Remember this popular crime fighting show from the 60’s? The grooviest gang of fuzz that ever wore a badge?
We have our own trio very much like the Mod Squad: 
So we would like to re-introduce you to our coopworth cross triplets: (left to right) Julie, Linc, and Pete. (Obviously very tired from all the recent excitement) 
photo courtesy of www.chezgrae.com Solid.
The triplets ‘moved on up’ to their ‘delux apartment’ and graduated from their warm coats. They now have about 3 times the space and better access to hay and sunshine but are still in the barn where we can make sure they and their momma are getting enough to eat. 
All three are thriving. The little ewe 
The black ram 
And the white ram 
It sure is fun to watch them enjoying their new space. In other news . . . Five new lambs so far today!
It was a very eventful day here at Sheeps and Peeps. In fact it was so busy that we didn’t get a chance to take many pictures. One ewe delivered last evening and four today adding six more lambs to the flock – 3 ewes, 3 rams. One of the very few pics that was taken is shown above: Blackberry, our Cotswald X Border Leicester ewe with her twins. We always eagerly await for her lambs and are never disappointed. She has given us lambs with beautiful wool when bred with Hercules, our Wensleydale X Coopworth ram. 
In fact, we still have her first ram lamb and we use him to produce more lambs with beautiful fleeces: Poseidon 
Poseidon’s fleece 
Poseidon and Blackberry have given us two ewe lambs: Cassidy 
And Siar 
So of course we were very excited when she had two more black lambs this year that we will be watching closely as they grow. One is a ram who should be an excellent stud for someone’s spinner flock, the other a ewe that we will undoubtedly keep in our flock for her fleece and future lambs. More pictures to follow of the rest of the lambs born today and of the triplets who graduated into a bigger pen.
We have been patiently waiting for Hera to deliver. She has looked miserable for weeks. There had been speculations that maybe there would be triplets on the way. She is a triplet herself that we purchased as a yearling, along with her sister Athena, from Joe and Betsy at Quaking Maples Farm . Actually she has looked huge each year and triplets had been quietly whispered in closed circles in previous years. Finally this evening it was time: 
Three beautiful healthy lambs. And what a wonderful variety: one white ram, one black ram, and one white ewe.
The jonquils are cold and frosty in the morning snow, 
The new spring grass is cold and frosty, 
But Dawn’s new little baby ewe lamb born last night is warm and toasty in her bed of straw. 
Our first ewe of the 2009 lambing season! We have been watching Curley very closely since we realized that she had unintentionally gotten bred. (At least we did not mean to have her bred, obviously someone had other intentions having to cross the fence to accomplish the feat) Curley is our only pure bred Romney ewe, is getting very old, and has prolapsed in the past. But, she also produces a very beautiful black fleece to earn her keep. ![curly_fleece_mar_07[1]](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oG6KlPqNYuM/Sc7hrlKmD2I/AAAAAAAABYM/eX4ytK5bjxU/s1600-h/curly_fleece_mar_07%5B1%5D%5B6%5D.jpg "curly_fleece_mar_07[1]")
So, this year we got a bonus, a ewe lamb. And without dealing with a prolapse. 
A black and silver 14 lb 5 oz ewe. 
She should be able to hold her own with all those pesky boys. 
They looked really worried don’t they?
. . . 5 ram lambs Three more lambs yesterday. A set of twin rams from one of our Coopworth/Blue faced Leicester cross lambs that we purchased from Martha at Deer Run Sheep Farm. This is Neala as a lamb with her beautiful full fleece: 
And yesterday, all grown up and recently sheared, attending to her two new ram lambs. 
One of them weighed in at over 9 pounds, the other at almost 13 pounds. This is the big boy looking for his first meal. 
Later, yesterday evening, when going to close up the guinea coop for the night, Jill our only Romney cross ewe was in the process of delivering her first lamb that looked pretty large. With a little assistance, she delivered a hefty ram that weighed over 12 pounds and has sturdy ‘Clydesdale’ legs. This is our Jill as a lamb. We so hoped she would give us a ewe lamb. Maybe next year. ![722_oct_07[1]](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oG6KlPqNYuM/Sc56gWefsjI/AAAAAAAABX0/ucQe3Af_L78/s1600-h/722_oct_07%5B1%5D%5B4%5D.jpg "722_oct_07[1]")
And Here is Jill yesterday, with her new lamb. He looks almost halve as big as she is! 
And here he is showing off his hefty, wooly legs. He is a sturdy boy. 
So, now we are up to – let’s count together — one, two, three, four, five. And did I mention they are all rams??????
The first lambs have arrived!! Yesterday, on the late afternoon barn check, Hazel, 
one of our border leicester cross ewes, was in the corral pawing a little. The NOISY guineas, a confusion of them, arrived on the scene and Hazel promptly exited into the field with the rest of the ewes and down over the hill. Lena and I watched her a little and decided to let her alone and hopefully she would come back into the barn or corral. On the next check, after supper, we found all of the ewes in the barn except, of course, Hazel. Down over the hill – this hill which the picture does no justice, you can barely see the fence down at the very bottom along the tree line– 
was Hazel with two little lambs. A very cold east wind was whipping across the hill , so Lena headed to the fiber room for towels – I think she ran all the way – and I proceeded down the hill and found two healthy ram lambs. It took us a while to convince Hazel to consistently follow us UP the hill, but when she saw the barn, it was much easier. We got them weighed and settled into the jug and continued on our original destination 45 minutes late, choir practice. We later put on their coats to keep them toasty after their trip up the windy hill. This morning they looked very contented 
and warm.
