Barn Check | Foxfire Fiber & Designs

Just back from a quick barn check. Lambs are imminent; we're stepping up our visits to the flock. Watchful for unusual behavior. The girls are curious and surprised by my visits after lights out.

Holly and I are watchful now for anything out of the ordinary. We leave each other notes in the barn log on the table in the milk room. Like this one yesterday, from me to her:

"P.M. Stella acting weird. Not so interested in hay. Moved her to group 1 (where she seemed to want to be) but still not interested in eating. 'Moooing'. Sniffing butts of other mums. Watch her."

Okay, so it doesn't make for the most exciting reading. But noting details and writing careful objective descriptions of anything that doesn't seem quite right is really important. Small changes might be the start of something big. We never know.

I was tied up in a photo shoot all day today but Stella (above) was fine, Holly reported. And she looked great ten minutes ago in the barn.

I hung out long enough to decide that all is well in the barn for the night, but I've got my ears on in the house, just in case. (Lamb cams, too!)