Stories from the Farm

It has been exciting around here since yesterday afternoon!  The weather has turned nasty, it has warmed up a little and turned our pretty snow into a slushy mess.  The wind has picked up and now it is raining.  They are forecasting a few inches of rain in the next day or two.  This change in weather, must have been felt by the ewes because lambing started with a flurry!

Althea was the first to lamb with two ewe lambs.

Folly – an act of silliness.

Fleury – to be fanciful.

These two girls are very alike in coloring and I am going to have a heck of a time telling them apart, so I thought it would be fun to have names that were similar.

While I was filling water buckets and getting the new lambs situated, I looked towards the back of the barn and saw Sublimity looking a little funny.  I snooped around and found her ram lamb under the feeder she was guarding.  She is being an excellent first time mama.

Dapper Dan – A very swanky, neatly groomed man.

He is a swanky little dude 🙂

After dropping my son off at school, I headed out to the barn to check on the new lambs and feed the girls.  I was greeted by Flirt talking very animatedly and in obvious labor.

   Here she is with the first lamb born, a little ram.  Dapperling – A little dapper fellow…neat, trim, smart.

The stripe down his tail is pretty cute.

Flirt’s little ewe lamb, Felice – Happy!

Tranquillity was the calm before the storm.  She has such a funny personality, so calm and sure of herself.  Her mom was quite distraught when I put her on the other side of the panel and Tranquillity started playfully head butting her!

I’ll leave you with a little cuteness from Fleury.

I have a feeling we may have more lambs before this day is done!