pictures

Pistachio, Nimbus, & Cirrus

Equinox & Solstice

Equinox & Solstice again

Storm & friends

Glacier

Wait!  Peanut's lamb(s) are still inside.

Frost & Flurry

Lightning

Blizzard

Evening

Solstice

Thunder

Nimbus

Papa Oregano

An Exercise in Futility (Or, Really Terrible Lamb Pictures)

Trying to take pictures of the lambs is frustrating!

Just when I have a great picture lined up, Cirrus photobombs.  Or she's chewing on the camera so I can't even get a picture.

Solstice is trying to pose but Cirrus jumps in front of the camera.

Solstice again.  The white blob is Cirrus.

 Frequently, the lambs are moving too fast...

As soon as the doors open, they are running down the hill.

...or they won't look up.

Aurora thinks the ground is much more interesting than me.

Sometimes I'm too interesting and they get too close. 

"Is that edible?" Storm

If the barn doors are closed, the flash is on.  The flash gives the sheep a creepy blue eyes that I can't fix with the red eye corrector.  My oldest son says the black sheep look purple as well.

Theresa with her own lambs...and Eclipse & Aurora.

(Mostly) Lightning

Lightning,

Lightning,

and more Lightning.

Thunder runs away from Frost & Flurry.

Frost & Flurry

Elsie, Celsius, & Fahrenheit

Lamb Pictures!

Blizzard or Avalanche--I still can't tell them apart!

Dusk

Lightning

Thunder

Nimbus

Acacia with Dusk & Eve

Cyclone

Snow

Mist

Fahrenheit

They're a friendly bunch! (Cirrus is the white lamb.)

Solstice