Second question: Having raised the Blackbellies for 6 years, I was finally able to watch a pair of twins born. It was really fun to watch the ewe for half an hour. She kept walking back and forth, then sitting down and pushing, then getting up and looking at the place where she'd been. I could just imagine her saying to herself, "How come there's no baby here!" That went on for at least half a dozen times until a baby came out. And the babies came out in what looked like tightly wrapped balls about 5 or 6 inches across. The two of them were 15 minutes apart. I watched with binoculars from about 200 feet away and was so surprised to see them both come out like they did that I have to ask, how come shepherds sometimes have trouble with breech presentations and have to reach in and turn the baby around? It looked to me that wrapped up like they were in their sacks, it wouldn't have mattered what part of the balls came first.
Maybe I was just too far away to see clearly?
Thanks.
Rick Krach
Auburn, California
(530) 889-1488
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