Wednesday, May 8, 2013
On Lambing
6:18 PM | 
Posted by
Jen Pietsch |
Lambing is a tricky business. Unlike alpacas they have no respect for
keeping regular birthing hours. Alpacas
are pretty reliable morning birthers.
Sheep are not.
Verna belongs to our friends and just came along to be
bred when Joey was here. She was having such a great time she stayed.
My experience with Verna was exhausting. I could tell her time was getting close
because her belly was huge and her udder was getting there too. She would groan when she laid down, when she
got up, okay pretty much whenever she thought someone would listen.
I was officially on lamb watch which was find during the
day- except when I was at work- but at night I had to set an alarm to make sure
that I could be at Verna’s beck and call.
The night she lambed I had gotten up three times- needless to say I had
gone to bed very early. I guess she
didn’t need any help because the next time I went down Lollychop and Petunia
were right there chasing Verna for milk- That whole Verna milk thing is a
different story.
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