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With yesterday being Mother’s Day, I thought I would share with you about some of our sheep mothers. This year we had our first triplet birth from Lila who is a second year momma. She was ready and willing to nurse all three, but just did not have enough teets to go around. We are supplementing little Teensie with homemade milk to allow her to keep up with her bigger brothers. When we come out to the pasture she runs to us baaaaing about her bottle non stop. We had a new mamma give birth to two boys and reject one of the boys, we kept her with both boys a few weeks in a jug (square paddock just big enough to bond with babies) where she would have a better chance of nursing both of them. One brother (the rejected one) discovered early on that he needed to nurse when his brother was and so he goes in from behind momma to nurse. Very smart little sheep. My last birth was a surprise birth from Gigi who is a yearling that I did not think was pregnant. One day last week we went out to feed Teensie and found a new little ram lamb. Gigi was calling the new baby to her and he was nursing already. I am constantly in wonder over these sheep. How much vigor they have for life, how well they adapt to changing weather and forages of the seasons. How much they have taught me about trusting nature and patience.
See you all on Friday,
Angela