It is that time of year again.

The leaves have fallen, the clover is blossoming and the sheep are all starting to act a little funny.  Today is the first possible day for our ewes to have their lambs.  I usually have to stop myself from watching sheep go about their daily routines.  I’m fascinated by how they take their meals.  Which plants will they eat first?  I am amused often by their interactions with each other.  If the older ewes see that a youngster found a nice patch of forage they will push her out of the way, and not gently.

This is lambing season and it is a time of year when I get to take as much time watching the sheep as I would like.  I look for subtle changes in their behavior that hint at an eminent birth.  This time of the year also means I don’t go very far or very long from the farm.  Although I can spot a ewe in labor most of the time, some of them are pretty good at hiding it.  We tend to have most of our lambs about fourteen to twenty-one days into lambing season we tend to have a few early birds.  The early birds tend to be first time moms so we have to keep an eye on them to make sure they get through okay.

Pay attention to our facebook page for photos of the new lambs.

-Shaun