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Yep! They are May 2012 babies. They are still so cute and they are nice and quiet, very reserved little ladies. As a lamb Katy Perry was quite obnoxious however she doesn't have a mouth on her anymore, lol. She keeps to herself mostly. She does walk up to me every now and then wanting to be pet, Lady Gaga isn't as friendly and tends to keep her distance unless I have treats or grain.
And I forgot to update this in my last reply, but I tried milking ciqala out again and she has milk! Baby was able to nurse with help. I always say ciqalas has goat teats because they are as long as my hand and they are pretty wide. Plus her udder hangs low so lambs have a hard time looking down below for her teats. After 2 to 3 days they figure it out. She had a good udder as a first timer and then when she had Billy and Ali in 2009 she got these monster teats. Fortunately none of her daughters inherited this trait. It would be okay if they are dairy sheep, but they are expected to raise their own lambs and it's hard when you have to help the lambs nurse until they figure it out. It would be a nightmare if I had to help every ewe with their lambs because of poor teats! It gets physically exhausting trying to restrain a ewe and getting a lamb to grasp onto a teat when they just want to nibble on your fingers. Probably wouldn't be bad if one had a headgate, but still. Not a fun thing to do!
And I forgot to update this in my last reply, but I tried milking ciqala out again and she has milk! Baby was able to nurse with help. I always say ciqalas has goat teats because they are as long as my hand and they are pretty wide. Plus her udder hangs low so lambs have a hard time looking down below for her teats. After 2 to 3 days they figure it out. She had a good udder as a first timer and then when she had Billy and Ali in 2009 she got these monster teats. Fortunately none of her daughters inherited this trait. It would be okay if they are dairy sheep, but they are expected to raise their own lambs and it's hard when you have to help the lambs nurse until they figure it out. It would be a nightmare if I had to help every ewe with their lambs because of poor teats! It gets physically exhausting trying to restrain a ewe and getting a lamb to grasp onto a teat when they just want to nibble on your fingers. Probably wouldn't be bad if one had a headgate, but still. Not a fun thing to do!