New Life on the Farm

All of our baby lambs are supposed to be born in May.  However, last fall we left the rams in for too long and most of the sheep lambed in January.  (oops) There were a couple who missed the boat the first time (so to speak) and stayed on the right schedule.  There was even a surprise from a yearling who wasn't anywhere near the rams.  She turned out to be a great mom though. 

There is one ewe who is getting so big, and so ready to pop that she can hardly walk around.  Her bag is so big and tight that her back legs are spread out and she has trouble keeping up with the others as they graze.  I tried to get a good picture of her but it was kind of hard to get the angle right.

I have been telling the kids that she is not going to give birth, but explode and there will be baby lambs shooting out all over.  This makes them laugh.

My thoughts put to paper

Of course we are hoping for a happy ending with mother and babies all safe.

*(no sheep were hurt in the making of this blog)