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My sheep had a wound that would not heal. In summer it was very difficult to keep the flies off of it, and she would scratch and lick the wound, causing any semi healed parts to reopen. Now that we've been through a few nice months of winter with no flies, the wound has closed and some wool...

Our final ewe, Jemima, lambed on Saturday. Sapphire (all white!) and Juniper. Both girls. So in total, 5 ewe lambs and one ram lamb. Very thankful for a pretty smooth first lambing season :)

Are there any breeds or ewe/ram breed mix that have all of the following qualities? used for dairy used for wool can tolerate heat (up to 100F) and cold (down to 25F) good mothers need less feed comparatively fairly docile/tame no wool on legs or face seasonal breeders

I'm happy to report Hanako has learned how to latch on! I am so relieved and so happy that Imelda didn't reject her. Selling or eating the ram lambs isn't totally out of the picture in the future, but for this lambing I'll keep them all. I guess I just don't want to deal with that extra work...

Thank you all for the help. We are hoping the lamb won't have to be bottle fed forever and will eventually learn how to find the teat. She still looks for it and sometimes gets one nibble on it but she just cannot get it in her mouth and keep it there. Milk is coming out of both teats. I've...

Hanako and Irmhild

Thank you. I am keeping all the lambs. They are my pets and just a hobby :) Imelda lambed yesterday morning - two ewe lambs. Compared to Lilith's, Imelda's lambs are tiny. She was about 143 days where Lilith was about 148. One of Imelda's lambs cannot find her nipple :( We've been bottle...

He is a Royal White - part Dorper part St Croix. Lilith came from a Dorper ranch but not too sure what all she has in her. Previous owner said she could have some Katahdin.

Gabriel likes to snuggle close to his mama: Maybelline:

Yep, one boy and one girl. I am loving them. Thanks everyone!

Lilith had lambs last night!

Jemima side view

Front views

Lilith - she's about a month away from her due date

Ridgetop, thanks for the great info! Question about the pellets. Is it ok to give as a treat? They get about two cups a day split between all of them. They get lots of coastal and I'm going to up their alfalfa soon. I occasionally give them just a bit of grain based sheep food. Any other ideas...