Today was once again full of babies and to be honest I can't even remember how many we had. I will try to recount the events to the best of my ability.
This morning #1 had twins, and #2 tried to steal them. Then #2 had a single (big ram!) that we had to pull because it was pretty stuck.
Then the local kindergarten class came to see the animals; imagine 16 young children chasing 30 goat kids, because that was the reality of our situation. The goats and the children all survived, and everyone enjoyed themselves (the children more than the goats I think haha).
Once the kindergarten left we went to check on the sheep again. #3 had had a single, and #4 was trying to have her's but once again the baby was too stuck. So we pulled our #4's two lambs as well. #4 has a weak ewe lamb so we're keeping a close eye on her.
We also had one bull calf today, just a little guy (only 83lbs).
I now have a lamb in a XL dog kennel in my living room. The poor thing was apparently abandoned by it's mother and probably hadn't had anything to eat until we found it curled up behind a bale. We brought it in at 4pm, T gave her some Cal Mag and Vit B, and this really helped; we also kept her on a heating pad. By 5:30 she was strong enough to drink, and happily guzzled down 3 ounces. We were a bit concerned about her because she hadn't urinated, but (lucky for me) she peed everywhere as I was giving her her second dose of Cal Mag and Vit B. I'll be getting up every 2-3hours to check on her, and I'm really hoping that all we've done for her will work, and we'll end up with a healthy ewe bottle lamb :).
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