mysunwolf lambing 2016

Yeah, @bonbean01, we all must love sheep too much to deal with so much loss and still want to keep going. Or we're all just crazy...

Mommas and lambs:


Dru's boys. They are already trouble and only a week old.

Today is Day 149 for Darla. She showed no signs Day 147 and 148, but she has been acting "off" all afternoon today: lying down and standing up again, taking herself into the barn, not grazing much. She looks pretty dropped to me. The babies are kicking. And she's developing a pretty nice udder. I'm thinking really big twins are in there, I think she had a single last time which was her first time. Finally got her jugged and now just to do barn checks. Arg.

that my dear is one pregger sheep!

She had the babies last night! I had almost given up that it was going to be this week at all. I checked at 10pm and she was not in labor, not even a little bit. Checked this morning and the babies were dry, had already nursed quite a bit, and were very active.

...and they're twin ram lambs, of course It's the curse of the small flock owner. They're almost identical to Dru's twins. Scale said 8lbs and 10lbs, so not really big enough to match Darla's enormous size. Maybe with all her milk they'll get bigger quickly!

Aww! Congrats!! Very cute! Glad everyone is doing great!

Congrats!!

Thanks all, we found another baby this morning Basically walked out into the barnyard and said "Where the heck did you come from?" and her momma Spotty walked up to stand beside her. I'll make sure to get a photo. No signs of labor at all from her! And she's doing a great job, no jug required. Her respiratory issues are much worse, though. When we deworm we are going to use Ivermectin on her in the hopes that it's just nasal bots (and not something like Progressive Pneumonia).

Only one more ewe to go and that's Sarah. She's looking like twins so I'm feeling extra cautious about trying to monitor her. She had a potential due date yesterday but is not looking close at all, so I think it will be her second date of May 8th. As usual, stay tuned

Aww! Congrats!! Did Spotty have a ewe or ram lamb?
Staying Tuned!

BlessedWithGoats said:

Aww! Congrats!! Did Spotty have a ewe or ram lamb?
Staying Tuned!

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Spotty had a ewe lamb but I am just not sure about keeping her at all. We'll see. Her name is Patches because of the spot on her right eye.



This morning Sarah went into labor! I couldn't leave her in the jug or the barn as she was going NUTS trying to get out, so we let her lamb on pasture. A single large black lamb which is good because her udder was only full enough for one. I haven't gotten a close look but I'm pretty sure it's a ram!



And that's it! We're done! Unless Stud can become fertile before 5 months of age, we're not planning on any more 2015 lambs. Whew.

I only had 7 ewes to deal with, and now I have 6 ewes and 8 lambs. We would really like an 150% lamb crop next year with no ewe losses--maybe wishful thinking? Can't even imagine what it would have been like to have more than twenty or so ewes...

Congrats on all the babies!!!! And you got a black one! I hope to get a black one next year Beautiful babies!!!!

Hoping Spotty's issues can be cleared up and you can keep her!

Congrats!! Cute lambs!