Few more from the flock

and then I'm done posting about them, I promise. 

My parents take care of about hundred some sheep, and last month they were all due to start lambing.  It seems to be another big year for sets of quads, triplets, twins, so there are sheep all over the farm! 

When a ewe has multiple lambs, many times my parents will have to supplement one or three with baby bottles.  This one got the sheep suite located in their living room, since it's about half the size of his siblings.  When it's very cold out, and the lambs are this tiny, they have a harder time surviving the elements of the weather, even in the barn, so they get a warm and cozy spot reserved for them, in the house!

It's been such a cold time for these poor lambs, and it seems the colder it is, the more lambs my parents end up taking care of.  This poor little guy had frostbite on his ears shortly after he was born.  Although most of them are born in the barn, some of them are born prematurely outside.  He seems quite content inside the barn now, and he's doing very well. 

While I could never do this as a full time job, I love going to the farm during lambing season, and witnessing the births and the bond between the ewes and the lambs.  It is a lot of hard work, but it's also a pretty unique experience.  I think my parents are amazing people for doing what they do!