Meet our first lamb of the season, a singleton ram born early this afternoon to Cormo ewe Papaya. I came home from the grocery story to find him in the barn, on his feet, all cleaned up and sturdily nursing. Lamb is tuckered out and Papaya is worrying over him, licking him up and down. She's still having contractions, trying to pass the placenta so she's constantlyt blatting. I expect to find it when I head back to the barn in a minute for afternoon chores. Just wanted to share the news.
Thanks for the great name suggestions. This little guy will remain unnamed until we'ved settled on this year's theme.
And a big thank you to Cheryl of In the Loop for hosting my book signing and yarn trunk show yesterday. I enjoyed the visit!
Stay tuned for more updates from the lambing barn.
Glad he waited until today. He's a beaut! Letting the naming commence. :-)
Posted by: Manise | March 23, 2014 at 06:05 PM
sweetness.
Posted by: Tracey | March 23, 2014 at 10:01 PM
Awwwww congratulations! What a sweetie!
Posted by: Torre | March 23, 2014 at 10:18 PM
He shares a birthday with my granddaughter . She turned six! He is newborn. She will love to hear about this.
Posted by: Lora Welt | March 24, 2014 at 05:26 PM
The new lamb is adorable. I was sad to miss shearing day. My kids kept me too busy to be able to leave town. Hopefully I can look forward to participating in the future.
I'm new to Sheep Shares, so I have hesitated on participating in the naming contest. But it can't hurt to throw out a suggestion, so here goes...names of mountains. You could pick a particular range, or choose a theme such as Colorado 14ers: Sneffels, Windom, Sunlight, Handies, Sunshine, Redcloud, Wetterhorn, Snowmass, Antero, Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, Grays, Massive, Elbert...these are just a few in that category. I love sheep in the mountains, so this theme just fits for me. Many other good ideas have been suggested already. It will be difficult to choose. Thanks for letting us join you and feel as if we're a part of it all.
Posted by: Shannon | March 25, 2014 at 06:31 PM
Echoing all of the sentiments expressed above! You are one heck of a brave shepherd and yes some things certainly are particularly heartbreaking and sad, but you gave your ewes the best fighting chance available to you. Hugs to you. So glad the survivors are doing well. Continuing to keep my fingers crossed for Snug.
Posted by: Manise | April 24, 2014 at 07:52 PM