The new guy
We got a new little ram lamb last night. This one was acquired instead of home-grown. Our ewe DuClair that lost both of her lambs has a new adopted baby. One of the other Shetland sheep breeders in the area had a lamb that was rejected by her mother. We had a ewe with full udders with no lambs. Perfect!
We got him home at 10:00pm or so last night. Neither party was thrilled with the situation, and he ended up getting his first feedings via bottle (which he was also not thrilled about). However, he’s decided that he enjoys nursing now and sets-to with vigor. DuClair is STILL not thrilled. :D She’ll either get over it in a few days, or we’ll just keep holding her head while the little guy nurses, which is a LOT easier than bottle-feeding.
The new lamb is black with just a few little white tufts on his ears. We’ve named him Jerome. He was named after this Jerome, not this Jerome, but if you want to have a sheep name-sake Jerome, I’ll say we named him after you all along ;)
