Orphans

With two moms dead the count in the orphan house has almost tripled. We now have eight abandoned lambs! As you can imagine, feeding times have gotten a lot more hectic in recent times. The newer babies haven’t yet gotten used to their new surroundings and most of them aren’t very interested in being bottle fed. This presents a problem because we have to spend a lot of time forcing the nipple into their mouths so that they get the hang of the new drill. This battle is further complicated by the three originals, PB and J, who are constantly getting in the way. As soon as you manage to swat Beatrice away from the bottle that isn’t hers, Jake comes up behind you from the other side and pushes the bottle out of the other lamb’s mouth, nibbling with his now sharp teeth. While you try to deal with him, Poppy comes in from the rear and jumps over anybody that’s in her way to try to clamber for a suck at the nipple. What a mess. Luckily we are getting a proper feeder tomorrow which is basically a five gallon bucket with ten nipples at the bottom. But I know even this wont solve all our problems because we will still have to watch out for guzzlers like Jake who could probably finish off an entire bucket by himself in record time.