The two little Merinos arrived in time to be featured in this blog post and then a few more arrived.
And then there were four.
Our local paper caught on and thought it worthy of a feature. News travels fast in the country!
A mother's work is never done.
Peewee spent two nights in front of the kitchen stove.
They're all doing well, but I'm starting to feel the exhaustion setting in, so I can barely put three (human) words together today. If I could speak to you in sheep lingo, that would be a different matter.
In exciting news, I was fortunate to be asked by Grass Roots magazine to write about -you guessed it- the natural and bio-dynamic care of sheep! The magazine is in the shops now.
And now it's time to warm up their milk bottles again!
Sally I can only imagine how tired you are. You have done well putting more than three words together though :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Chel, I'm in a lamb blur at present. ;)
DeleteAw six little lambies to pat, and feed and watch at play. No doubt a huge amount of work. I will keep my eye out for the Grass Roots magazine next time I am near a newsagent.
ReplyDeleteTheir love and the funny things they do make it all worthwhile Sherri. :)
DeleteI recognised you straight away in the Grass Roots magazine I bought the other day, Sally. Interesting reading! These little lambs are very cute ... I love all their names. Peewee looks very cosy by the fire there. I am thinking Meg will get to round them up soon enough. Meg:)
ReplyDeleteAh you're a Grassy too Meg! I might have known that you had impeccable taste in magazines. It's the only mag that I buy, so I was super excited to start writing and be published. I wonder how the lambs will respond when Meg starts telling them what to do? :)
DeleteI enjoyed reading your article! :)
ReplyDeleteYou poor thing Sally, those lambs are lucky to have such a good chance at life, it's like lamb day-care! ;)
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Oh Emma, today's weather hasn't helped either! Not that we don't want the rain, but I stress that they're cold in their paddock and than need to let them into one of the sheds which creates all kinds of other problems.... like stepping on the hen's eggs! :0
DeleteIt would be like having a new born baby (or 6) all over again!! At least they will grow out of the night time feeds quicker! Just like a real child you will probably keep on worrying about them, even after they've left home!
ReplyDeleteFortunately I can lock them into their cosy shed at nights and don't hear a peep until daylight. Much easier than babies. :)
DeleteI have abiding memories of an orphan lamb that needed me feeding it by bottle every couple of hours - puff puff!
ReplyDeleteMy newborns were a handful, but six! As crazy as it must be, I'm sure there's small comfort to be had by the routine. I know when I have a gap of time, I sometimes walk around like a lamb looking for her mother, lol.
ReplyDeleteFarmer is stunned when his ewe gives birth to six lambs in a row. ... “I helped her deliver three of them, but then realized there were two more to come,” ...
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