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Observations: Lambs & Ewes

April 22, 2010 | 5 Comments

I've been observing the lambs as their "personalities" emerge. It's always interesting to see which ones are most inquisitive, the ones who are always tugging on the leg of my jeans while I fill buckets or feed the bottle lambs. Not surprising that some of the most friendly lambs are out of my most gregarious ewes. Tupelo's ewe-ling, Arial, demanded some chin scratching as I was walking the yard this afternoon. When I stopped to visit, her momma came over for her share. And so I enjoyed a pleasant moment with both of them, (above). Not all lambs are
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Video – Morning Chores!

April 21, 2010 | 19 Comments

When I have recovered from sleep deficit and cogent enough to write in coherent sentences I promise a longer post about the activities of the past week. As you can see the lambs are growing and thriving. As you watch this video it's easy to spot the youngest lambs and also the more mature members of the lamb flock. I shot this while the mothers were dining this morning. The lambs can't wait for me to open the barn door so they can race around the yard. Mistral is still very much imprinted on me but is interacting more and
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More Lamb Racing Footage

April 20, 2010 | 15 Comments

We've sent the lambs outdoors for the first time this week and this morning they couldn't get enough of it, racing in and out of the barn while the mommas had breakfast. Hysterical. Captured this moment to share with you. BTW – we're still waiting for Thalia's lambs to arrive. But everyone else looks great. copyright 2010. Barbara Parry. All rights reserved. Feel free to share a link to this website. Please do not take content or images from this website without my explicit written permission. Thank you.
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Sunday’s Lambs

April 18, 2010 | 15 Comments

Thought you might enjoy some Sunday visitors. One of latest arrivals.Meet Nimbus, Star's ewe lamb. And this is Georgia, one of Verbena's triplets. She's joined the bottle lamb club and is quite intense whenever I show up in the barn.But what a face. Could her eyes be any wider? copyright 2010. Barbara Parry. All rights reserved. Feel free to share a link to this website. Please do not take content or images from this website without my explicit written permission. Thank you.
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Video – The Lamb-pede!

April 17, 2010 | 20 Comments

The lambs were having a blast while I fed the ewes this afternoon. I recorded the funniest lamb-pede with my iphone – so the format is tiny but still cute and I thought you would enjoy seeing it. This was Mistral’s first lamb race and I am elated to see her playing along with the other lambs. It’s important that she gets being a sheep, since she’s spending so much time indoors with me. Learning to flock is a big step in the right direction. Enjoy!
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Friday GiveAways & Studio Lamb

April 16, 2010 | 106 Comments

A few scenes from my morning: I've named Helena's black ewe lamb "Mistral" (one of yesterday's suggestions, thank you!). She spent her 4th night indoors, after making new friends in the barn yesterday. Following her midnight bottle feeding I brought her back to the studio with me as I did not want to return to the barn for the 2 & 4 a.m. feedings. She doesn't stay in her basket anymore, wants to sleep on the floor beside the bed with her head tucked under the bedskirt. I put a woolen blanket there for her and she has
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Cute Lamb Video & Update

April 15, 2010 | 16 Comments

Today started with a pair of ewe lambs born at breakfast. Way to go, Ursa! I have now have six lambs in need of names and we're up to the letter "N" if you'd like to help out. With only two ewes left to deliver, there's an end in sight. In the meantime, I shot this video yesterday afternoon while I was hanging out with Helena's black ewe lamb. I'm trying to get her use to being in the barn with other sheep. She'd much rather follow me around all day, so I'm taking it slowly, letting her get comfortable.
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Lamb Update

April 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

Hello everyone. Thanks for your encouraging words and thoughts for Helena's little black ewe lamb. She spent her second night in the bedroom she woke up hungry and sucked done a solid five ounces. After following me around the house, piddling and pooping on just about every rug, I decided it was time for her to move back to the barn. It's always tough knowing where to place a single orphan lamb. Helena no longer thinks its hers and she'd actually hurt it if I put it back in the lambing jub. Helena by the way, is a bit maternally
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A Bedroom Lamb

April 12, 2010 | 26 Comments

Helena's lambs arrived just after midnight, a ewe-ling followed by a ram. I didn't hear or see the ewe-ling' arrival; looked like she had just dropped when I heard a sound that woke me (over the baby monitor). She never made it onto her feet before getting the shivers, so badly that I ended up bringing her inside with me for the night. Her brother is doing fine but I still can't get this little ewe to latch onto her mom or even onto a bottle. We're keeping her going with stomach tubing at the moment. She's here with me
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Sunday’s Lambs

April 11, 2010 | 13 Comments

Found this lovely raft of Cormo lambs in the center pen today. All Teaberry lambs – big eyes, pink noses.They've begun to fill out, loosing that loose-skinned newborn look. We've got them ear tagged so we can keep track of who belongs to whom. With so many mothers and lambs bouncing around the mixing pen it's pretty hard to tell them apart. The lambs have started forming their own little pack, often sleeping together in piles while the mothers are at the feeder. I'll be sending them out to romp in the yard soon, maybe even early this week
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