Anyway! These two girls are Kerry and Ruby, the largest members of Emma's flock.
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Ruby is a fun "guess the breed" experiment. My initial guess a month ago was a Suffolk cross of some sort, but now she's growing a lot of wool on her face and head so I've changed that guess to a Hampshire Down cross. Time will tell!
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"But how's Ruth the lamb!?" I hear the masses cry. Well, she's doing great!
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Please don't eat Ruth.
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Hugs are better, thank you.
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As for Emma's favourite, little Pixie, she's not so little anymore.
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That's the spot...
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It was great to see everyone doing so well. Ruth with Katie in the background:
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And Lily:
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I made a brief visit with the cows too.
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But I had even more lambs to see! Emma had
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...and Crumble, and little Jack too.
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Jack is small but very cute!
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Yes, Cookie, you're cute too.
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But this is perhaps my favourite of Emma's lambs. I gave young Stubby here to Emma about a week ago. I gave him to her because he had about a fifty per-cent chance of making it, but I thought that if Emma could get him going then she deserved to have him... and just look at him! The poor little chap only has the one ear.
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He was very happy to have new friends.
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I spent so long taking photos at the door that Crumble got bored and had a lie down.
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Good luck with your lambs, Emma! You're doing great!
Love the itchy spot pics :-D. So what happened to the ear?
ReplyDeleteHe was born that way. I have a theory about it. He was one of two. His brother was very big and Stubby very small, and their mother was only a hogget so maybe Stubby was squashed a bit in the womb? We're not even sure if he can see. I think he can, a vet thought he couldn't - but he can jump up steps which is not something a blind lamb could do. Time will tell! But he's a character. :)
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