The 10-day stretch...

I should have counted on Poa to lamb 10 days after the crowd. This is the third year in a row that she's waited 10 days beyond Clover to lamb. This morning I got to the barn just after the water bag was passed. Within an hour two little ewes were dry and nursing.

The other lambs are growing taller and stronger each day. They love to form a group and go racing around the paddock rocks playing follow-the-leader while the ewes eat breakfast. Most of the lambs are quite shy at this point, but Crystal's little ewes are just (almost) as people-friendly as she is. The ewes this year seem especially cute; but then again, what lamb isn't cute?

Here's Clover's ewe to the right. She has the most uniform fleece of all the lambs thus far, and she seems to have especially feminine qualities. I've been waiting for a ewe from Clover for the last three seasons, so maybe this one will have to stay with us for a year or two.

Crystal's ewes are just so fun to watch. The littlest ewe seems particularly feisty and is out-socializing her sister. When a little ram lamb came to investigate the stick these girls were trying to enjoy, the little ewe butted him away, clearly claiming her rights to the new-found toy.

As for Wynona, I've been thinking she's going to lamb "any day now" for the last two weeks.  She's been letting other lambs sidle up to her and she's been bossy and seeking isolation for almost a week. She grunts and pants and she seems extremely uncomfortable, especially with the temperature in the high 70s. She's so large she has to be carrying triplets, but I guess only time will tell.

The other lambs seem to follow her around - maybe they want more lambs to come play? Come on, Wynona, enough is enough. For both your sake and mine, please let those little lambies out.

Photos taken today of the last two: Wynona and Kira. Kira looks like she did when she twinned last year. Wynona is HUGE.

As soon as more lambs arrive I'll post again.