Finally...Vanilla

Waiting for the last ewe to lamb always seems to go on forever, and this year was no different.  Finally, though, the wait is over.

Vanilla lambed very early Sunday morning.  She delivered a single (yeah, I know she was huge!) white ram.  His name is Marshmallow.

His big brothers and sisters can't wait to play with him.  (And I think all of the ewes have licked him.)

We're all done with lambing for this year.

"But I want a lamb!" Henrietta

Speedy Little Sheep

I haven't shared many lamb pictures recently.  I haven't been taking my camera to the barn--just my phone.  Under normal circumstances, my phone does a decent job of taking pictures--except lamb pictures.  They just move too fast!  I remembered my camera this morning, and the result was slightly better.

Junior Mint is the first one out of the barn.

All the brown lambs.

Milky Way starts her morning with a big stretch.

Peppermint Patty looks up from her snack.

Licorice is the star of this bad pic example.

(And if you're wondering where Vanilla's lamb(s) are, we're still waiting. She's due tomorrow.  That and her (enormous) appearance means we shouldn't have too long to wait.)

Still Waiting on Vanilla....

There's still one more ewe to lamb: Vanilla.  I think we have about another two weeks to wait, but we'll see. 

In the meantime, the lambs have a little more room to run now that we've extended their nursery pen outside of the barn.  As always, they run and play until someone can't see Mom, then there's a lot of baaing.  

Enjoying a little more room to run

Milky Way looks relaxed here, but she has the loudest baa.

Junior Mint & Peppermint Patty

 Rollo is a strong contender to be the next show lamb, but Licorice might edge him out. 

Everyone loves Rollo.

Licorice

Licorice & mom Sky

How Could I Forget About Sequoia?

Sequoia lambed early Friday morning (2:45 to be precise), and until now I've completely forgotten to write a blog post for her. Maybe it's because being half asleep and terrible light in the barn meant that I only took one picture at the time.  Maybe it's because it's been generally crazy here.

Sequoia gave birth to a single ram lamb we've named Rollo.   Rollo is a big gorgeous guy.  He's solid dark brown like his mom, and it seems that his fleece is going to be as nice as hers, too. 

Rollo

More Rollo

Rollo seems to be embarrassed by his mom.

The one and only middle-of-the-night pic.

Vanilla is the only ewe waiting to lamb.  It could be a long wait--even though she looks pretty enormous!

Vanilla

Opal's Amazing Feat (with help from Mist)

Opal did something pretty amazing Saturday.  Not only did she have two babies, but she (with help from Mist) welcomed a grand-baby as well.

We watched Opal for awhile on the monitor Saturday.  When I decided to head to the barn, there were no lambs...when I arrived at the barn, she had delivered two lambs.

 Opal's first lamb is Peppermint Patty, a solid brown ewe.  The second twin is Junior Mint, a ram lamb.  He is white and brown spotted, and as his name suggests, looks quite a lot like his father, Cisco.

Mist lambed later in the day.  Her lamb is Milky Way, a single moorit katmoget ewe.  She has a few spots as well.  When Milky Way grows up, she'll look a lot like her grandma Opal.

Sky & Licorice

Very, very early Friday morning, we heard baaing over the monitor.  We bundled up and headed out to the barn.  Sky was laboring and shortly thereafter delivered a solid black ewe lamb.  We've named her Licorice.

Shortly after returning to bed, we heard even more baaing over the monitor.  This time we also heard distinctive lamb baas.  Licorice had escaped her jug and was searching for her mom in drop pen (and of course her mother was in the jug the entire time).

Acacia's Not-So-Big Surprise

Acacia was not the first ewe due, but she was the first to lamb.  Acacia's previous lambs have all been twin ewes (Dove & Swan, Evening & Dusk), so this year I kept waiting for lamb number two to arrive....but she never did. 

Acacia delivered a single ewe lamb.  She looks solid brown with the exception of a couple of white spots on her head.   We've named her Tootsie Pop, but we plan to call her Tootsie.