Thank you for listening to me, Jazzy!

This morning, two wee little faces greeted Alison as she made the first check at 6:00 a.m. Jazzy presented us with twins, and kindly met all our criteria. One ewe lamb for our third and final 4H requirement, one ram lamb for the freezer, born on a sunny day, during the day, and not tomorrow ;-). You are a star, Jasmine! She is also being an excellent first-time mom, although I really wish I had had her sheared prior to lambing. Her fleece is far to thick and dense, and there's already been a near miss (miss only because Alison grabbed lambie in time).


Here are little boy (front) and little girl (back) at approximately 1.5 hours old.


Little boy is quite yellow; this shows the the lambs were slightly in distress prior to birth. He is up and eating like a champ though. I've already given them their Sel-E shots.

Here's a close-up of little girl; she is showing the sum total of Spencer's black expression in this crop of lambs ... an eye patch! Actually, I don't believe this is true colour expression; Jazzy has a small black "beauty" spot by her nose, and I believe that's what this is ... Ann, we will probably go with your name suggestion of Peppercorn for this one ;-). All three of these ewes lambs could potentially throw colour if bred back to a coloured ram in the fall.




And here is a side shot of little boy, Basil. He is a bit hunched up here; he was still wet at this point and likely a bit cold.



This is what happens what you leave your lambing supplies out in the pen for two long (i.e. 30 seconds) while convincing babies to start suckling. Tarragon is an imp and a troublemaker :-).