Below is the picture of contentment. Susie with her twins this morning

But Perky’s twins are not too happy. One is up and bright (we fed them a bottle each of colostrum yesterday afternoon and evening as they were not feeding from Perky). One of the girls has a good appetite and a lusty suck but the other is hunched and frail.

This morning the larger twin came to me for bottle feeding but the other had to be encouraged without much success. Perky has plenty of milk in her udder but can’t seem to be bothered with nursing her lambs. She is, after all, at least 13 years old and past breeding age. Read below the pictures what I gleaned from the internet

• Highly Fertile and Long-Lived:Jacob ewes are known to have a high breeding lifespan, with many continuing to produce lambs at 7 to 9 years old.
• Productive Years: While they can breed for many years, they are at their peak productivity between 3 and 6 years old.
• Late-Life Breeding: It is not uncommon for healthy Jacob ewes to have lambs at 10 years old or, in some cases, even older

At Perky’s age she wants to retire from raising lambs. I can’t say I blame her but we will try to get the lambs to suckle from her later with one of us holding her still and the other placing the lambs on Perky’s teats.