auction win
winning this at auction today (thanks to a tip from my sweetie) does take a little of the sting away,
from the fact that our second pregnant ewe, blackstrap, gave birth to a stillborn lamb last night, and then a second, much smaller, twin lamb, too weak to live or revive - not for lack of trying.
we were up most of the night out in the barn with towels, hair dryer, and heating pad; milking colostrum from the mama and tube feeding her lamb - to no avail.
finally we called it quits and headed back to the warmth of the house, crawling into a deep sleep,
only to arise a handful of hours later by alarm
for the auction,
arriving within 10 minutes of this going on the block.
auction win
winning this at auction today (thanks to a tip from my sweetie) does take a little of the sting away,
from the fact that our second pregnant ewe, blackstrap, gave birth to a stillborn lamb last night, and then a second, much smaller, twin lamb, too weak to live or revive - not for lack of trying.
we were up most of the night out in the barn with towels, hair dryer, and heating pad; milking colostrum from the mama and tube feeding her lamb - to no avail.
finally we called it quits and headed back to the warmth of the house, crawling into a deep sleep,
only to arise a handful of hours later by alarm
for the auction,
arriving within 10 minutes of this going on the block.