We have been very busy since I last wrote. Now we have 21 beautiful lambs bouncing around the barnyard. I just came inside from checking for new lambs from any of our 3 potential new mothers who have not yet produced lambs this year.
We now have two babies that need supplements with goats milk 3 to 4 times a day. Willow is one of triplets born to Magic. The triplets were big...weighing at birth 13#, 12# and 11#. Willow is the only girl of the three, the smallest at birth, and plenty feisty. She also has exceptional tricolor markings, with a black and white face and ears, gray spots on her back, and black legs. I have to catch her and coax a bit, but she will slurp down 2-3 ounces of goats milk provided by our neighbor, Lana.
Woody is one of twins born to Celine, our 3/4 Finn ewe. As it turns out Celine has one side of her bag that does not work. Woody has a totally different, laid back temperament. He is beginning to come to me when I go out with the bottle, and he seems to enjoy sitting on my lap for a while after he is done eating. We just sit in the sunshine for a bit and cuddle.
