Jewell

I didn't know we were going to have heavy, blowing rain all night. I left the barn windows open and I had put two does with only a single kid each on the stock trailer so I would have plenty of pens for anyone that kidded in the night. When I heard the rain I took off to let up the barn windows, getting soaked, then put a kid under my rain coat and dragged the does back in the barn. The rain was blowing in the trailer. I made my check every two hours as when weather is bad sheep and goats will pack in the barn and if a kid or lamb is born in a crowd it can get unclaimed or stepped on. I knew Jewell was thinking about it, she was standing up all night. My last check was just before daybreak and she had one lamb out cleaning her up, shortly after she had the second lamb. Jewell is 11 years old and I was a little worried she might not be able to support herself and lambs. She did fine as she has always done, had two ewe lambs with plenty of milk and she can't stop baaing about it. She's as proud of herself as I am.