We've been calling this small mixing pen the "cat corner" (there's a litter of kittens behind that big fan ;-), but I also called this the "pen of confusion" the other day. I was filling water buckets and noticed things were a little crazy and a couple lambs in this pen were probably not nursing off the correct moms. I watched for a minute and sure enough they were all swapped around.
It's not normal for ewes to let other ewes lambs nurse and two of the lambs are a couple days older than the other two so I was concerned the smaller ones were not getting enough to eat. I pulled the lambing book to check ear tags so I could figure out who was supposed to be where and guess what!
The two moms are sisters :-).
It's definitely not an ideal situation, but they seem to be making it work. These are their first lambs so I'm sure they are happy to have each other's company and support and between the two of them, they've got this motherhood thing :-D.
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Sisterhood. What a sweet story.
I think the sisters are brilliant! And the cousins all seem to be happy with the arrangement. Happy Mother’s Day will have to be Happy Aunt’s Day too.
As for the kittens, I trust they and Momcat are doing well?
How sweet is that! :)
Oh wow, that's really quite amazing! :D
So glad they're sticking together, rather than being "sheep" about the whole thing! Does that heart good.
What calm, pretty moms. How many lambs do they have between them? I count 4, or maybe 5. Or do I just not know how to count?
Momma cat is definitely doing well. She has the kittens tucked away to where all we can do is shine a flashlight down into their cubby :-/.
The twin sisters each had twin lambs :-).
That's what family is for!
Sweet ~ a family to follow!
so sweet. glad everyone is doing well-
what a sweet story!! I love when unusual relationships happen :)
As it should be.
Wow, that is unusual, but lovely! I hope everybody is getting plenty of milk now in the cat corner!
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