[Brucklay]

Finally our last castlemilk produced twins yesterday evening - first a ram lamb while my back was turned after working outside all day and keeping an eye on her from a distance. Picked him up and while OH was on gate duty and got her into a pen in the shed - during a snow shower I add. While doing the goats hay I was in and out and then she produced a second but so tiny I couldn't believe it - literally half the size of her brother. Not too great on guessing weight but having taken another to the vet for a bit of fluid on the lungs found he weighed 2.5 kilo and I believe yesterdays ram lamb to be about the same which would make the wee ewe lamb just over a 1 kilo. She does seem perfectly formed though and drinks from mum - in very little sessions. Glad she's inside to keep the night chill off her - pictures to follow

[SallyintNorth]

Looking forward to the pics Brucklay! 

A vet told me that when you get one-and-a-half lambs, it'll often be that there were triplets; one in one horn and two in the other.  One of the two will have died / been reabsorbed, but the other of that pair will be smaller at birth than the one-in-a-horn one.  It'll catch up though!

[jaykay]

Congratulations - on their arrival and on lambing bring over 

If the little one is drinking well I'm sure she'll catch up - they seem to. And yes, it's tiny amounts for a tiny stomach 

[Brucklay]

Thanks Jaykay and Sally - certainly at first I thought she wouldn't make it through the night but she's still here. That makes sense Sally hadn't thought of that. In fact I was in and out and the ewe was standing and I heard a plop and expected the afterbirth only to find a lamb!! So it didn't even warant any pushing - nice for mum I guess

[PDO_Lamb]

Sounds like a reabsorbed twin to me too. When a lamb is reabsorbed, the placenta development in that horn of the uterus is restricted and the remaining lamb never catches up.

[tizaala]

Well done, don't worry , the little one will catch up, they're as tough as old boots , anyway, stop reading this and get the camera out c'm on , don't just sit there.

[in the hills]

Hope they both do well. 

[Brucklay]

Ok ok Tizaala - your wish .......

[dixie]

Aww they are gorgeous.

[Rosemary]

She looks like a litte Bambi 

[SallyintNorth]

Bless 

[tizaala]

Oh she's tiny,  but perfectly formed , no doubt she will soon catch up. you will have to call her 'LILLI' as in Lilliput.

Is that a giant glove?  I don't like girls with large hands, but girls with small hands are OK as they make my willy look big.  

[Hellybee]

absolutely gorgeous 

[Anke]

I had a pair of Shetland lambs like this, two males and by the time they were weaned I couldn't tell which one had been the tiny one... As long as she gets looked after by the ewe she will catch up.

[Penninehillbilly]

She looks like a litte Bambi 

My first thought as well 
They are gorgeous