Lambing Kickoff

Our first group of ewes is in the barn and ready for lambing. The earliest due date was March 9. I think one lamb was born that day but it has been a slow start. The ewes are very pregnant so I'm sure a bunch of lambs will arrive while I'm up delivering meat to Rochester.

Here is our first pairs of twins. Occasionally we use a heat lamp to warm the newest lambs on cold nights. Most lambs don't need the extra heat but it can help some of the weaker ones, especially when the temperature drops.

There have been thirteen or fourteen boils at Malcolm and Drury's sugar shack since the sap began flowing in February. We always try to make it down for a hour or two to help haul wood, load up the evaporator (every seven minutes), watch for the finished syrup to pour off, and provide quality control testing for maple syrup and beer.

With the abundance of sap we've had over the past month, MacKenzie maple syrup is back in stock!

Thanks for reading,

Leith, Mary Kate, Norah & Edith MacKenzie