One of my Cheviot ewes lambed earlier, I saw her have the first one (that bit is important!), then left her for a wee while whilst I checked the other sheds, came back and she had had the second one (she was scanned for twins). They were not quite what I expected, they were very small, and instead of being all white, they had little silver grey noses, knees and toes. Very cute, a perfect little pair, lively, loved by mum who has bags of milk etc. etc. So this was all OK, assumed she mustn't have held to the Cheviot tup the first time and been got by the Kerry Hill second time over. I penned them up, went back just before to check on them, and she had had two more - this time looking more like what I expected, proper Cheviots, and rather large. If I hadn't seen her have the first one, I would have just assumed I had somehow made a mistake this morning, but I definitely didn't, she definitely has had all four! I am now very confused about the parentage, as there is no way the wee ones are three weeks younger than the big ones, although they are small they are not premature, and so it couldn't be the Kerry Hill. Can't quite decide what to do yet, have left her with all four just now, she is very pleased with them all (a miracle she didn't squash the first pair having the second pair in the pen!) but will have to do something!
Topic: Interesting situation here today - photos added (Read 6329 times)
