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Monday January 8th 2018, we discovered that our ewe Daisy was going into hard labor. We put her in our isolation pen/shelter. After many hours of labor and no visible results we decided it was time to intervene. The first baby was a breach birth (it wasn't in the correct position to be born), we had to turn the baby and assist with the delivery. She ended up having twins, the female (the breach birth) we called Leia, and the male we named Luke. All three were weak from the rough pregnancy and birth, we worked diligently through the week with them, but sadly we lost the mother that Friday. Leia showed signs of neurological damage, and we worked hard to get her up and walking normally, but sadly she passed less than 48 hours after the mother despite our work through the night with her, when she slipped into seizures and passed shortly after.

 

Thankfully, little Luke has made it so far. He has taken the bottle well and has gotten much bigger in the last week. He is currently being “Mothered” by none other than our resident Hannah, whom he picked out as Mommy the first night we brought him inside. He sleeps beside her and she cleans his face after he drinks his bottle. We are so grateful for his health so far and are praying he will continue to grow strong.

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January 2020, Luke is now fully an adult and by far one of our most unmistakable a friendly residents. He always greets us, and any visitors we have with a big smile. Although he still believes that he should be living in the house, he has learned to live with the other sheep in the pasture, and enjoys playing and grazing with them. He is well loved by all of our volunteers and still believes he is Hannah's baby.

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Summer of 2020 Luke was adopted to a new home where he had lots of female companions (of his own kind), and plenty of fresh green grass to eat. We were sad to see him go, but are certain that he will enjoy his new home!