Hello, Lynsey here! You may remember earlier this year I
hand-reared two Somali lambs, Jasper and
Esme, as they were both rejected by their
first-time mums.
Well I'm pleased to report, as you can from the photo
below, that not only are they doing extremely well
back with the herd...
...but that Esme's mum, Rosalie, has
given birth to her second lamb, a baby sister
for Esme named Lily.
Now I like a story with a happy ending, so I'm
pleased to say that Rosalie has really taken to little Lily and is
doing a fantastic job as a second-time mum rearing her herself
and is very protective of her little girl as you can see in the
photo below.
Since taking these lovely
photos I can also report that Bella, Jasper's mum,
has given birth to her second boy and she too
has taken to motherhood second-time round!
The decision to hand-rear an animal is
always the last resort for a keeper so I'm
delighted this story has turned out so well and we have an
ever-expanding happy Somali Sheep family!