Early lambs!
Posted: Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
Erlend practices his father skills... (Summer photo)
Magnus the ram jumped the fence and visited two of his wives about a month earlier then *we* had planned. Yesterday Madaline gave birth to healthy twin rams!! And doesn't she look proud... too bad my camera didn't work enough to take a photo.
I might be expecting a bairn myself so if the test is positive poor Erlend is going to have to lamb the sheep and care for the caddies by himself this year. (I was able to see the lambs by peeking from a safe distance...) I feel bad for him because he'll be up to his eyes with calving and also all of the craziness of preparing the fields for their crops. I told Erlend that if there is a little bun in my oven I'll gladly check the sheep at night via the cameras in the byre and then he can at least sleep unless there's an emergency. He's investigating some new cameras with zoom function so I can play pregnant demi-god and spy on the yows from the luxury of our warm bed.
I hope the test is positive for me ~ I'll keep ya'll updated! This would be our first and long awaited bairn!!
Comments
Fingers crossed for you, Moo, but I think Erland will have to brush up his skills, as the method he's using in the photo might not work with a human baby. Good luck.
Jill from EK
I'm looking foreward to see Mathilda and her lambs( and the bell too). Please, get your camera up and go.
Dag from Norway
Fingers & toe's all crossed for you !
Angela from Fair Isle Mud Spa
Fingers crossed for you.
Carol from IBHQ
Chuffed for you both! I'll keep my fingers crossed - lovely news.
Stromness Dragon from knitting bootees
TGMitN, I'll keep my fingers crossed for your longed-for outcome. But why, o why, were you only allowed to peek at the lambs from a distance? Is this some ancient Orkney folklore, that a possibly-pregnant woman can only look at lambs at a distance? How deliciously quaint!
Barney from Swithiod not superstitious
There is a condition inimical to pregnancy which can be caught from pregnant ewes and newborn lambs. Hence no visits to the sheep.
Hyper-Borean from Gray's Anatomy
ooooohhhh this is soooooo exciting. fingers and toes crossed....keep away from the farm and especially the dirty clothes and boots - its a no-go area.
scallowawife from in a state of excitement
Congratulations on your terrific news!
greg from new jersey usa
I'll keep everything crossed too. Barney, there is some infection which pregnant women are supposed to avoid that you can get from being around lambing - toxo something or other. You'll be glad I answered, I'm just sooo well informed!
alix from west midlands
Have you been trying for a while then MOO? Is the world ready for a Moo-Moo Bairn? If it's a boy call him Paul ( good catholic name is Paul) If it's a girl, maybe Mary ( you know after The Virgin Mary) just something to think about. I've got my legs crossed, but that's because I need to go. Good Luck Moo-Moo
Tws from The Pharmacy
Thanks for sharing your news. Springtime (still to come for you) brings all those thoughts and hopes for new life, renewal, and of course, Easter. Here's wishing the very best for you.
DefineYourTerms from Outside DC, USA
All the very best for a safe and uneventful pregnancy, Moo. A little luck and a healthy life style should do the trick. In due course IBloggers will naturally be treated to photos of the baby, provided of course IB is not required to fork out scarce resources for the rights to photos of mother and baby.
mjc from NM,USA
Forget it, TWS: you are as old fashioned as I am. I suspect we are going to be treated to "invention," not convention. Forget Sarah, Hannah, Joseph (the old fashioned side-kick of Mary) and Paul. Boy or girl, I would bet a groatie buckie (au naturel - I may have to visit Ronaldsay) that Dounby will not have heard the name before. I could be wrong, but don't hold your breath.
mjc from NM
Fingers and toes crossed here for yeh, too! Best wishes for a smoooooth everything! I agree - no common names, I'll bet!
Ecstatic for ewe, I mean you from on t'other side of the world
So...I traded my quiet cabin in the Alaskan woods for the howling winds of Orkney and life on a farm. 
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