Spring is in the air

Finally, after a quiet, lonely winter on the farm, we're starting to see signs of new life around us. Not only is the snow melting and the daffodils popping up, but, there's been quite the hussle and butsle out in the "sheep shed" the past week. You see it's lambing season. (I don't know if that's what it's really called but that's what I'm going with for now.) There are 15 ewes this year that are pregnant and they each generally have 2 lambs, so there's going to be a lot more baa-ing around here pretty soon.

Early Tuesday morning the first 2 lambs were born and we got to go and check them out. They were adorable and the girls loved seeing them, especially Erin.




This mama was actually a little early and didn't have a chance to get sheared before the lambs came; she got sheared later that day though.

As of today when we went out to check and there were 7 total; 3 more ewes had given birth. I think we had just missed a birth because 3 of the lambs were still wet and had a heat lamp on them; one hadn't even opened it eyes yet! They were so tiny.

That same day we saw the first lambs was also the day that was set up to shear the sheep. Imagine, being 9 months pregnant, with twins, on the point of delivery, being manhandled like this to get your wool coat off! It was fun to watch though.






Pretty soon the cows and horses down the street are going to start giving birth also. We didn't see them too much last year so we'll have to make more of an effort to this year.

If you want to see our first adventure with the little lambies being born, check out this post from last march.