Straw will this lamb fill all your dreams, :lau :gig :lau :gig She weighed a little over 10 lbs, and has a long tail. Included picture of how we field weigh lambs.....;)
Shelly May
Woke up to snow this am, still snowing now, :th , Went to farm where babies are being born to check everyone, snapped a few photos on the way there, well the ewes aren't going to give me that break I need, several born in the snow, set of Triplets in back lot, momma trying to get them clean...
Had this Idea, needed to get lambs away from round bale feeders, as this is where they cuddle up for warmth, on the ground up against feeder, while momma's are out running around eating out of different feeder, or roaming pasture trying to see if the grass grew 1/8" over night and they want to...
Here are a few bad pictures. All of these lambs are at home. Buttons( white ewe black spots) picture of her and her triplets. Black one with white cap is hard to see, it is laying against feed bowl. This ewe is still a fatty, you wouldn't think she had triplets. Included a few pictures of bottle...
The total for the day 2/24/13 was 16 we lost the two still born ones, had a momma trying all day to lamb, she couldn't do it on her own, pulled a big baby out, thought she was going to just have one because it was so big, baby is alive, but later I went back to check on her and she had another...
I'm so jealous, I've been hopeing for a triple all weekend. :lol:
Those are some really good pics. We can't seem to get Southern down to take pics for us. You whanta come down to the hills and take some? :lau
Ok, one more single(huge, had to help momma get it out), one with twins(may have one more, one set of twins, and one set of twins(still born). Man, I don't know what the day total was. 13?