Weaning Time

Separated the Ewes from the lambs today - all except Mary. Thought she would be a comfort to the babies. The lambs are 4 months old now and pushing 80 pounds so it's about time. The ewes were moved to an outside stockade where they will be quite comfortable. They seemed to be relieved to not have babies chasing them down for a bit of milk all day long. The lambs weren't so thrilled about the nipple being taken away. They bawled all the next day but then got over it. The ewes' milk has dried up for th most part after a week apart from the lambs. We'll leave them in this arrangement for a couple of weeks, then separate the ram lambs from the ewe lambs.