Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Teresa ordered a new computer and they shipped it expedited via UPS. The driver asked her what was in the big box since it was so light for being so large. They opened it up on the truck just to make sure it was what was ordered.

There was enough bubble wrap in that box to last us for the rest of the year.

 

[Mike CHS]

One of these pictures might be considered graphic by some but they are a cool sequence of events. I rarely have the camera available when the sheep have a bit of a story to tell but did this morning.

This ewe was one of our first and has zero fear of humans so she didn't mind when I sat down to watch her lambing progress. There was a problem with several lambs in the shelter that kept trying to nurse on her. She kicked at them several times and then she got really frustrated and started bawling at them. Finally she came up right in front of my face and bawled at me like she was saying "Get them out of here". I got them out and she lay back down and continued in her labor and had her first lamb a couple minutes into it.

She made it clear that I was no longer welcome by getting between me and her lamb and stomping her feet so I took the hint and left.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Nice pictures Mike, I never had the "visual " of how big a baby lamb looks !
What is your guess on the weight ?

 

[Mike CHS]

I'll know for sure this afternoon but these are on the small side (probably around 6-7 lbs) but that's OK considering there are three of them.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

That's still pretty impressive ...three at that weight ........

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Three! That's awesome!

 

[Mike CHS]

This one is a Dorper/Katahdin cross and she weighed 145 pounds before she got pregnant. She has had multiples since we first brought her home. She acts like a pet and has lambs that are never skittish starting from the day they are born and they stay that way as they mature. This girl has a place here as long as she lives.

 

[thistlebloom]

That's a great illustrated story! Love how she told you to get those bratty lambs out of her birthing area.

 

[Bruce]

And here I thought it was goats that hid from inclement weather!

 

[Bruce]

There was enough bubble wrap in that box to last us for the rest of the year.

Sounds like Amazon (though it isn't an Amazon box). I swear they must just grab the closest box that is at least big enough and fill it with packing materials.