Christmas Surprise!

Wow! Surprise December babies! The clever and good-mothering Longface got pregnant back in early July, which was not expected. However, I noticed she was showing about 6 weeks ago and started feeding her in her own special feeding spot, and we managed to crutch and vaccinate her (though not early enough).

On Friday I came home from work to find baby #1 freshly hatched. She was a little cold, so I wrapped her in a towel from the dryer and she perked right up.  Soon, baby #2 came right out with just a couple of pushes. Twin 9 lb. ewe lambs! And now I don’t have to wait til mid-March to get my baby fix.

Mom and babies are doing very well and I am spoiling them.

Lela, left and Bugs, right. Two generations of Longface babies.

I am keeping these girls because Longface is an exceptional mother, even by Southdown standards. She does her best to have them when I am not home and gets annoyed when I try to help her. Her babies are clever. Bugs, the wether, we kept as a pet because he helps us herd the sheep where we need to go. He figured out that he could use his long neck to bend down small trees to get to the leaves on top (we were wondering why all the wool on his neck was rubbed off). Lela, her daughter, discovered a secret persimmon tree and kept it from all the other sheep and humans except her buddy Pixie.

She also tends to have babies with beautiful dark noses and boots. I have yet to be able to show one due to timing issues, so hopefully one of these twins will go to the fair next year!

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