# Cuteness personified...a new baby lamb! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152 "2009-05-21T09:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/1 "2009-05-21T09:25:04Z")
This afternoon The Bloke went up the paddock to feed the sheep (it’s still in drought here) and found that what he had previously thought was just a greedy old ewe was in fact pregnant and had given birth to a little live lamb, but had sadly died trying to birth the twin who was stillborn. All the other lambs in the flock had been born over three weeks ago…why this one was so late is still a mystery…but anyway… We are now the proud parents of a brand new baby lamb who is still very toddly on her spindly little legs. She’d been attacked by some crows and has half of her bottom lip missing, and we’re worried that she might have been blinded in one eye: it’s still drizzling blood but we’re bathing it with a saline solution and hope for the best. We got a recipe for colostrum from the Vet, she’s had a feed or two, and I’ve even got her peeing in the yard (with a bit of manual stimulation and a lamb-pee soaked hand to prove it!) 😃 As we speak, The Bloke is having a snooze in front of the blazing fire with little Daphne\* cuddled up on his ample tummy, curled up like a cat and as sweet as can be. Newborn lambs are notoriously hard to rear, so we’re not expecting any miracles, but if she survives I’ll post some pics. Wish Daphne luck. 🙂 \*I’ve nicknamed her Daphne because my daphne bush is just about to burst into flower…I hope the same for this little girl. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/2 "2009-05-21T09:33:01Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Newborn lambs are notoriously hard to rear I’m not going to touch that one with a ten-foot Scottish shepherd’s staff. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/3 "2009-05-21T10:21:20Z")
I guess she’s too young to put with another ewe with an older lamb? ---
**Author:** ![eveanyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@eveanyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eveanyn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/4 "2009-05-21T11:18:06Z")
Best wishes to baby Daphne! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/5 "2009-05-21T14:06:12Z")
Can we have pictures, please? (You know the rules! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/6 "2009-05-21T15:18:02Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I’m not going to touch that one with a ten-foot Scottish shepherd’s staff. Nope, not til **Hal** ’s had a crack at it, anyway. He’s got dibs, ya know. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/7 "2009-05-21T16:16:10Z")
Squee! Baby lamb! Ahem, I mean… Good for you helping the little one out! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/8 "2009-05-21T17:22:02Z")
I thought lambs were born in the spring…? You’re heading into winter now, right? Yeah, wanna see pictures now! How do we KNOW how cute she is? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/9 "2009-05-21T18:09:19Z")
I’m sure you think she’s cute, but … cite? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/10 "2009-05-21T22:40:13Z")
Sorry to say, but Daphne died during the night. ☹ We had her wrapped in a little oilskin-lambswool doggie-coat, warm and snug next to our bed and with a full tummy of home prepared colostrum, but she died anyway. Ah well, c’est la vie. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/11 "2009-05-21T22:51:31Z")
Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that. Poor little mite. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/12 "2009-05-22T08:24:26Z")
Poor thing. ☹ At least she was warm and cared for. I’m sorry she didn’t make it. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/13 "2009-05-22T14:36:31Z")
Aww. You tried. I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-personified-a-new-baby-lamb/497152/14 "2009-05-22T15:44:57Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Poor thing. ☹ At least she was warm and cared for. I’m sorry she didn’t make it. My thoughts exactly. I’m sorry you lost Daphne.