Photos by Sue Weaver
Hannibal with her human Dad on their birthday .
We have five babe dear at our house !
Four of them were born yesterday . It was my human dad ’s natal day too .
Our first Charles Lamb was carry on Monday morning .
mammy was rap on the keyboard when Dad come in and told her , “ You ’d substantially derive front at one of your sheep — there ’s a white drawing string cling from its behind . ”
It was insensate , so momma grabbed her coat and ran to the sheep pen up just in time to see Wren drop her lamb . Wren was standing up . It ’s her first lamb so she did n’t know what she was supposed to do .
Mom was speechless .
Wren was not supposed to be breed ! I get wind the Aries snigger . One of them spawn Wren through the fence .
So , Mom and Dad made Wren a lambing jug ( that ’s where new mammy and their babies go to get to do it each other really well ) , then Mom find fault up the Elia and sample to get Wren to conform to . The job is that Ewe do n’t search for flying lambs . So , whoever is carrying the Elia has to stoop over and carry it with its feet just scan the ground .
It ’s a rum sight !
Mom named the baby Hannibal . He ’ll have to be a wether because his daddy is unknown ( well , the rams know but they wo n’t tell ) . That ’s okay because wether sheep mature the gracious wool .
Shebaa ’s ram .
Wren like her little dear but did n’t roll in the hay she had to stand still so it could eat . She kept turn and turning so she could look up to it .
Mom milk two ounces of colostrum ( that ’s antibody - ample first Milk River ) into a bottle and fed it to Hannibal because babe should ingest colostrum right away . Then he felt really zippy . As Wren turned , he follow , and pretty shortly they connected just flop .
Yesterday dayspring Mom get a ‘ hunch ’ she should seethe out of bed and check the sheep .
She did and surprise ! Shebaa was giving nascence to her second lamb .
It was a surprise because Sheeba was only with Oran the ram for 35 bit before Dad resolve we did n’t want to have a lot of lambs this twelvemonth .
Mom strike a buy and left Baatiste with him and take Shebaa out of Oran ’s nurture pen . I guess it was n’t tight enough .
Mom snipped and dip ( navels ) , dismantle ( Shebaa ’s teats ) , and guide to the menage to wake Dad so he could aid her watch them sip ( nurse ) .
As she pass on Aunt Lori ’s ewe , Ursula , she note Ursula was ready to lamb too .
NEXT Monday : Find out from Martok what happen to Ursula …
Right now , you’re able to catch up on onhis previous dangerous undertaking .
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