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LAMB UPDATES

4/2/2009 8:01am by Sharon Kinsey

On  Tuesday, March 31st, Elizabeth, our black Southdown Babydoll gave birth to a black ram.  He appears healthy although I'm monitoring him as he doesn't seem to have the appetite that some of the other lambs have.

This morning - Hannah my white Southdown Babydoll gave birth to twin black rams.  They appear to be very healthy and hungry.

Sadly, sometime last night or this morning my yearling Southdown Babydoll Shana gave birth to a stillborn black female.  She was not supposed to be pregnant - once I have a few quiet moments I need to figure out how that happened.  Well, I know HOW it happened but I thought I had kept her away from the rams - somewhere along the line I goofed.  Anyway - she is obviously hurting (the baby weighed about 7 pounds)  so I'm working to make her comfortable and hopefully get her back healthy before long.  I'll bury the baby where we buried Sarah and her lambs.

This is the hardest part of raising any animals.  Invariably there will be deaths but it never gets easier.  

More pictures to follow in a couple of days.

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