Baymule's Lambs, 2nd Lambing

[OneFineAcre]

Just caught up with your thread.
I'm so sorry you have had such a rough time.
Hoping things go well with the rest of your lambing.

 

[luvmypets]

How's everything? She still keeping you waiting?

 

[Baymule]

Ewenique is still keeping me in suspense. I let Miranda and her baby lamb join the rest of the flock, they are doing fine. I let the whole flock out on a pasture of rye grass for 1 1/2 hours yesterday. The rye grass is running behind, lack of rain this fall, seed just set on the ground and didn't germinate. I'll start letting them on it for short periods so they don't get the squirts.

 

[luvmypets]

Ewe-nique must really be driving you crazy!

 

[TAH]

Bay anything?!!

 

[Baymule]

Nothing. But yesterday something weird happened. Ewe-nique is the wildest, flightiest ewe we have. She keeps her distance and never lets me touch her. Yesterday morning before I let them out of the night pen, Ewe-nique came up to me and I rubbed her neck. You could have knocked me over with a feather! Then when I pulled hay off the round bale for them (I fill a wagon every evening for them overnight) she approached me again, and again I stroked her neck. Prince, the ram saw what was going on and came over to get his share of neck rubs. Later, in the lot, I stroked her neck, rubbed her sides and belly. Today the same thing. I talk to her the whole time and she is eating it up.

I make the flashlight check before bed, then out first thing in the morning. Still waiting! Her udder is huge!

 

[NH homesteader]

Your sheep have gorgeous colors.

Nice udder picture. You'd think you were a Goatie

 

[Baymule]

I was thinking the same thing, LOL

 

[Latestarter]

Wow, that IS a nice udder! Maybe trips for you? She can't be too far off at this point. Well, since we're expecting arctic like weather this weekend, that's probably the time she'll pick to lamb... Thinking of the song "Anticipation"...

 

[Baymule]

Just came out to get eggs, sheep were in night pen but Ewe-Nique was missing. I quickly went in the pen and asked Paris Where is she? Paris led the way, even stopping and looking over her shoulder to see if I was following. There was Ewe-Nique and two shivering wet lambs! I called DH to bring towels, scooped them up, called the sheep and we went to the night pen and shelter. DH brought towels, I scrubbed them dry, then Momma took over. Sitting on a milk crate in drizzle, cold wind watching them nurse. 2 boys.