Lambing is done, with 12 lambs total.  The smallest ewe, Bitty Bits, had the tiniest ram lamb.  This little boy was a throwback to Bits' Lincoln ancestry, with a very Lincoln face and blocky body - but oh, so tiny!!  And the last ewe to lamb, Mooch (can you guess why she got that name?) had a set of ram twins: one is Leicester-y white, the other the chunky throwback red!  They were almost as big as Bits' lamb when they were born!  The 3 of them are penned with their moms, and have a grand time running lamb races.

Tuesday was the arrival of the new chicks, an assortment of breeds!  My current favorite, Cuckoo Marans, and Americanas, Golden Lace Wyandottes, Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, Columbian Wyandottes, and Speckled Sussex!  They'll add a lot of plumage color to the barnyard, as well as the assortment of egg colors.  And since some are straight run, the roosters will go into the freezer.

And I realized this past week that the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is a little over a month away.  Time to really get cracking with the dyeing and some carding that needs to be done so it will all be ready. 

Somewhere in there over the next month, I need to get the garden ready and cold tolerant plants planted and overall get organized - someday!  And work on fencing, too - a never ending task....