Just when we were sure that there were no babies arriving this spring, we were shocked!!
On May 4th, 2 days before Shelly was coming home from school
and two months after most of our lambs have arrived, little Fawn was outside in the pasture when we went to feed the sheep that night. We were shocked! Mom actually cried a bit she was so happy..
Fawn is a gorgeous baby black girl sheep. She looks just like a little baby deer - very leggy. I don't know if it's just the fact there is only one this year or what, but she looked gigantic as soon as she was born!
She's a month old now and beautiful! She hops around, jumps, leaps, kicks her little legs and chases the wild roosters (definitely my favorite hobby of hers). She's often in places she shouldn't be making me wonder if the "bad" gene is in Arthur's blood since her half brother Franklin is also a big brat! Sure, we had 4 babies last year, but just this one is pretty fun too.
Why the plural with the subject when there's just one lamb??
My you're quick!
Well, we've got baby ducks too!!
As of yesterday, there's one adorable baby :) The ducks (because, yes, there are
two ducks on one nest!) have been sitting on a nest for some time now and I think we were all starting to suspect that much like the sheep, the ducks were not going to have any babies either ... but we shall see.
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First thing this morning, a family came to pick up several of our very beautiful (very annoying) wild chickens. My mom saw a post online last night of a family looking for some more to add in with several young hens they had.. So we went out to catch a few. 3 roosters and 2 wild hens less here! Slowly we are getting rid of them!
Moving along with the farm day, we also had conversations with several people about our broken tractor and possibly selling it after posting it on craigslist. We found a great group of people down the road interested and came to a deal! And, they said they'd be able to help from time to time on the farm, something we could use..
