Bet and I went out to feed the animals. I looked out in the pasture to see if there were some new lambs and I saw a sheep in labor. So we watched her for a little bit.

She was taking along time so we got closer to her and watched for a little bit more. Another bag came out and it was brown so we decided that the lamb needed to come out right away. I held the momma sheep, while Bet pulled the lamb out. I thought it was going to be too late but it was okay. We left the mom to clean the lamb off, while Bet and I fed the other moms in the barn.

I looked out to check on the mom and the new lamb and there were two lambs! We thought that she was going to have just one because the girl that we had to pull out was so big, we didn't think that another could fit in her.

Here is the girl.

Here is the boy.


We have ten lambs now

Kai and Aksel At the Farm

When they arrive, Aksel started to chase the

rat terriers,

We said, "lets go see the lambs,"

and he just smiled.

This was the first time that he has seen a

lamb, he didn't like them at first,

after he ran away he was okay.

We went to see the other lambs,

he thinks they are funny.

Kai and Aksel are looking at the turkeys.

Kai is making them gobble, Aksel laughed.

When we went for a walk in the

forest Kai and Aksel found a feeder to play in.

On the way Aksel saw a puddle which he walked through.

We got out to the clearing,

Kai went to hunt for frogs, Aksel reached for the clouds,

then he saw the hill and ran down it.

I chased him and retrieved sweet little Aksel.

Back down he went, so Stephie went and got him,

"Your not going down again, are you?"

Dad was home when we got back to the farm yard, so it was time to dock tails.

Kai was finally serious and had a lot of questions for his Grandpa Dirt.

And what do you get after you get your tail chopped off?

A warm bottle of lamb milk replacer. Yum.

Now for the rest of the crew, more warm bottles.

It was tempting for Aksel to share the bottle with

his new friend.


Time to back the tractor out.

Terriers and Lambs

This is my bottle lamb,

Just in case you were wondering how I got this bottle lamb, her mother was silly and thought that it was a dog or something, staring at it and shying away from it as if it would bite her, so I took the lamb.

After Janie got comfortable sitting with the lamb,

she got protective and would snap at the other Rat Terriers and the cats when they came near it. We couldn't tell if she was mothering it or saving it for her own dinner.

Martin would like some warm milk too!

This is my second bottle lamb, her mother had bad milk and is headed for the auction. The lamb couldn't stand up so we were going to milk some of the colostrum out of the mom for the lamb to get her started and that is when we noticed the bad milk. Some of our ewes are getting very old.

New Born Lamb's

For yesterday's activity, I pulled these cute lambies

out. They were stuck and it was taking

to long.

We thought that it was funny that

the mom was giving two licks to each.

This lamb figured out how to stand, then comes nursing.

This one thinks that she supposed to nurse first then stand,

she is to cute.

(If you look close you can see her mouth open a little

with her tongue curled around the teat that isn't there.)

This little girl is almost standing, it

takes a few tries but she will get it.







Fluffy is trying to see what is happening,
we told him to go home.

Inside, mom was packing the last of the Christmas things away, Christmas Kitty thinks that means her.