2/15/2020

I went out at 5:00 to check on Della.  She's looking like she is going to lamb soon.  It was very cold outside.  We went out to check on the sheep around 8:30 and Della had lambed twins.  It was only 6 degrees outside and the lambs were covered in icy amniotic fluids.  I dragged them to a stall and my hand was freezing from pulling their icy legs.  We warmed them up with towels  We tube fed them some colostrum.  They are doing very well.  There is a boy (11.4 lbs) and a girl (12.8 lbs).  The boy lamb's umbilical was swollen and bleeding.  We tied it off with a single strand of cotton yarn.