Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Life can be fickle

Before I tell you my good news, I want to thank each of you for your heart~felt words of comfort.  I know that there is no real answer to my question, but it's how I felt yesterday when my heart was heavy.   I prayed for an end to the little lambs suffering even when I knew there was not much chance she was going to recover, my prayer was answered, just not in the way I had planned.  Answers to pray aren't always what we want, but it's always what is best, that is a life lesson I've learned the hard way.  Her mom, Alabama, spent most of the day and night calling for her baby and I so wanted to be able to comfort her.

So, my good news.........We had another oops baby waiting when I got back home!!!  Salina, a Salicional x Forrest daughter, had a beautiful, healthy fawn kat ewe lamb.  She is lovely and has the oddest markings on her head and around her neck.  I had no intention of breeding any of my 2011 ewe lambs, but it turns out that Bug had other ideas.  When I saw that there was another lamb on the ground, my husband reminded me that Bug did escape after he got him back to me from his vacation at Juliann's house in December.  I remember saying to him, "Boy, I sure hope he didn't breed anyone".   Ha, subconsciously I knew it was rubbish the second it left my mouth.  
Here she is.....Santana, my little oops lamb that came at exactly the right time.  
Salina and her ewe lamb, Santana
Salina is a stellar mom, just like her mom...Salicional.

What would you say this head marking would be?  She has a white "beard " that goes around her head too.  And that
goofy white spot on her nose.  She's just a cutie pie.
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We spent most of last night preparing for the shearer's arrival, he is coming tonight after we get off work.  We spent a bit of our time flipping over the rest of the "unbred" yearlings to make sure we didn't have any more surprises.  Looks like we are finally done with a total of 29 lambs.  

4 comments:

  1. In His perfect time.... (the name of one of my favorite songs by Moira Brennan, Enya's sister)

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    1. Amen!! A song title that is very fitting.

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  2. Congratulations on a beautiful, little, ewe lamb, Kelly! God has a way of giving us a break when we really need one.

    I would call her markings smirslet. I would have said krunet but if the white goes behind her ear to her neck ~ and there is also white on her nose ~ she would be smirslet. To the best of MY memory, anyway...

    Enjoy your babies!

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    1. I thought Krunet at first, then I saw how far back the white went and I thought, Smirslet, but kind of a asymmetrical Smirslet. lol

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