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Worland ewe gives birth to healthy quintuplets

WORLAND — What started as an innocent 4-H sheep project a few years ago evolved into a breeding frenzy this year with one ewe giving birth to quintuplets on Saturday, March 12.

Erin Larson said her daughter Aubrey Avant joined 4-H a few years ago and wanted a sheep project so she borrowed a neighbor’s bum lamb named Barbara, that Avant named for a character from “Stranger Things.” After 4-H, Barba...