If your guess was: “groping around in a sheep’s hoo-ha,” you’d be absolutely right! Yup, yesterday, Ron & I delivered two surprise lambs from Agnes, our “maiden” merino lamb (yes, I’m using the quotes ironically–but it almost sounds like I’m calling her a trollop–I’m not; I’m sure that spotted Casanova took complete advantage of shy little Agnes).
Just a few weeks ago, she looked perfectly normal, but in the last couple weeks, she kinda swelled out and got a little more barrel shaped. I’ve been saying that if I didn’t know better, I’d swear she must be pregnant. If I had looked back at these pictures from the end of February to see how different she had looked just a few weeks before, I would have realized I had to be right. But I guess I was in denial. As it was, I didn’t know she was pregnant until she was dragging a trail of goo out her backside.
More to come… :)
Yeah! Lambs at yarn school! How long do they stay babyish?
It’s still way to early to get excited. They haven’t bonded with mom, so it’s still scary and tenuous. In fact, there’s a storm passing over and I’m freaking out.
We had sheep for a few years when I was a kid. My dad would totally baby the lambs for the first few weeks. They had a special warm spot in the barn (with heater) and he feed them milk/formula (?) from a bottle for the first few weeks.
I hope everyone is healthy, and that I get to meet the new additions at Yarn School in the fall!
Wow! I hope they bond with mom and do well! Good luck!
Wow! Fingers crossed for everybody …
think of it as more fiber!!! congrats to all of you!