Last night when we put the sheep up for the night we realized that Little Girl was going to deliver very soon. Her bag was swollen and tight. Sure enough this morning about 9:30 AM her water broke. I had to go to work so we put her in the birthing stall in the barn. With Pat's help on the second one; she had two precious babies. The first was a little boy who is white with a pale brown face and a brown circle around his neck. He was 9# 3 oz. Then came the little girl who had her front legs folded under her instead of feet first, nose between. It's rather hard to give birth to head and knees simutaneously! But Pat worked with her and one very dark brown little girl with a white patch on her head and striped legs, esp. the left rear leg, came forth. She was 9# 1 oz. In honor of Pat, I named the babies Wayne and Patty (Patrick Wayne). The mama is a barbados hair sheep and the daddy 1/2 wooly and 1/2 suffolk so we get some fantastic little ones from that mix! They both have barbados faces, slender and small and suffolk legs, long. Of course, I am in love with them. We'll try to get some pictures tonight before we put the sheep in their night pasture.
I made the butternut squash rolls and they are rising this late afternoon. Thank goodness for the kitchenaid mixer with the dough hook! I had never used it to make yeast bread before but it's such a snap and makes the kneading part real minimal. I felt about 14 again kneading bread! I'll let you know how they turn out.
Gotta clean out one more kitchen cabinet before I start supper. Ta Ta.
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