Here is Hazel and her newborn lambs on Thursday. Hazel, being a first time mom did a perfect job! She lambed out within 15 minutes with no signs of distress and gave two adorable ewe lambs!Hazel took to the task instantly and is very attentive to her young. Just the...
Here is Georgia and her lambs yesterday. They ventured outside for a bit of time in the sun and some fresh air. We are having beautiful early spring weather. The sun is getting stronger, the air is fresh and the song birds are arriving daily. Isn't Georgia the picture...
Quick update that Hazel had twin ewe lambs...perfect! More to follow later with pictures. Looks like Anne may be the winner! She chose today at 6AM! We'll draw another runnerup winner this week from the rest of the names!
Here's Hazel yesterday...comfortable, chewing cud, hanging with her friends and looking very pregnant!Still happy to take bets for the delivery day and time....looks like another set of twins to me! Place your bets here. For those that aren't fiber oriented I'll offer...
Betsy and I got together last night to visit and draw the name from the hat from the rest of the participants in Georgia's lamb pool. Not to photogenic but we got the job done! And the lamb names are Rufus and Stella. Betsy's current naming system is the letters of...
Maryann wins the prize as she called March 15th at 6AM! Betsy and I will throw all the other names in a hat and pull one more winner this weekend. Stay tuned! Better jump in on the next pool for Hazel's lambs below now though...it could be closer than we...
I decided I'd better get the next lamb pool posted as these ewes are looking mighty ready to burst forth some lambs!This is Hazel, a CVM, and a triplet. She is also a first time lamber this year.Neville, a CVM, is once again the man.Hazel was also put in with Neville...
I am so excited to share this post with you. Let's have some fun!Last year Betsy MacIssac of Crooked Fence Farm, Putney, VT (site is under construction so check back) contacted me to get together as she had just purchased her first CVM/Romeldales and was interested in...
Three things come together in NH in late February to mid-March: maple sugaring, mud season and town meeting. We have hit the perfect storm this week. The mud on the dirt roads is as bad as ever...knee deep in places and the frost isn't even out of the ground yet. We...
That thing we dread has happened today. My PC crashed....We had a power outage (ever so brief) last night and when I got to my office this morning a message came on my screen...."Alert! blah, blah, blah....System failure!" So of course I did all the attendant things...
