Morning Suprise

Now that the weather is a bit warmer, we've been less worried about lambs freezing and we've been less vigilant about checking the animals in the middle of the night.  By less vigilant, I mean we haven't been checking onthe animals in the middle of the night.  We may have to rethink that.  This morning, Jason found a newborn lamb on its feet in the barn.  Our last named Ewe, LanaBelle had a single ewe lamb.    The lamb seemed strong and when weighed, was the biggest so far.

The two were moved into the shed where Woolamina and Una had been staying.  By afternoon, it seemed like the lamb wasn't doing well and wasn't feeding.    She had no interest in sucking on the nipple or the bottle so we started to fret.   After some discussion, we decided to try the enema that we did with Bunny.  Two hits of that and she seems much recovered.  I was just outside and saw her have a good long nurse.  Whew!

Confirmed nursing

LanaBelle and baby

Meanwhile, Woolamina and Una had their first full day with the flock out in the field.  Una has gotten so big!  She has been gaining about 1lb per day and now looks quite substantial.  She seems to be getting along just fine out with the others. It is funny to watch her do what everyone else is doing, running from place to place in the group and even trying to eat some grain and hay.      

Now we'll just have to see who will be next.  Both Number 64 and Number 45 look ready to go.  I've got my money on 45 but we'll have to wait and see.   We had no idea LanaBelle would be coming so who knows?