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First Arrivals of 2010! *updated*

The first newborns of the 2010 lambing season arrived in the middle of last night, all healthy!

The first lambs of the 2010 lambing season arrived in the night last night! One male and one female lamb, all healthy and with a straight-forward birth!

We have had three sheep due to lamb in January but have been unsure as to their exact due-date. The mothers haven't been looking close to giving birth until the last week or so and so we are all very pleased that they decided to hold out until after the cold weather and snow!

The birth went very smoothly which was also a big relief as the mother was the same sheep that required a vet callout in the first season of LambWatch (see Live Vet-Assisted Lamb Birth) which was not a pleasant experience.

The lambs were born in the night in the relative comfort of the barn and are doing well. Pictures of the first 2010 family are below:

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Well Done! Glad they are both healthy

That's great news that the lambs were a straightforward birth and so glad that it's a female and a male and they are fit and healthy.Hope the other two births will be duringthe day.

Great news! - weatherwise the timimg was perfect. This is a very good start to 2010. Best Wishes to you all.

Lovely happy news about the birth of the two lambs - glad everything went well.

What wonderful news .. so glad that the first birth of the New Year went well.

happy birthday, little lambs!!!

Yay! It's my birthday too. What a great birthday surprise. So happy everything went well. That's a much better start than last year! Looking forward to a great lambing season.

Very glad to hear it.

Congratulations! Glad to know she was okay and her birth went well. I remember viewing a past video of that other difficult birth. I felt so sorry for the poor girl. Have a great weekend!

Congratulations! Glad to know she was okay and her birth went well. I remember viewing a past video of that other difficult birth. I felt so sorry for the poor girl. Have a great weekend!

I remember watching the older video of that poor girl's birth. I felt so sorry for her. Glad to know that this one went well this time 'round. Congratulations on the little ones!

ah, excellent. Congrats! More new life to bound about the place. What a good way to start the year. : )

Happy to hear that Dan.

Yay! So very glad that all went well! Can't wait to see the new arrivals!!!

Good to hear of the live birth. At the least the ewe will be paying for her keep.

Great news! I saw the sheep in the field and wondered if any lambs had been born yet. Then I saw the forum post. I hope that all other births will be as smooth as these were.

Thanks for the photos Dan.. the new lambs and their mum look great... proud mum and her cutie lambs

Oh, they are gorgeous! Thank you for the photos!

How sweet they are! I've moved from Texas to Alabama and am being married Wednesday. I'm really happy to visit Lambwatch again!

Thank you Ben for taking the lovely photos

Thanks to Ben for taking the photo's and Dan for putting them on the site. They are gorgeous and Proud Mumm watching over them.

Congratulations. Looking forward to watching lambwatch again this year. Hopethe lambs will be out of the rain, I know it is a killer for the babies.

Oh the dear little things! Don't you just want to have one?

Isn't nature wonderful? And there's Mum, looking puzzled about all the fuss. "After all," she says, "That's what I'm supposed to do, isn't it, produce these little bits of lambness?" And the lambs look so quizzical, as if to say - "What is this all about, then?"

Hey little ones welcome to lambwatch get to see yous all growup here. cuties congrad lynda and howard thanks for showing us.

The lambs are so beautiful. Ive missed the lambs on the webcam.

Nice work Lambwatch. Great to see the lambs.

lots of birds today !

hOW CUTE?

Hi to everyone, Congratulations!! for the new borns. Hope you would have more in the future.

Good to hear that the second sheep had two good sized lambs... both girls...

Well, two more for the flock. Welcome, lambs, even if your mother is a bit contrary. Are you boys or girls? Enjoy life at Lambwatch, and be good to Lynda!