Lamb Update and Other Random Stuff
The lamb seems to be doing better.
I'm fairly confident the lamb is a ewe, so I'm gonna go with that until I see boy bits on her. She is still wobbly, but she's up and about and seems to be eating. I gave her some nutridrench for some oompf. I became concerned about Pumpernickel, though, because she seemed to be making noises when she breathed. I checked her eyelids, and it looked like she needed wormer. Andy also talked to the vet who recommended some antibiotics in case it was respiratory stuff from the weather changing to wet and cold all of a sudden. So, we got her medicated this evening.
In other sheep news, Sadie knocked off one of her scurs (teeny horns) and bled all over the place. We sprayed her with bluekot stuff (sorta like liquid bandaid), but she'd already somehow gotten blood on Pearl's face and on Pumpernickel's baby.
Look...a picture of Pearl, her twins, and black lamb.
I pulled a few weeds in the garden. The lettuce and carrot seeds seem to have sprouted. Or it could be weed seedlings. While I was there I saw that finally (yay) some asparagus shoots are coming up out of the new patch. Maybe I didn't kill them all after all. We've also picked a few asparaguseses from the old patch.
I'm fairly confident the lamb is a ewe, so I'm gonna go with that until I see boy bits on her. She is still wobbly, but she's up and about and seems to be eating. I gave her some nutridrench for some oompf. I became concerned about Pumpernickel, though, because she seemed to be making noises when she breathed. I checked her eyelids, and it looked like she needed wormer. Andy also talked to the vet who recommended some antibiotics in case it was respiratory stuff from the weather changing to wet and cold all of a sudden. So, we got her medicated this evening.
In other sheep news, Sadie knocked off one of her scurs (teeny horns) and bled all over the place. We sprayed her with bluekot stuff (sorta like liquid bandaid), but she'd already somehow gotten blood on Pearl's face and on Pumpernickel's baby.
Look...a picture of Pearl, her twins, and black lamb.
I pulled a few weeds in the garden. The lettuce and carrot seeds seem to have sprouted. Or it could be weed seedlings. While I was there I saw that finally (yay) some asparagus shoots are coming up out of the new patch. Maybe I didn't kill them all after all. We've also picked a few asparaguseses from the old patch.
I guess, though, we should probably name these critters eventually. If we don't, they will become Spotty, Not Spotty, Blackie, and Black Spotty for good.
