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Triplets?!

3/12/2016

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The other day while we were both at work Bixler's Girlfriend gave birth to triplets. She must feel so much.... lighter. 
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Bixler's Girlfriend is one of our best mothers, often helping her sister Sweet Pea tend to her lambs. At first when we found her with three babies we thought perhaps she stole from another mother.  After investigation we found that no one else had lambed, confirming she really did have triplets.  Based on her mothering history I am really not concerned that she will be able to juggle three different lambs. So far, she has not proven me wrong and has been taking great care of getting all three off to a good start. 

The group had two males and one female. 
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It is not easy to get all of them in one shot. Below, they are just a few hours old, just learning how to walk. 
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The look of a happy lamb.
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We will need to keep a close eye on the growth of the lambs for a few days. Bixler's Girlfriend will need extra calories in order to support the increased milk production needed to feed triplets. If one of the lambs is not growing at the same rate as the other two we will need to decide which lamb to pull off and start bottle feeding. It would seem that pulling the smallest lamb off would be best, but we would prefer to pull off the largest lamb. A small, weak lamb would benefit more from on demand nursing with the mother, while a larger, strong lamb can better handle the time between bottle feedings. Hopefully we will not need to get out the bottles this year. 
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