Finally, its the first year since we started breeding the sheep that we didn’t have just one birthing at the very end of dec or the first of the year.. but not this year.. Dec came and went, and then Jan.. o my.. it was Feb before I knew it.. and still I watched the sheep waddle around..

One of the babies called and it carried over the snow from the barn to the house, the deep bellow grunting answering call came from a momma sheep and with a grin and stomp in the and through the snow, feet carried us out to the barn.

You see the water is done as close to the house as you can get, the hay is feed out in view and so this morning, a ewe stayed behind in the barn, stayed with her two wee ones and was missed in the counts but not for long..

Now its time to move her and the babe’s into the jug, time for her to get a nice bucket of fresh warm water with molasses, a big feed of fresh hay, fresh covering of bedding, a dipping of cords, a checking of sex, a checking of the bag on the momma, I have already seen both babies nurse with wagging tails but only on the same side, need to check that the plug is out of the other teat.

And then they will all settle in for a couple days to a week as they bond, nurse, sleep and grow.. welcome to the farm, welcome to the new year.. welcome to our first lambs!

Pictures coming when we can bring them out and get photos in the daylight.