Tuesday, February 6 we had our first set of quadruplets! There are 3 rams and 1 ewe. Two were born with their eyes closed. They are starting to open now. Sometimes, if they are born premature their eyes will open a few days after they are born.
We decided to bottle feed two of them. We were afraid that four was just too many for momma to manage and we didn't know if she had enough milk to keep four babies full. We chose to bottle feed the two that couldn't see.
We already had one we were bottle feeding from the previous week (she had gotten separated from her momma and twin sister and needed a lot of special attention in the beginning).
The two babies up front (white one to the left and black & white one in the center) are part of the quadruplets. The black and white one in the back on the right is the first bottle baby born last week (1-31-18).
All of these babies are Katahdin/Dorper cross (mom is Katahdin and the sire was Dorper).
They are all doing so well.
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