Lambing 2015 - Parsnip LAMBS!

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I've been absent for a while and I'm sorry about that, just life getting in the way of things ;)

Making a thread for my 2015 lambing because I think I'll have lambs by Christmas this year which is WAY early, but due to a ram escape, it's gonna happen.
So in theory I should have a batch of lambs late Dec/early Jan and then another batch Feb/March

I will get pics up later of the ladies and the daddy this year later today or early this week, I need to start tracking things on here again!!!
 

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OKAY HERE WE GO. This here is Duke and I'm mostly certain that he got Jillian and Wendy pregnant.


Here's a pic of Jillian from today, she's 9 months to the day as of yesterday. She is due on the 31st of December but give or take a week or two ya know? I might be expecting a monster baby because she's not the biggest ewe and the largest ram bred her haha.



Here's Wendy in the front. She's due the first week of January. She was bred by both Duke and the ram lamb Optimus on the same day I don't know whos lamb it will be!!!



Here's Optimus!!! Not sure all the ewes he's bred. Pax for sure but the rest are up in the air.
He got bottle jaw this past month so he's a little slow but getting better!


Pax here is due the second week of January and has always been shaped like a sphere so I just assume she took!


Diana is a total mystery. I saw Optimus re-breed her about every 2 weeks on the dot for a while, and then Diana got pretty sick and I doubt any fetus would have survived all the meds I gave her. So it's a mystery. Don't know if she's pregnant or if she can even get pregnant?

Then Irene and Raindrop, the two 8 month ewe lambs may or may not be pregnant. Their due dates are up in the air.
 

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:frow Well hello there Parsnip! I've missed you. We may be lambing close together again this year....usually our lambs arrive in January, but seeing those little udders getting bigger already and two of them getting rounder...possible we could have a few together again...was fun last year! I am down to only 4 bred ewes this year as I'm not breeding the youngest for a year.
 

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I've missed you too!!!!!!
(I may have been in boyfriend land the past few months uh oh lol)

I'm looking forward to lambs this year!!!!! ;)
Though I know the excitement comes with super stress haha, which is why I plan to take it east next term at school and only take 2 classes.

Might be getting another ewe lamb here soon. To replace my cougar-eaten ewe...
My neighbor who sold me my new ram lamb has a few ewe lambs she wants to sell as breeders instead of meat. She said it's a waste of good genetics! My dad is buying two wether lambs from her anyways, so I think I'll go ahead and get a ewe lamb from her as well.
Have had my eye on one particular one since it was born.
This lamb is probably 75% Katahdin, 12.5% Dorper, 12.5% Romney.
A nice long legged ewe with a cropped tail. Hopefully she's grown into herself a bit more now and filled out! She's white with orange/brown splotches everywhere. Very nice looking ewe.
 

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Sounds like you have been very busy. Sorry to hear that one of your ewe's was sick. Seems the more you have the more stuff you deal with.
 

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Pretty busy yeah!

Diana just always gets sick and I always say I need to get rid of her because she's costing me money every two months or so, moreso than the others, but I like her so darn much I can't get rid of her!!! lol!

~Also I drove by your house a while ago and saw your ram. WOWIE
He's grown into a handsome thing hasn't he?
Great looking ram.
 

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Oh, good! Mine aren't due till March. This will help make the time go quicker. Well, not really, but it'll give me something to do other than think about how long it is till spring! lol
 

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LOL

I was going to have mine lamb in March but the rams had other plans and in the end I was like screw this they can do what they want haha!
Should be getting some cute lambies from my favorite ewes this year!!!
 

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So I went and looked at all the ewe lambs my neighbor has and some of her lambs this year are HUGE. wow.

I picked out a thick bodied ewe lamb who has a little bit of wooly in her.
But she honestly looks great. She's tan and has some white on her face and she has great depth to her.
She's big for a 6 month old ewe lamb, but that's great.
My sheep are mostly cross between Blackbelly and St.Croix so they're a bit smaller.
 
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