2022 Waiting on Lambs Journal

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Lickety-Split is being picky, so ground her food up.

 

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Neem, 0164 ram from last year.
FB is an easy way to get updates on your stock growing up. Annoyingly, selling after a year or two is highly common. I don't get it, pay so much just to use for such a short bit of time.

He turned out nice.

 

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Another update!

Scrotal hernia ramling this time.
He's big, he's needy & he's adorable.
Baby pic is 1st to remind people of what he looked like. See how the spotting is muddled once wool grows in?

 

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The big boys getting along with ramlings.

And Lickety-Split. Has a checkup tomorrow.

 

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Dry cast with room, so 3 more weeks before possible removal.

 

[farmerjan]

Is it healing okay except slowly? Looks like she is getting along pretty good though.
The change in the color and the white mottling blending in is a big wow.... nice lamb and fantastic growth. Sorry he's got a problem with the hernia. Can they grow out of it? Surgical fix ? Or just castrate and make a wether?

 

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Is it healing okay except slowly? Looks like she is getting along pretty good though.
The change in the color and the white mottling blending in is a big wow.... nice lamb and fantastic growth. Sorry he's got a problem with the hernia. Can they grow out of it? Surgical fix ? Or just castrate and make a wether?

Yes, vet said it looked great. He likes to do a 3wk check because so many end up wet and gross or other breeds grow so fast that it has to be changed.


I banded the sac to keep everything up inside. As I didn't want to risk it suddnly spilling out a lot and be an emergency. If I had done it a day sooner, I could of separated the testicles from the intestines and make him a wether, but that didn't happen.

The new owner had their vet remove testicles when they surgically fixed the defect.

Hope they send a shearing pic next year, as the contrast will "come back" for awhile. White area gets more n more black speckling over time, making it even more muddled.

 

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Resting on the bad leg. That's a good sign?

 

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Caught all the ewes for eye trims & health checks. Missing one white lamb that was bought in. 😭 Eventually found the remains.
Then kicked out the tall sheep, to stop them from breaking my hot wire fence all of the dang time, and all of the lambs + one adult. She's too weak overall to how wet this farm is, so I'll be selling her off. Tatiana & Fuddy-Duddy are also listed, trying to focus on the better woolley sheep.
About 18 days before breeding season starts.
Graining the sheep that were removed from the brood ewes. Not a ton of grass available, nor anywhere else to really put them than the barn/back yards.

 

[Alaskan]

Caught all the ewes for eye trims & health checks. Missing one white lamb that was bought in. 😭 Eventually found the remains.
Then kicked out the tall sheep, to stop them from breaking my hot wire fence all of the dang time, and all of the lambs + one adult. She's too weak overall to how wet this farm is, so I'll be selling her off. Tatiana & Fuddy-Duddy are also listed, trying to focus on the better woolley sheep.
About 18 days before breeding season starts.
Graining the sheep that were removed from the brood ewes. Not a ton of grass available, nor anywhere else to really put them than the barn/back yards.
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Do you know how you lost the white lamb?