Here he is, our Shetland giant, tentatively named after the famous Irish giant that built the Giant's Causeway from Ireland to Scotland, flung part of Ireland at a rival but missed, thereby forming the Isle of Man, and now sleeps in a cave under Dublin to awake and defend Ireland in the hour of her greatest need.
Finn the lamb was born while I was on my morning walk (of course) around 10 or 10:30. I still am not convinced that his attentive doting mom, Charlotte, does not have another in there. She was so huge (but then so is he; weighing in at a whopping 8 pounds at birth, he is the same size as the others are at one week).
By the way, the famous Irish author James Joyce wrote "Finnegan's Wake" in which Finn McCool is heavily featured. It is rumored the title of the book means "Finn again is awake," referring to his eventual awakening to defend Ireland. Where was he during the troubles, I wonder?
Maybe like his namesake here, he was just too tired.
I'm heading back out to the jug now. I still can't believe he's the only one (and that they're all brown, what's up with that? I mean I like brown but really!)
Well, welcome to the world, little giant! It IS a bit surprising that Charlotte only had a single (I'll check often in case that count is updated). Sounds like you are having a monotonous lambing year like Becca's; most of her Shetland lambs have been black with some white on their heads so far. I don't know what to expect here; definitely browns from Valentine, but the rest are wild cards.
Posted by: Michelle | March 24, 2008 at 01:21 PM
Congratulations, Lauren! Just remember born brown doesn't mean they'll all stay that way. :) Finn has a nice splash on his forehead - Does he also have sugar lips?
Posted by: Kathy | March 24, 2008 at 04:04 PM
He sure does have sugar lips! That's why I emailed Lauren to tell her that she doesn't have all browns ~ Finnegan is MUSKET! A fine strapping bruiser he is too!
One year, Phoebe was so huge that I was sure she was going to have triplets. When I got up in the middle of the night to check on her the night she went into labor, she had ONE baby. I was searching all over the barn and paddock, with a flashlight ~ positive that there had to be more lambs. Nope. Just one. She was just FAT! I think that may have even contributed to why she only had one lamb....
Posted by: Nancy K. | March 24, 2008 at 09:55 PM
Oh. My. Gosh. He is ADORABLE!!!! Congratulations Charlotte, I'm sure you are so happy to be un-pregnant! He is just handsome!! We are still on piggie watch here. She is waddling very slowly this morning so I need to check her dilation(of her pelvic bones, not cervical). I wouldn't be surprised if she had them while we're away at our homeschool park day this afternoon.
Anyway, Congratulations to all the lovely mamas! Of course we are in need of new pictures too.
Posted by: Molly | March 27, 2008 at 05:25 AM