The first sheep we bought this spring, arrived in mid April, and although we put the ram in with them when they came, I was not that sure about whether he had bred anything or not. So when Dad went to the barn Monday morning, and heard a very small bleating, he was pleasantly surprised to see a newborn lamb in the corner of the pen! According to average gestation lengths, the ewe must have been bred within a day or two of arrival!
Ewe and lamb are doing fine, and even better, we had another lamb born the next day, and one more two days later. Now that we are looking, there are several more ewe’s that have udder’s filling out, so there should be some more over the next few weeks.
Like most small animals, baby lamb’s are very cute! (although they do have a rather high leg to body ratio!)
