Lamb Transition

Today we took Dolly back to her original home and she is back with Hank and 2 other ewes. I would have loved to have kept her, but she is too skiddish and runs away from us. Unfortunately, she is teaching her lambs to be afraid of us and that cannot continue to happen. Maggie and I took 2 bottles of lamb replacer down to the barn and introduced Holly and Ruby to the bottles. Both lambs took to the bottle quickly so we are very fortunate. Maggie and I held them for a while and are slowly getting them used to us. I am confident that once they realize we are "food", they will be meeting us at the gate with wagging tails! Speaking of tails, Holly lost her docked piece today. We put iodine on the tip of her tail and hopefully it will continue to heal nicely.