Monday, 11:35 PM, 22 February 2010
Temperature: 28 F, overcast and calm
Today there was enough sun for the ewes to be lolling all over the pasture. One of the ganders decided to talk advantage of a female goose in the watering hole we'd set up; it's a toddler's sandbox in the shape of a ladybug, filled with water. It apparently doubles as a goose rape center; mildly disturbing, but procreation in the avian world does not appear to be for romantics.
A couple of the ewes have significantly distended teats by now, and the ewe we call 13 (after her eartag, her breeding paperwork having yet to arrive, still) is pretty well ready to drop her lamb (or lambs, as we suspect she'll twin) any moment now, in particular. We went out after dinner to have a look and brought an offering of hay, but no sign of lambs so far. We will be checking again in the morning, of course.
Minnow's kits are doing quite well and are occasionally seen, although they hide at the drop of a hat. The sheep enclosures were shifted as well, and soon we will begin setting up nest boxes with some chicken wire over them for support for weatherproofing.
The kittens had to stay in today as we were having the cracked windshield in the pickup truck replaced and we didn't want the risk of them getting run over or spooked too badly.
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