Harald is out

Having become increasingyl noisy and demanding whilst in the house, the Caddie lamb has been moved outside in a pen , with the  goose house having been unused by the goose  as a shelter , hes all set up
 And now is on 3 feeds a day

New Home

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Ferdinand , the orphan lamb, has been moved out into the field. He has hisown bit, with a shelter if the weather is bad . And the bottle-feeding has stopped and he is now on a bucket. (Goats) milk gets added a couple of times a day and milk is taken 'ad lib'. He is also starting to graze on the grass.

And he has been  exploring his new home

Another cade lamb

So at about 2110 , one of the remaining 2 ewes went in to labour. Watching at a distance it all went well , albeit slowly with the second stage about 40 minutes ( usually 10 minutes or so ) .

An attentive mother did what she should and licked the lamb, which tried to stand

 but the lamb would get head-butted away.

So the next step was to corral the  mother and lamb, latch the lamb on ,so it could suck and feed and see of that changed things . So some successful latching and feeding

but given a chance the lamb was butted away.  Sometimes the mother doesnt take to the lamb. This looks like on of those occasions.
So we have our second Caddie, on 4 hourly feeds at the moment. A bit loud and insistent , this one .

Edward no mates

Our caddie lamb (Edward) needs some company. We cant really put  him in a field within earshot of his mother - they are bothe likely to get distressed on hearing each other. So we thought wed try him with the new twins - they  are in an enclosed space and all the lambs might get on

 the lambs got on fine , but the mother didn't like him going near her, and her lambs, being just over 24 hours old, don't venture far.  So he has been returned to his enclosure and we will try again in a few days

Our own Cade

It started quite well - the Boraray ewe gave birth to twins.

The first one was born with the  legs straight back rather than bent forwards. Lambs in this position often cant be born without assistance but nevertheless, all three doing well in the first 24 hours . But then one of them was rejected by the ewe ( it happens from time to time - the ewe is happy with just one) . Had we left the lamb with her it could have been seriously injured by the ewe.

So we now have our own caddy (orphan) lamb .

After exploring the kitchen

He has been brought inside and need to be bottle fed 4 hourly for the first few days and have somewhere to sleep.
And someone to hold it and help keep it warm.