2 am and finally get to go to bed

We had a busy night tonight, must have been the full moon.
Ginger had a nice sized set of twins, one boy and one girl. Started at 11:45 pm and ended at 12:20 am.
Then I noticed Wilma lying strange and out comes baby one at 12:20 am, I got a stall emptied out and cleaned, moved Willow to a different dry stall with no heat, and then moved Wilma in. By 1:30 am she had all three out. 2 girls and a boy. They are a bit smaller but still all looking good. Waited around till I saw all babies have a drink then come to the house.
Now off to bed...

Congrats on your babies! Wow! That was a BUSY night. Hope you got some good rest after all the excitement.

Everyone is doing well this am. Got 4 hours of quality sleep then up to milk cows and get kids ready for school. Definately a nap needed today.

Oh boy, what a night. So nice to hear these things. But reminds me why I have never really wanted to raise any babies other than my own and chickens'. That is some devotion to spend that much time with birth assistance, good for you!! Have a great nap and a most wonderful day, CynthiaM.

You're so devoted to all you do Jayme. Great to see and hope you get that nap in today.

that was quite the night, but two more down and lambs on the ground that is great and it is supposed to be warm here now!
I was thinking about you yesterday, that one ewe looked very close...

Why is it that all animals seem to never have their young ones in the middle of the day. Every litter of dogs I have ever had always had them through the night so I would not go to bed at all. I think that they do it just to prove a point .

mirycreek wrote:that was quite the night, but two more down and lambs on the ground that is great and it is supposed to be warm here now!
I was thinking about you yesterday, that one ewe looked very close...

Yes that was Ginger, she was in labor for quite some time before she decided to get them out.
They were big lambs too, 10.5lbs each!

Dan Smith wrote:Why is it that all animals seem to never have their young ones in the middle of the day. Every litter of dogs I have ever had always had them through the night so I would not go to bed at all. I think that they do it just to prove a point .

I think they feel safer at night, I think it is an instinctive thing.
I know people maintain that they can control when their cows calve based on when they feed them, they feed them late at night and that makes them calve then next day in the daylight?
Not sure how that works though...

Hidden River wrote:

mirycreek wrote:that was quite the night, but two more down and lambs on the ground that is great and it is supposed to be warm here now!
I was thinking about you yesterday, that one ewe looked very close...

Yes that was Ginger, she was in labor for quite some time before she decided to get them out.
They were big lambs too, 10.5lbs each!

wow that is quite a big size compared to the others...not a low birth weight ram there!

Well worth the wait of sleep. Congratulations.