Pictures from the farm

Just thought I'd post some pics of the new babies.

This is our new Angora doeling.  She was born last Wednesday and we named her Darcy-

Here is Babar, my daughter's Barbados Blackbelly lamb.  He's a bottle baby two and a half weeks old now.

We had a bull calf born this morning.  First one this calving season.  Mama is red Angus and he's a little black Angus.

One of our Muscovey drakes.  These guys run over 20 punds!

And, of course, Sadie.  She loves having her picture taken.  She's actually a donkey, but thinks she's an overgrown dog.

And here's Mercy.  She's a yearling Icelandic ewe.  Very friendly.  I just got her in February.

Hope to have more calves and kids to post pictures of soon.

From Glory Farm

Babar the Birthday Present

We got a phone call last week from some friends who had a lamb that had a mother who wouldn't take him.  He was the smallest lamb I have ever seen.  Smaller than our cat.  I wasn't going to take him, knowing the work involved and figuring he never got any colustrum to start.  Well our youngest has a birthday on Monday, and she said that this would be her present.  So for ten days, we've doctored this guy through scours and constipation, sniffles and a bum leg.  So here's a pic, not of him, but he does look like this:

 

He's a Barbados Blackbelly Sheep.

And here's what he'll look like when he grows up:

Nice looking pet? He's adorable now, though.

Off to enjoy the sunshine.