SheepGirl's 2015 Lambing Thread - Lambs are here!

@Baymule - Not really; none that I've found, anyway. Most muscular sheep are lacking in the maternal department and most maternal sheep are lacking in the muscular department. Of course there is a negative correlation between those traits, but I'm trying to balance it out as much as I can in my flock.

Bossroo gave you some very good information on my thread as well as the other thread that you started, specific to your area.

Always look forward to when your lambs arrive...they are so adorable and look like living teddy bears!

This past weekend we put up fence posts for pens on one side of our new barn and also fence posts for a permanent pen to keep the ewes in during the winter or just for use as a catch pen. Tomorrow morning we are having stone dust delivered to get the ground level and then the carport will be delivered. How exciting!! Then we will just need to put the sides on the carport. It should all be done by november, or in november.

I added photos of the ewes.

Seven of the nine ewes have been bred; Elektra looks to have a faint red mark on her so she could've been bred also...there isn't much to the crayon anymore because the chickens peck it.

Gravel has been delivered for the barn, just have to level it out and then the barn will come!!

SheepGirl said:

I added photos of the ewes.

Seven of the nine ewes have been bred; Elektra looks to have a faint red mark on her so she could've been bred also...there isn't much to the crayon anymore because the chickens peck it.

Gravel has been delivered for the barn, just have to level it out and then the barn will come!!

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I am waiting anxiously on the barn pictures.
We are going to build a barn also, so I am very interested in what you do.

Its going to be delivered next tuesday!!

Okay sorry the pics are sideways, I am uploading them from my phone.

barn location. 7 tons of stone dust but looks like we need more. It only covered half the area of the barn.


Im not sure why no fence posts were put here?? I was at work by the time my parents got around to doing this part.


Picture this without the sheep shack lol. Future winter pen.

I registered my sheep business with the state of Maryland and I also got a MD sales use and tax license in the mail just two weeks after I put in my application (they said 6-8 weeks so I was really happy!) so now if anyone wants livestock supplies or equipment, let me know I have an account already with a wholesaler however I will not be keeping an inventory (don't need a business license if I don't keep an inventory) so shipping will be a tad slower. I figured offering products to sheep & chicken buyers would make stuff convenient. By the way did I mention I'm now taking orders for started pullets for spring? I already sold 12 and got deposits on them after one day of posting a craigslist ad. So now I'm creating a Web site to combine my sheep, chicken, and livestock equipment so that should be exciting. It's a work in progress, but here it is: http://raessheepandchickenco.weebly.com

Good for you! That is so exciting and ambitious.

I am soo excited for my sheep to lamb. It just hit me that I will be having 6 mature ewes lamb in 8 days which means newborn babies will be all over the place. I think I'm going to take off that week, or at least work less hours.