Who doesn't love hour old baby lambs?

Early Sunday I went to the barn for morning checks to find a baby lamb outside the main sheep pen. He had rolled out under the gate and was separated from his mother. Inside the large pen was an upset mother and a twin lamb. 

19 (daughter of Sweet Pea) had birthed the lambs sometime in the early hours of the morning and luckily had strong mothering instincts.  By the time I got out there she had the lambs cleaned, dried off, and nursed.  This is 19's first lambing season and she has produced possibly the cutest lamb I have ever seen.  

I can not get enough of this little female lamb who is more white than black. Her brother is what we have traditionally seen for color.  I love how her white comes down her ears and across her face almost to her nose.  I think she looks like a Holstein calf.      

Bixler, our dog, is always a little meticulous with the lambs and wants to make sure they are as clean as possible.  Here you can see a little more of the white markings on the female's chin.  

Our 2016 has officially started. I can only hope the rest goes as smoothly.

This past Friday Jesse and Alice went to a "back to farm auction" in hopes of picking up some new sheep. Jesse was brave taking a two year old to a livestock auction, but it was a successful night. The next morning we were ready to welcome the sheep to the barn.

Alice wore an appropriate barn outfit....... don't argue with a toddler when they pick out their clothes.  (If you look close, you can see her shoes are on the wrong feet!)

I peered into the trailer to find these three cuties looking back at me. These are Suffolk ewes, they were all born in January 2015, and have been with a buck for the past few months.  They are potentially bred with an unknown lambing date..... Have I even mentioned how much I LOVE surprises?

Suffolk sheep have an all black "smooth" face.  Our last buck was a Hampshire, and his offspring have a bit more wool on their face, we refer to them as The Fuzzies. Below is 22, a 2014 Fuzzy.