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Most of the ewelings.
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Ewenique went into labor in the middle of the night, unfortunately, I was asleep & the lamb came head first. He was also a whopping 12.15 pounds! Stiff & dead, had to pull.

I've decided to list 6 ewes this year, potentially others, 5 of them Babydoll.
Ewenique, Patchie, Eloise, Latte, Kibito & Lucy.

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Seadra's lamb, 215, has sold. Makes 3 with deposits paid.
Website finally updated, FB Page has been kept up to date daily.



Saola's eweling is mostly unresponsive today, twmp normal, breathing fine. Not sure what went wrong, maybeshe got laid on? Got her to drink 70ml of formula and we wait n see. They were tagged & banded yesterday and were fine then.



Yamcha and her lamb were let out.
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Piccolo had ram/ewe twins.
She's got a narrow pelvis, so the big ram needed pulling.
Sire Magnemite
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Fossa was early in lambing while I waited & helped Piccolo. Once her's were out, caught Fossa & put her in the lambyard so she doesn't dissappear out into the field to lamb.
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Well, either I need to more selectively feed the protein or I have a problem with ram lambs being large in general. In the past, some of these ewes had problems with big rams, so idk which it is.
Had the same problem I had with the final ewe last year. Head kept flopping back, small pelvic opening, seriously struggled to get it out. Eventually, I pushed a front leg back and it was just enough room for the head to stay forward & mom helped push, which helped keep him in place as I pulled. And pulled hard. Ramling, sire is Magnemite.

The lamb that was sick suddenly, she is up n about, but then I noticed something awful. She's drinking mom's water!! One of the Patchie triplets was also caught doing it!! Swapped their buckets to stop it. Idk wtf is happening there. I've only heard of this problem, never had it.
When I found her back up n active, but before the water drinking.
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Piccolo ewe lamb is weak, gave bottle. Going out later and will recheck everyone and then go see if anyone else is trying to kill themselves with a big ram lamb....

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Let Juliana and her lambs out.
Moved Fossa over, as she made a huge, soggy mess. Look at that big guy! Cute and tough.
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Let patchie and lambs out of jug, but not out of the barn/carports area. Not sure how bonded they are to mom yet.
Moved Sugar into the lambyard, as she looks ready to go any second.
The other two big white ones look super close, but left them out.
Stopped feeding the protein to the waiting moms, except for Kibito. The moms w/lambs will get it now instead.
 
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