And then there were four

One of the brown ewes delivered lovely black twins on Sunday morning.

 Brown ewe with black lambs.

Then a Cheviot produces two white lambs on Monday morning.  When lambs are newborn, their mum bites through the umbilical chord and removes the caul (membrane sac) from around the lamb and cleans it up.   Sometimes, a second or even third lamb will be born before the process is complete for the first so that first lamb gets a lick and a promise.  This clearly happened for the first white lamb.

 Brother, you need a bath.

Lambs also have long tails which the shepherd 'rings' in the first day so that the tail will drop off.  This makes life more comfortable for the wooly sheep, keeping their rear end clean and making birthing easier.

Sometimes, in their haste a ewe will bite the lambs tail mistaking it for the umbilical chord.  This first white lamb had his tail bitten as can be seen in the picture.  His tail is now ringed.  Ringing does not hurt the lamb. 

Blossom has isolated herself in the cedar trees yesterday evening so she is likely going to give birth soon.