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  1. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Baby Needs a Name

    Very cute:love Wilson Harvey Wyatt Dawson Hank
  2. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    About the CDT vaccine, would it have reached the lambs? How many Dorset's do you have?
  3. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    OOPS wasnt done. i checked there ribs and i could still feel them through the wool so i will keep feeding a bit of grain. Mabel s udder has grown but im not sure how big it is supposed to be. How big do your Dorset's bellies and udders get?
  4. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    Heres the girls. I couldn't get Gertie to stand up but Mabel would so i got a rear end and udder shot of her.
  5. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    The breeder vaccinated the ewes with CDT on May 3rd so should we vaccinate again or will it have reached the lambs back then? They are out on good pastures and at night get a flake of horse quality Timothy hay. I will go out and check about their ribs and get new pictures of them. Thank you for...
  6. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    I started feeding about 1 pound of grain back in early June because he said they would have them June/July and gradually stopped after we got their papers. Will that affect the lambs and how big they are? :idunno I have heard if you feed the ewe too much the lamb will be big and have a...
  7. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    Well... I know why there is no lambs yet. We got their registered papers and he put the ram in January/February and took him out May 1st. Two days before we went to see them and put a deposit on them. So the latest date will be October 7th!:barnieWhen should I start feeding grain? I don't want...
  8. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    I have found that Mabel's udder is getting noticeably bigger than it is in the pictures and now she does not want me touching it. From looking at other peoples lambing threads and seeing the pictures of how big the udder and bellies are, I think I still have a while to wait.
  9. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    Oh really?! I thought that they looked closer than that. I wish I knew when they were actually bred!:barnie The next time we breed them the person we bought them from offered to bring his purebred dorset show ram to our house. That way we can get the exact date they are bred. We are still...
  10. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    Thank you for your reply! The person we got them from had these sheep and the ram with a bunch of other ewes at a friends place in a month time period and he did not tell us the exact date he put him in or took them out. He used a marking harness on his ram and Mabel only took 1 time to take...
  11. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    Can any sheep people help me out? :huI would really like to know so we can have everything ready for when they come.:weeeI know it is pretty hard to tell because every ewe is different, but I would like to know a rough timeline.
  12. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    I'm not sure Mabel's pictures work. I'll post them again. Update on Mabel- her udder is filling up and is sensitive when I touch it.
  13. Maple_Lane_Lambs

    Bred ewes

    Last month we picked up 2 Dorset ewes that were bred in late January-early February (the person we bought them from was not sure the exact time they were bred).He said they should be due late June-early July. We think in the next 2 weeks we will have lambs. My sheep, Mabel, looks closer than my...
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