April 18, 2010
[[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]After 21 days of 'Lamb Watch' my husband came in from the barn at mid-day to announce that we had a lamb! Glenda had given birth to a single lamb. After Glenda had cleaned it off and her placenta had dropped, we went in to examine it and give it the shots. Our first lamb was a ram. Little Anakin weighed in at 4.9 lbs. Glenda had given birth in the barn in the sheep stall.
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A few hours later, when it was starting to get dark, I thought it was curious that Linden was still down in the lower paddock. Normally she would have gone back up to the barn at that time of day. So I got out the binoculars and took a look - just in time to see Linden's lamb being born! We were expecting Linden to have twins and about 30 minutes later she had two lambs! By then it was dark and we took a flashlight out to see how things were progressing. After Linden had a chance to lick them off , I picked up the lambs, keeping them at eye level and carried them towards the barn with Linden leading the way, turning around occasionally to make sure we were still coming with her. Alan followed behind with the flashlight to shine the way for us.
After Linden had a chance to clean off her lambs, we checked them over and gave them their shots. Two more Rams. It must be the Year of the Ram!