I just can't believe it! Dorothy has not yet given birth. In addition, the rest haven't either other than Emma. Valerie has 12 sheep. Emma and three other ewes were purchased from her friend Lorna who is moving to Prince Edward Island. We had eight sheep at the beginning of 2009 and they were Blondy, Xaviar, Pinky, 1070, Big White/1067 & Little White, Scruffy/1062 and Dorothy/1069. The four new ewes plus Big White, Little White, Scruffy and Dorothy were bred by Limpy in November. Blondy is the matriarch and Xaviar is the handsome, castrated dude.

In April last year Pinky was first to give birth to three rams; second was Scruffy, a first time mother, to two ewe lambs and a ram lamb; Dorothy, also a young first time mother had two ram lambs; 1070 had two ewe lambs, one which unfortunately died, and a ram lamb; 1068 gave birth to a ewe and ram lamb; and last was Big White/1067 who gave birth to two ewe lambs.

Valerie just now told me that Limpy was with the ewes till November 5. So, I'm hoping that we'll have a busy coming week with several successful deliveries.