Our first born Leicester Longwool lamb came into the world early Sunday, May 9, 2010.  Sunday was Jerry’s birthday in addition to being Mother’s Day. What a wonderful surprise it was when Jerry went into the barn to find a little lamb nursing on mama.

We had the video feed coming into the house, but did not hear a sound. The first I knew of the baby was when I heard Jerry say “there’s a baby in the barn.” Thank goodness for video cameras, otherwise I would have had to wait for him to come into the house to find out.

I put a doggie diaper on her  and wrapped her up in a beach towel because it was raining and cool here when she went to her first vet check-up today. I did not want her to catch cold.

She sat on my lap during the car ride, baa-baa-baaing.

When we got to the vets, we let her down on the floor. She squatted to go pee-pee twice. The diaper held it all.

Then the vet, Dr. Pearson came in. We put her up on the table to get her tail banded, get her shot and to find out for sure that she was a girl.

She weighs 6 pounds 8 ounces and is perfectly healthy! She is such a precious little lamb, so curious.

She feel asleep in my arms on the way home from the vet. When we got home, she woke up. Mama and baby were happy to see one another again! As soon as I put her down in the barn, she ran to mama and began suckling milk.

I located some Leicester Longwool Sheep earlier this summer here in Indiana. I contacted the lady who said she did have some for sale. We arranged pick up to be on my birthday. We actually ended up getting them the day before which was great since I kept dreaming of the sheep and found myself anxiously awaiting pickup time.

The lamb ram is named Johnny (white) and the ewe is Pearl (black). These sheep are so sweet and pretty. I can hardly wait to spin the fiber.

After looking at a lot of sheep I am glad we decided to choose these. They don’t get excited, even when our dogs bark at them. They come up to us for attention and follow us around when we let them out into the yard.

We need to find a better way to feed them their hay however as it does get in their fiber, especially around their faces.

Sheri