Hazel was quite enormous until last night. Here she is, blocking the path behind the barn with last year's lamb Filly (and Elvira).
Hazel woke us up around 2 AM. When we went to the barn, we found twins.
The firstborn is Marble, a ewe lamb. She looks black now, but she has "sugar lips" (white around her lips), which means that she will lighten up to some shade of gray. (If she doesn't, I will feel ridiculous for naming a black sheep Marble.) Marble's head is nearly white but has some black spots.
Hazel's second lamb is a brown ram who we've named Granite. He also has sugar lips, so he will lighten up. I'm guessing that he will be musket (very light brown) like Hazel and Filly. I can already tell that he has the kind of fleece that I love. See those little curls?
Hazel did a fabulous job this year. Her fleece was wonderful, she gave us some gorgeous lambs, and she didn't keep us up all night--just part of it.