Archives for lambs

Lambi-dextrous!

May 1, 2010 | 5 Comments

Bottle lambs, from left to right: Mistral, Garamond, Georgia There's no asking three ravenous bottle lambs to take turns, so I approach each feeding equipped with three bottles. Which makes this little trio very happy. A little tricky getting started, though, as they're all lunging at once for the nipples. I end up dropping a bottle or squirting milk all over their faces. It's time to cut back on the amount of each feeding to encourage them to explore other dining options. I just today purchased another 50 lb. bag of powdered lamb milk replacement and that stuff is
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Lambitious

April 30, 2010 | 6 Comments

The lambs are feeling more "lambitious". Scaling straw bales is their newest challenge. Each morning while we're cleaning the barn they compete to see who's king of the straw bale. After breakfast, we send everyone out into the pasture for the day, except for the triplets, and Mistral who likes to hang out with the triplets. And Thalia and little Zap, who is so much smaller than the rest and still catching on to life in the barn. The pack of lambs tags along with Crackerjack in the field. He's the lamb nanny. While it's been crazy windy here over
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Morning Chores!

April 27, 2010 | 7 Comments

Some of the lambs are getting a little tubby. Time to adjust the spacing on the creep panel. Holly had some help from Verbena's triplets: Georgia, Garamond and Gigi. 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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Lambed Out! Celebration GiveAway

April 23, 2010 | 68 Comments

We're all resting after a long journey . . . . . . and breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning. Our last lamb of the season arrived yesterday evening. Thalia delivered the sleepy ram lamb pictured above just as I was heading to the barn for Mistral's bedtime bottle feeding. It was really considerate of her to lamb before I went to bed for the night. Since he is our grand finale of lambing 2010, I've named him Zapfino – "Zap" for short. He had thirty two curious little noses poking through the slats of his pen to
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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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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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