Another morning, another lamb, this one a cute ewe lamb with Border Leicester type wool.  Of course, getting to the barn early first thing in the morning is always a trip after Bill let me know there was a new lamb.........

Get CD/T and BoSE shots ready, get extra "barn" towels, getting all suited up for the barn, then walk out to barn, check new ewe lamb who is dry and walking around with a full tummy, so didn't really need towels, realize that - oh, rats, forgot the iodine - walk back to the house for iodine, walk back out to barn, give CD/T shot to Mom, give BoSE shot to lamb and iodine her navel, realize that Bill took Moms' water bucket out and they need it back in pen and need water, get water pail and get water for Moms, realize placenta is out and sort of buried and frozen in pen, so go get the pitch fork and then go back into pen and get the placenta, but - oops! it sort of slides off fork but catch end of it and wrap around fork tines, go out to the cart full of manure/hay and try to get placenta off pitch fork - it's frozen onto tines by then, and then back to double check all is OK in Mom pen and give the ram lamb born 2 days ago hugs and cuddles before heading back to house, leaving towels in feed room for future use.  And all of this before 6:30 am!

2 ewes have lambed, 15 more ewes to go; this will seem old hat by then!