{"id":5036,"date":"2025-05-08T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/?p=5036"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:06:15","slug":"april-showers-bring-baby-lambs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/april-showers-bring-baby-lambs\/","title":{"rendered":"April Showers Bring Baby Lambs!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5036\" class=\"elementor elementor-5036\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23d02941 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23d02941\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76f74fc\" data-id=\"76f74fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15b0c146 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15b0c146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Spring has arrived at Trackers Farm, home to our <a href=\"https:\/\/trackerspdx.com\/youth\/camps\/summer-camp\/wilders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilders Farm Camps<\/a>, and with it, a wave of baby animals! Our fields are full of bleats, peeps, and wobbly legs. So far, we&rsquo;ve welcomed 15 lambs (and counting!) from our Soay sheep&mdash;a hardy, ancient breed known for its wild spirit. One of those lambs, Sundae, needed a little extra help after her mom had twins and could only nurse one.<\/p>\n<p>Sundae is what&rsquo;s called a &ldquo;bummer lamb&rdquo;&mdash;a baby sheep that needs bottle-feeding. That means we feed her every four hours, so Sundae now comes to work with us at Trackers SE. She&rsquo;s already made herself at home, greeting campers with her soft baa and trotting behind staff like she owns the place. She&rsquo;s a favorite among kids in our Wilders Farm Camps, who love helping care for her and learning what it means to raise animals with heart.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the lambs, our chickens and ducks are busy hatching eggs, and even wild baby quail are starting to appear in the hedgerows&mdash;little fluff-balls darting through the grass like wind-up toys. We also welcomed two Highland cattle&mdash;Angie and Pesto&mdash;an ancient Scottish breed. While not newborns, at eight months old they&rsquo;re still in their goofy cow-tween stage: all fluff and awkwardness. Campers have taken to calling them &ldquo;woolly kangaroos,&rdquo; which&#8230; well, they do bounce a little when excited.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, our miniature donkeys continue to anchor the farm with their steady presence. Whether it&rsquo;s lambs leaping, quail chirping, or our new cow friends, spring reminds us why we&rsquo;re here&mdash;to care for the land and to witness the wild joy of life.<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/d3k81ch9hvuctc.cloudfront.net\/company\/Tmy8m2\/images\/9169eab4-4999-425f-9bc5-69fad80c5351.jpeg\" width=\"115\"> See you in the forest,<\/div>\n<p><strong>Molly Deis<\/strong><br>Trackers Earth<br><em>Founder &amp; Mom<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a669ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a669ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94cb4be\" data-id=\"94cb4be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ee3568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ee3568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wilders-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5038\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wilders-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wilders-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wilders-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wilders-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/trackersearth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Wilders.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring has arrived at Trackers Farm, home to our Wilders Farm Camps, and with it, a wave of baby animals! Our fields are full of bleats, peeps, and wobbly legs. So far, we&rsquo;ve welcomed 15 lambs (and counting!) from our Soay sheep&mdash;a hardy, ancient breed known for its wild spirit. 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