norseofcourse
Herd Master
Less than 3 weeks away from my first possible lambing date (March 16), so I thought I'd start a lambing thread (we need some balance to all those kidding threads ) !!
I got a few pictures today. First up is Number 3, this is her first lambing. She is a nicely built, chunky little girl.
Her mother is Rose. This will be Rose's third lambing. This is Number 3 and Rose together:
And finally, we have Gracie. This will also be Gracie's third lambing. She is the only one so far who has had more than a single. Last year she had twins. Here she is sampling hay out of the cart, as Elding, my ram, looks on:
I didn't get a good full-body shot of Elding today, but there are pics of him on my BYH journal. He is the sire of all of this year's lambs. He's also the sire of Number 3.
Here are all the sheep at the hay feeder. It was a bit dark in the barn. From the left they are: Number 3; Brosa (who aborted her lamb a couple weeks ago); Rose; Gracie; and Elding. Brosa and Gracie have longer wool because they were not sheared this past fall. Once the weather starts to warm up, I'll be starting to shear them.
I've been checking udders every Friday for over a month. Rose has the most udder development, but by the looks of their vulvas, they look within a couple weeks of each other. Rose has lambed first of everyone the last two years, and I suspect she'll repeat that this year.
March 1 is supposed to be the beginning of a warmup - finally!! I sure hope they are right. We need some nice days to melt all this snow and ice before lambs get here.
And so the waiting begins
I got a few pictures today. First up is Number 3, this is her first lambing. She is a nicely built, chunky little girl.
Her mother is Rose. This will be Rose's third lambing. This is Number 3 and Rose together:
And finally, we have Gracie. This will also be Gracie's third lambing. She is the only one so far who has had more than a single. Last year she had twins. Here she is sampling hay out of the cart, as Elding, my ram, looks on:
I didn't get a good full-body shot of Elding today, but there are pics of him on my BYH journal. He is the sire of all of this year's lambs. He's also the sire of Number 3.
Here are all the sheep at the hay feeder. It was a bit dark in the barn. From the left they are: Number 3; Brosa (who aborted her lamb a couple weeks ago); Rose; Gracie; and Elding. Brosa and Gracie have longer wool because they were not sheared this past fall. Once the weather starts to warm up, I'll be starting to shear them.
I've been checking udders every Friday for over a month. Rose has the most udder development, but by the looks of their vulvas, they look within a couple weeks of each other. Rose has lambed first of everyone the last two years, and I suspect she'll repeat that this year.
March 1 is supposed to be the beginning of a warmup - finally!! I sure hope they are right. We need some nice days to melt all this snow and ice before lambs get here.
And so the waiting begins