On Wednesday afternoon (I assume because he was there Thursday morning) Tweed, our Lincoln Longwool ewe, gave birth to our farm's first baby of the year: a lovely little ram lamb. He has to run around a lot because Tweed is not a very trusting sheep, but it proves he's in good health. It took ten minutes to take his picture because Tweed not only kept him moving around, but she kept herself between me and the baby.
Then today, around 6pm, Eliza, our beautiful brown goat doe brought out triplets! And all three doelings! What luck to get three baby girls all at once - Grace is brown with white front boots and a white belt, Tabitha is brown with white-ish ears, and Anastasia is black with a white spot on her belly. I'm keeping a close eye on them to make sure she's taking good care of all three of them, but Eliza's a very attentive mother who makes good rich milk. The only goat that seems to be having problems is Lily, Eliza's only baby from last spring - she doesn't quite know what to do with herself now that her mother is completely occupied with the three new babies. Lily will be bred for the first time in October, so she'll find out what it's all about this time next year.
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