Lambs and Farm for Life

Well, the lambs are finally arriving here.  Chenille had twin boys a few days ago.   One is a precocious black one (cutest personality!!), and the other is a larger gentle white one.  Purl had a very large boy yesterday at 4 am!!!   It was the cold ice and snowy night and she had trouble getting this big boy out.   But all are doing well and the sun is shining today.   Everyone is out in the field getting to know the new world.
 
This would be the weekend for lamb visits, for those of you who want to see them.   Come when we run them into the barn around 4:30- 5 pm, at feeding time.  Come either tonight, Friday, or Sunday night.  Suzy is also ready to pop (you wouldn't believe how big she is!!) any second.  So you may get to see a delivery.  She has at least twins.
 
Chenille's twin boys at one day old:

 
Also, I signed up for Mary Zanoni's "Farm for Life" newsletter.   She is a lawyer that is carefully monitoring the invasive NAIS (National Animal Idenification System) that the USDA is trying to ram down the throats of any livestock owner, including poultry, horses, rabbits, etc.  You can go directly to her website to check out the information yourself if you care about having any small farms left, with livestock, in our country for your children or grandchildren to see.  If the government makes it too cumbersome, all small farms will either have to comply with the excessive red tape, or give up to the agribusiness corporations that wrote the regulations.  The rare breeds, like my turkeys, are endangered enough without the USDA's help.