Twins!!!!

Take a deep breath mom and dad, these twins are four legged and have white fur all over.  And they say baaaaaa...

Junior asked us last fall if he could raise sheep to sell.  B and I thought it would be a good idea for him to be able to start his own little business and to teach him responsibility.  He did lots of reading on how to care for and raise lambs.  The farm where we get our milk and beef had orphan lambs to sell.  Junior bought two yesterday that were born in the freak April snow storm we got and were cold in the pasture.  They were brought into the barn at the farm and bottle fed.  Once they knew that the lambs were gonna pull through I got the call and B picked them up on the way home from work.  They are fed roughly four ounces of milk replacer every four hours.  Hopefully by the end of the weekend we will be up to every six hours.  They are currently taking up residence in my laundry room in my old wooden toy box my grandpa made for me when I was a child.  It hasn't been used for years to hold toys, so why not hold lambs.  We have been working on a pen area for them, but haven't quite finished it.  They should hopefully be moved outside by the weekend and start nibbling on grass by this time next week.  We will have to bottle feed for approximately six weeks, but with more ounces per feeding, but fewer times a day.  We have one boy and one girl lamb.  Junior has decided to name the boy Tom or Tommy, but undecided on a name for the girl.  He says they are his breeding pair, so next summer we will be able to breed and have our own lamb born on the farm in Spring 2016, hopefully.

Last night I took care of all of the feedings, but starting tonight I will make Junior get up at least one time during the night to help with feeding.  They seem to be getting use to the nipples and are latching on better than they were yesterday.  A new adventure for our family. 

Until next time,

T