Little Lambs

I mentioned a few weeks ago that the farm in our village had little lambs - but I just now found the (terrible) photo. The farmer was telling us that they just brought the sheep down from the mountains and a storm broke out on the way down. That storm freaked out a few very pregnant females who gave birth a good week early. We got to see some of the preemies at day 5 of life - just past the bottle feeding phase. YES, bottle feeding! The farmer told us that to save the lambs, she had to bottle feed them -- that means every 4 hours they get a bottle...filled with milk that she had to get from the mom - so every 4 hours (24h/day..for 4 days) it was milk mom, feed baby, repeat... That's dedication! And all that for a little lamb that is likely to end up on a plate just a few months later (we notice the conspicuous decline in lamb numbers in the fields...). Did I mention Adrien loves lamb? And duck (well...magret de canard, which is the breast of a 'foix gras' duck)!