First Lamb of 2023

 🌻 Sunflower 🌻 

Mother Ewe “Rosie” gave birth to a single little female lamb.  As tradition would have it, she will be named after a flower.  (Last year she has Daisy) This year the children hotly debated and the resulting name was “Sunflower”!

Mother Rosie did a wonderful job birthing and caring for her newborn.  She didn’t need any assistance.  Justin and the younger girls were there to monitor and assist when needed.

I watched from our animal cam and took some screenshots.

You can see how well she is licking her newborn clean and dry, so she can stay warm enough.

Acadia did get to help hold the Mother ewe still so we could ensure the little lamb had her good feeding with colostrum. Rosie was too much on the move by herself and this being done once or twice, really helped her.

We did put little Sunflower in a sweater to keep her warm.  It works especially well on the female lambs as it stays dry.

We checked on them before going off to bed and they were sleeping under the heat lamps.

Good morning Rosie and Sunflower! 

“Sunny” our “Sunflower” 16 lbs!

Thank you for sharing in our joyful new addition; we have three more pregnant ewes. So come again soon to meet all of our new additions.

Working on Natalie’s twin birth story next!