View Full Version : The Maternity Ward!
calismum
17-04-2009, 09:56 AM
Thought you might like to see the maternity ward. Also doubles up as A&E, labour ward and nursery!!
I thought I had three - where did the other two come from?
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/cats/P4160525.jpg
ok - that's two, number three get over here now.
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/cats/P4160519.jpg
Come on no two, keep up - we're being fed you know.
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/cats/P4160513.jpg
Are you awake yet? I'm bored.
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/cats/P4160514.jpg
Whey hey, lets play!
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/cats/P4160523.jpg
Play - no way. I'm having a snooze now.
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/cats/P4160520.jpg
Most of the sheep in here have triplets. :lol:
mattde
17-04-2009, 10:00 AM
Great photos calismum
alexgirl73
17-04-2009, 10:46 AM
adorable!! How common is if for sheep to have triplets?
Aren't those little ones lovely? Bless their little tails :-D
calismum
17-04-2009, 11:24 AM
adorable!! How common is if for sheep to have triplets?
The blackface usually have 1 or 2. Triplets are quite unusual.
The ones with the white faces usually have 2 - 4 but 3 is quite common.
calismum
17-04-2009, 11:25 AM
Great photos calismum
Thanks:lol:
Oh what lovely pics, I think lambs are so cute :lol:
How many lambs have you had so far this year CM?
janey83
17-04-2009, 01:36 PM
Awwwwwwwwwww, they are sooo cute!
angieh
17-04-2009, 01:45 PM
Adorable pictures CM! Has it been a good year so far?
calismum
17-04-2009, 02:00 PM
Oh what lovely pics, I think lambs are so cute :lol:
How many lambs have you had so far this year CM?
Around 200 so far Mags
Awwwwwwwwwww, they are sooo cute!
Thankyou - I agree!
Adorable pictures CM! Has it been a good year so far?
Yes, we've only had three really wet and windy days. Last year it poured from start to finish!
Elaine
17-04-2009, 03:34 PM
I want one!!! They are just adorable:D
Great photos, thanks for sharing them :)
calismum
17-04-2009, 03:36 PM
I want one!!! They are just adorable:D
So if we are missing a few I'll know where to look first:-D
calismum
17-04-2009, 03:37 PM
Great photos, thanks for sharing them :)
Glad you like them
Elaine
17-04-2009, 03:37 PM
So if we are missing a few I'll know where to look first:-D
You'll never find them, I'm incredibly good at hiding things and animals:lol: :lol: :lol:
dinahsmum
17-04-2009, 03:51 PM
The new lambs are out in the fields at home. It's really spring when the hedges green up and the fields turn white with sheep and lambs. I love the little gangs they form and then have jumping or butting contests ... and then mother calls them for tea and they dash off to the milk bar, little tails going 10 to the dozen. It seems mean the way they butt their mums though - as if mum wouldn't supply their milk :roll: .
calismum
17-04-2009, 03:56 PM
The new lambs are out in the fields at home. It's really spring when the hedges green up and the fields turn white with sheep and lambs. I love the little gangs they form and then have jumping or butting contests ... and then mother calls them for tea and they dash off to the milk bar, little tails going 10 to the dozen. It seems mean the way they butt their mums though - as if mum wouldn't supply their milk :roll: .
Most of ours are out. We keep in triplets in the hope we can adopt one onto a single.
I usually take the camera out to the field on a sunny day and spend a few hours taking photos and just watching them play chases and having skipping comps!
PoshPuss
17-04-2009, 05:01 PM
Well yourmums are setting a good example CM, my mums-to-be are very slow to pop!All going over their due dates. Maybe its just too cold yet for my babies to 'hatch out'. :D
calismum
17-04-2009, 05:03 PM
Well yourmums are setting a good example CM, my mums-to-be are very slow to pop!All going over their due dates. Maybe its just too cold yet for my babies to 'hatch out'. :D
:lol: :lol: :lol:
we'll expect pics when they do tho'
smudgley
17-04-2009, 07:53 PM
I love lammies. Right vegetarianism here I come (well after I've had my chinese take-away which John has just gone to fetch) :roll:
dandysmom
17-04-2009, 08:02 PM
Lovely pictures, thanks for sharing that. Those little lambs are adorable!
calismum
17-04-2009, 08:14 PM
I love lammies. Right vegetarianism here I come (well after I've had my chinese take-away which John has just gone to fetch) :roll:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
random
17-04-2009, 08:18 PM
Oh how lovely are they!
calismum
17-04-2009, 08:18 PM
Lovely pictures, thanks for sharing that. Those little lambs are adorable!
Glad you enjoyed.
Just come back after checking a ewe who was scanned as having triplets to find she's had quads!!!!
dandysmom
17-04-2009, 08:28 PM
Good grief!! Can she suckle that many? Do ewes let other lambs suckle from them? Or will you have to bottle-feed?
dinahsmum
17-04-2009, 08:29 PM
:shock:
Poor thing!
calismum
17-04-2009, 09:11 PM
Good grief!! Can she suckle that many? Do ewes let other lambs suckle from them? Or will you have to bottle-feed?
She is in good condition so would be able to raise them if she was given extra feeding. We will probably try and twin a couple of them. We aim to have the mum's raising two, but it doesn't always work out that way.
Very few ewes will let other lambs suckle. Cattle are a bit more willing.
We'll see how they are in the morning and then decide what to do.
:shock:
Poor thing!
She does look a bit shell shocked!
dandysmom
17-04-2009, 09:37 PM
She is in good condition so would be able to raise them if she was given extra feeding. We will probably try and twin a couple of them. We aim to have the mum's raising two, but it doesn't always work out that way.
Very few ewes will let other lambs suckle. Cattle are a bit more willing.
We'll see how they are in the morning and then decide what to do.
She does look a bit shell shocked!
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