Hey there,
Our lambies are doing so well. Freckles is such a great mama, both lambies are even starting to play with mama's food and sniff the water bucket. They bounce around a lot!!!
And we've been watching Brownie really closely and we were putting her up in a shed at night to keep her safe if she delivered. But she didn't. Then Saturday her rear turned really pink and her belly had dropped, so we put her back in the shed. By Sunday morning, nothing, so we let her out for breakfast only to notice that contractions had started. So rather than confining her to the shed, we put her in the pen I built for Freckles and her lambs, about 10x30. She paced a lot and finally picked a spot to settle in, well she kept getting up and down, but she stayed there. We watched for a while and went inside for a late breakfast. We kept checking on her and finally at 1pm, we saw a wet lamb wobbling around!!!! We ran out to watch. A short while later 2 balloons come out and then comes the 2nd lamb. We were so scared because we didn't see hooves. I ran (well hobbled, got bit by our male hog on Friday) for the book and by the time I got back, the 2nd lamb was born. Jon said he was getting real scared because there was a lot of neck for a long time, but the lamb kept moving along, so he stayed back. Then finally the lamb came rushing out!!!!. Brownie immediately went to work cleaning him up and we watched. It is so extremely hard to watch the lambs struggle to stand up without interfering!!!!!! But we didn't and he did!!! Then we waited in case there was a 3rd and for #2 to get his first few drinks of milk. No more, so we rushed them off to the shed for their bonding days.
Both were ram lambs!! Can you believe it??? What are the odds of 5 out of 5 lambs being boys??? But they are soooo cute and both of Brownies are black with white foreheads. The second one has a star on the forehead with a bar above it, so Jon has already named him The General.
Thanks for all your help. Next sets shouldn't be till spring time. Now we get to enjoy 4 tiny ram lambs.
Thank you,
Marion
Our lambies are doing so well. Freckles is such a great mama, both lambies are even starting to play with mama's food and sniff the water bucket. They bounce around a lot!!!
And we've been watching Brownie really closely and we were putting her up in a shed at night to keep her safe if she delivered. But she didn't. Then Saturday her rear turned really pink and her belly had dropped, so we put her back in the shed. By Sunday morning, nothing, so we let her out for breakfast only to notice that contractions had started. So rather than confining her to the shed, we put her in the pen I built for Freckles and her lambs, about 10x30. She paced a lot and finally picked a spot to settle in, well she kept getting up and down, but she stayed there. We watched for a while and went inside for a late breakfast. We kept checking on her and finally at 1pm, we saw a wet lamb wobbling around!!!! We ran out to watch. A short while later 2 balloons come out and then comes the 2nd lamb. We were so scared because we didn't see hooves. I ran (well hobbled, got bit by our male hog on Friday) for the book and by the time I got back, the 2nd lamb was born. Jon said he was getting real scared because there was a lot of neck for a long time, but the lamb kept moving along, so he stayed back. Then finally the lamb came rushing out!!!!. Brownie immediately went to work cleaning him up and we watched. It is so extremely hard to watch the lambs struggle to stand up without interfering!!!!!! But we didn't and he did!!! Then we waited in case there was a 3rd and for #2 to get his first few drinks of milk. No more, so we rushed them off to the shed for their bonding days.
Both were ram lambs!! Can you believe it??? What are the odds of 5 out of 5 lambs being boys??? But they are soooo cute and both of Brownies are black with white foreheads. The second one has a star on the forehead with a bar above it, so Jon has already named him The General.
Thanks for all your help. Next sets shouldn't be till spring time. Now we get to enjoy 4 tiny ram lambs.
Thank you,
Marion