As of this morning, we had officially checked in 88 lambs! After the lambs are born and have been cleaned up by their mom, we give them a little check up. We record the ewe's number and then record the date the lamb was born, the sex and weight of the lamb, and it's ear tag number. We give each lamb a shot of Selenium and Vitamin B, cut the umbilical cord if need be, weigh the lamb, and tag its ear. Within about five minutes the lamb is back with momma.

It is pretty wild in the pasture with all of these lambs. There is so much communicating going on, between the adult sheep and especially between the lambs and their moms. Some of the lambs are getting big enough that they travel in little lamb packs and run and jump and play in a big group. It is quite a scene.

One of the Icelandic sheep had two lambs and must have rejected one of them. When we arrived at the farm the other morning, Owen and I were surprised to see a black lamb with one of the Dorset/Polypay ewes. We couldn't imagine that she had given birth to a black lamb, so we went in for closer inspection. Somehow the Dorset momma adopted the Icelandic lamb and added it to her brood. The lamb she herself had and the adopted lamb both seem to be doing well and everyone involved seems happy.