Just Pictures

Adelie

Pawlonia

Vanilla & Sandpiper

Beryl

Cinnamon

Tiffany

Chamomile

Budgie (with Beryl & Pawlonia)

Elvira

Cayenne

Cayenne again

Wren & Friends

I've been trying to get a good picture of Wren for a long time.  Finally, success! 

Some of the other young ewes:

Adelie

Vanilla (with Czadas following behind)

(By the way, Vanilla has a tiny horn!)

Dove & Swan (in the middle) with Acacia & Myrtle

Sandpiper

They're getting old, but because it's always fun to see them beside each other....

Henrietta & Elsie

Sandpiper (but mostly Cormorant)

Over the weekend, I attempted to take some pictures of the sheep we have for sale.  Like usual, it did not go as I hoped.

Sandpiper was first on my agenda.  (One of our rams is her half-brother; the other is her father.)

The rest of her family, mom Molly and twin Cormorant, came right up to me.

Cormorant posed for the camera.

Meanwhile, Sandpiper was hanging out with her grandma Elvira.

I lured the sheep to me, using my ultimate weapon: peanuts.

Molly is interested, and this time, she's bringing Sandpiper with her.

Then there's a fence in the way....

Finally!

 The others did not make it easy either.  More about them next time...

Together Again

All the ewes and lambs are together again. As expected, there were a few minor scuffles, but overall, they seem happy to be together again.

That's not Elsie!  It's her mini-me, Vanilla.

Adelie, one of 2017's lambs, looks like a big girl.

Tricot is back with her buddies.

Chamomile meets Pelican.

A very rare pic of Cayenne.

Sassy & Peanut butt heads while Budgie and Eagle watch.

Sandpiper seems a little overwhelmed by it all.

(Mostly) Lamb Pictures

While we're waiting on more lambs to arrive...

Adelie

Merlin

Lamb attack!

Merganser

This chicken flew over the fence to get to ... gravel?!?!

Marble is expecting her lamb any day now.

Henrietta jealously watches the lambs.

Molly with everyone's lambs...

Molly with Sandpiper (one of her own lambs)

A Very Busy Week

There's been a lot going on in the past couple of weeks.

Last week, I had the flu.  I asked the ewes to wait to start lambing until I felt better.  By the time Mimosa lambed Saturday, I was feeling a little better.  

Eagle, Mimosa's lamb, has already begun to lighten.

Sassy lambed around dinnertime on Monday.  Although her lamb was positioned properly, he was enormous so we needed to pull him. 
Sassy's lamb is a single ram.  He's solid dark brown.  It doesn't look like he will lighten much.  We've named him Budgerigar (a type of small parrot).  We call him "Budgie" and the boys sometimes call him "Fudgie Budgie."  He's a big guy with a big personality and a lot of energy!
Budgie was a result of the Halloween ram break-in.   Now we know who the mystery father is: Budgie is a lot like Clove.

Budgerigar, a.k.a. Budgie

Molly lambed on Tuesday afternoon.  She was very overdue.  Molly had twins: a brown ewe with a few white spots on her head and a black ram with a lot of black spots on his head.  We've named the ewe Sandpiper (and we plan to call her Piper) and the ram Cormorant.

Sandpiper and Cormorant

Beryl lambed the same evening (Tuesday), right around bedtime.  She quickly delivered a single ewe lamb.  Adelie (a variety of penguin) is black with a lot of white markings on her head.

Beryl licks Adelie

Adelie

Myrtle lambed around midnight on Wednesday night.  She had a single ram lamb.  He is dark brown with a white head--exactly like his father Cypress!   We've named him Osprey.

Osprey

Osprey again

A few hours later, our youngest son woke us up complaining about belly pains.  To make a long story short, he had appendicitis and we spent two and a half days at the hospital while he recovered from his appendectomy.


Meanwhile...On Friday morning, Czadas surprised us with a black and white spotted ewe.  We've named her Oriole. 

Oriole in a bowl

Oriole

On Saturday morning, Tiffany had twin rams.  They look a lot a like.  They are both solid dark brown.  One (Hawk) is quite a bit bigger than the other.  The smaller twin, Merlin, is having some problems--mainly he's not as perky and playful as the other lambs.  We're keeping an eye on him. 

Tiffany, Hawk, & Merlin

We returned home Saturday afternoon.  While checking on Merlin at midnight, we discovered Elvira with two lambs--an all-over spotted ewe and a black ram with some spots on his head.  The ewe's name is Meadowlark (Lark) and the ram's name is Merganser. 

Merganser

Meadowlark

We have about a two week pause, then there are five more ewes due to lamb--if we've had no more barn break-in surprises.