january 09, 2007
We had our first set of lamb twins this morning. At 5:30 today the dog and I were out near the sheep pasture and heard the cries of new babies. I looked at Rufus, Rufus looked at me, I headed for the sound, Rufus ran for the house. The dog is absolutely no help in the morning.
They turned out ot be a couple of speckle faced little boys. Not much of a future for you around here when that is your description. Mom is a white face ewe and dad is a black faced ram. The youngsters ended up speckle faced. Wouldn't it be funny if that's how people turned out.
I think the little guys are doing okay. I helped them find the warm milk spout and got it going for them. One is not as active as the other and is lieing around a lot. Not a good sign, especially considering how cold it's going to get tonight. I broke the rules and put a heat lamp on him so he can get a warm nights sleep. We'll see.
I'm torn about tail cropping. My reading of traditional animal husbandry text recomends it for sanitary reasons. The latest natural practice articles call it unnecessary and a purely religious ceremony with no real health benefit. Or is that circumcision? I better go reread that stuff.
