Officially Spring

I know, I already posted today, but I forgot to wish you all a Happy Spring, and the photos were from yesterday, and, well, how could I not post more lamb photos? ;-) But first, some flowers as befits the season (never mind that it's been spring here since early February):

And of course, current lamb photos:

Bree

Brosna

Brosna and Blaise

Marta gets a gold star. She continues to be very "still" with the lambs; she's the only one of the ewes (besides mom Vienna) who has not butted them. I think she will be an excellent mom herself some day.

It would be hard to find a better mom than Vienna, though. This afternoon while riding I could see her laying down in the pasture with her lambs. A couple different times a soaring red-tailed hawk appeared high overhead, and Vienna kept her eyes trained on it. She gets a gold star, too.

So does Sarai.

When Lance and I were done with our ride, Sarai was walking the fence line. I opened the gate and asked if she would like to go back in the fold. Yes, indeed. I watched her for a bit, then headed to the house. A half hour later I went down to check on her, and . . .

Heh; like how I snuck those in on you? ;-)

I could tell Sarai was in active labor, and went to the house to grab some towels and give her a little time. She didn't need much! And it took her twin boys even less time to find their feet and then her teats; they are VIGOROUS!

When I brought the rest of the sheep in tonight, I wasn't quite sure where to put everyone. Annabelle needs her protected corner; I had moved Sarai and twins into the freshly stripped and bedded lambing jug. Vienna's girls started getting pushed around a little too much for my comfort in the confines of the remaining fold space, so I ended up putting Vienna, Bree and Brosna in with Annabelle. Through it all, Vienna was calling to Sarai's boys; she seems convinced that somehow those little brown lambs are hers, too! In fact, she and Sarai argued about that fact through the gate and bashed it open, so I had to chain it shut.

Hopefully that will keep them separated and lambs safe.

Thus Spring begins and lambing concludes at . . .