My Yearly "Cute Lamb Fix" - Part 1

I was late getting over to the neighbors' sheep farm this spring, and the lambs had all been born and were on their feet and looking pretty healthy by the time I came for my yearly tour:

Some ewes were getting grain and some babies had interesting color patterns:

Most babies were white. I was told that they were all "hair sheep," breeds without real wool (though it looks like wool to me). They were a mix of Katahdin and Dorper breeds, and they kept a ram of each breed to keep the mix healthy:

Though I have kept livestock, including goats and a few sheep, I was still pretty much reduced (as I am every year) to "Gee, they sure are cute:"

The lambs nursed and frolicked, but they also came right over to look at me curiously:

A colorful mother with an even more colorful lamb:

Just as we were checking out the many pens full of sheep, their old horse came trotting into the barn to get some attention and be part of the action. His name was Doug and he had a personality much like Remy's - playful, intelligent and curious. He got bored soon and trotted back outdoors:

This black ewe had two black lambs but sadly, this was the best photo I got of them. The ewe in the foreground wanted her head scratched - and I obliged. The ewe in the back with the green stripe on her back was too skinny, so she had just had an extra worming. The green stripe was to mark her as "just wormed:"

This little lamb was very friendly and kept running up to my neighbor. She told me that she gives him supplemental feedings of milk from a bottle because his mother didn't have enough milk. That's Sadie, the just groomed sheep dog, watching us from the other side of the gate:

Not only is the grass greener on the other side of the fence, the hay is tastier on the other side of the gate:

These lambs looked older and they sure were active:

This group was in the opposite corner from the group in the above photo. But there was still more to see, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: