Thomas the Lamb loved getting rubbed.
These two lambs were at Cogges Manor Farm in Oxfordshire. I wrote about my visit earlier, but wanted to save these lovely lamb shots for Friday Lamb Blogging.
The male lamb was the friendlier of the two. He was born in May, according to the "dairy maid" who showed up while I was in the barn. They both ran over to her for more pets when they heard her voice.
Cogges Manor "dairy maid" gives the motherless lambs some love.
The smaller female, I was told, was a late lamb. They thought her mum wasn't pregnant after all, then discovered the baby in the field one day in June, long past lambing season. Both were bottle-fed, as the male was one of a set of triplets. Three is too many for a ewe to feed, so Thomas joined the little late female in the pen here at Cogges Manor.
Looking on while his "sister" gets her pets.
I was surprised when the dairy maid told me the lambs had been penned up to protect the dogs that were visiting the farm that day. (Dogs are allowed, on leads, at Cogges Manor Farm.) Apparently these two give dogs a hard time. I immediately imagined my dog cowering in fear if a lamb charged her. She's sort of silly like that.
"I love when you stroke my face," said Thomas.
Thomas really loved it when I rubbed his woolly fleece. The top of his head had two indentions where horns are coming in, I guess. Otherwise, he reminded me a lot of my dog, nudging me to pet him if I stopped for a second.
I wanted to put both these lambs in my car and bring them home with me. But my dog would never have forgiven me.
