The Sheep were 'due' on Monday, so I'd arranged to work at home Monday and Wednesday, with Tuesday and Thursday scheduled for the London commute, in the hope that the Sheep would respect this plan and deliver their lamb(s) with ease, fitting into my schedule.
So on Monday, which was in theory the due date, nothing happened, except for a
Red-legged Partridge on the roof of the Barn - the first I've seen here. Neither did anything happen on Tuesday,which was quite lucky, but early Wednesday morning, Sheila had twin lambs, it must have been sometime between 4 and 5 am and they arrived without any assistance from me (a boy and a girl) the boy was a little small so I helped with some bottle colostrum and all seemed fine.
If I was predicting which sheep would be the first to deliver it would have been Shaniqua based purely on size as she is huge. I'm actually beginning to think that during the 3 week stint with the Ram, she was instead taken to the Rhino enclosure at Marwell Zoo, as I am sure she will give birth to a Rhino (or about 6 lambs).
In addition on Wednesday, there were
2 Willow Warblers singing away in the willow trees aoutside the kitchen and
2 House Martins flew over.
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| Sheila on the right with 2 new born lambs - Shaniqua very fat and waiting ion the left |
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| Lambs are fine, Sheila is not a natural ! |
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| Red-legged Partridge on Barn roof |
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| One of two Willow Warblers outside kitchen .... in a willow |
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