Girlie is part hair part wool sheep. Her mother is Mrs Dark Brown Barbado, the sheep who earlier had triplets, her father being a wool sheep x Barbado. Girlie had two lambs last year (her first lambs) but was a bit overwhelmed and we ended up bottle feeding one.
On March 10, Girlie did not come into the barn with the rest of the sheep. It was just lucky we noticed her missing really, as it was a cold night and we were hurrying. I went out and they Girlie was in the old barn, standing with two identical twins... well not quite identical, one is a ewe lamb, the other a ram lamb.
Both lambs are solid orange - their father being a Katahdin. The little lambs needed to have their ears rubbed as they were quite cold – temperatures are still below freezing – well below seasonal normals. The ram lamb is on the left, the ewe lamb on the right.
I took a few pictures after getting the mother ewe and her lambs set up in a stall but the camera seemed to be acting weird so gave my husband instructions to take more pictures in the morning after I went to work.
By morning time it would appear the camera was acting even weirder. My husband got several pictures, but most had terrible double images. Well that's what you get for buying a cheap Walmart Camera I guess. The above photo is the only picture (of about 10) that did not have a double image, but the color is slightly odd. I am pretty sure this is the ewe lamb.
So far it looks like Girlie is letting both lambs nurse - so that is a good sign. I hardly feel like looking after any more bottle baby sheep!
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