Happy happy morning here
we got another new one. So that's 3 lambs this month. Two this week.
Two ewe lambs and a ram lamb.
The ram lamb is small. I'm not sure if it's his markings or if I see him as being "slow". I supplemented last night ~2 oz and this morning about 1 oz. It's not like he doesn't move around - he does, and he did go out into the pasture with the flock. Does a little lamb bounce around, then hangs around mom and/or lays down. All things seem normal - eating, eliminating, he will call for mom - but not much. The ewe, Stripe is a good mom doing all the mom stuff - stand for feeding, nuzzling and all. I'll keep a watch - could just be he's small and maybe a little slow.
The new lamb is cute - aren't they all. She's all white, no name so far. She's good sized, mama is doing great.
Here she is
Yesterday I put a big dent in the tomato pile! I made ketchup. A first for me
to make. It tuned out AWESOME. Oh lordy I could eat it with a spoon it's so good. I pulled the
recipe out of the USDA Home Canning book. I halved the recipe because I didn't have enough other stuff
to make a full recipe. I ended up with 8 half pints - ohhhh soooo good. I haven't canned for a couple years, forgot how much fun it was. Even if this took half the day or so.
With any good luck I may have 1 or 2 more ewes to lamb - but I think it will be awhile if they do. Time will tell.
PS -- Smile is still the cutest lamb ever - I actually am charging the battery for my real camera <GASP>! There may be pics -- damn wish we had greenery, it's the brown time of year.
. She looks to be a very nice ewe, sizeable -- hasn't missed a meal
and I did, but what I also found was save the skins, pop them in an oven to dry out then throw them in a blender to powder-ize them and use that to season salads and such.
