The Meeting of the Lambs

Lena's twin girls spied the new lambs and boldly set out to meet them, all on their own, since mom was busy eating at the feeder.

Jean's twins saw the lambs and hid behind their mother.

The lambs are only a week older than the new borns. They surely do grow quickly.

Jean's babies did not want to come out to play.

So Lena's twin girls went back to find their mother. How sweet the whole episode was.

Oh my goodness, new lambs are cute and the last four born on the Fat Ewe Farm are indeed among the cutest. Jacob lambs are always black and white, but there are lilac ones too, which is a greyish colour and white. Primarily, they are black and white and they are small when they are born. The new lambs born last week have grown so much already. They were a bit larger to start with than the pure bred Jacobs just born, because Karakul lambs are good sized, but they are also half Jacob. One has the markings of his father, but his body is black, except for the tail, which has a white tip. The little white ewe lamb is just like her beautiful Karakul mother. 

Today, Jean the Jacob had brought her babies out to meet the flock at a distance. They had already learned the safe place was next to mother and Jean is excellent at calling them to her. I put them in the barn tonight because it is snowing quite hard and the ittle ones are so new, they cannot regulate their body temperatures as well as the fully insulated mother. Though she is very instinctual, she did not want to keep them in the barn or shelter out of the snow, so I locked them up until morning for their safe keeping. 

This morning, though, the babies were out and Lena the Karakul was eating. Lena's twin girls were curious about the new comers and came prancing over. The all white girl is very bold and her sister followed her. Jean's babies did not want to meet the other little lambs though, and they sniffed eachother and then hid behind mother. It was absolutely adorable!