Lamb Stall

We put the stall back together in the barn. We had moved the corral panels down to the sheep pasture to contain Larry and Louie. We put the arch gate that was in the barn at the end of the aisle behind the chain link. The new stall is about 12’x12’ with a 4’ gate. It is low now because we aren’t planning to put any giant horses in it. We actually put it up for the bum lamb Edith called us about. It’s third of a set of triplets. The ewe will only nurse two so it pushed this one away. Kind of like Little Larry’s plight. Edith evidently knows we are suckers for cute little baby farm animals so she said we could have this one. She gave her to us for the price of the ten pounds of dry milk formula she sent with her. So, knowing this little lamb was coming we decided to put the stall up. We put wire in the board gaps to keep coyotes and stray dogs out. We had no idea. Completely clueless we were. You’ll see. She’s in the garage now.

Larry likes to follow Larry around the pasture. Larry kind of likes having Larry there too.

The big horses were enjoying the nice weather and the newly green grass. It was in the 30’s this morning but got up into the 60’s by afternoon.

Heidi came up to get a drink and see what all the noise was about.

I got the tiller out and opened up the garden. We’ll put a bunch of compost on it and till that in next.

New stall. It’s good for minis and lambing ewes. We’ll leave the posts long in case we want to add another board. We plan to finish the kick wall and make another stall next to this one.

See what I mean. There is no way this little thing was going to stay out in the stall. Lisa had gloves on to wash her off. She isn’t afraid to touch her. We didn’t need to hook up the trailer to get this one.

She came with a little sweater to keep her warm She is pretty much hairless.