Kodesh Acres - This is my journal about sheep

[Ridgetop]

Great pix of the lambing! Wonderfu that you realized she was in trouble and were able to assist Dottie. Those leg back presentations with just the head out are very upsetting, the shoulders hang up in the ewe. When the head is sticking out with the lamb's tongue is hanging out they look completely dead and it is amazing when they hit the ground and start to move around. Wonderful that you were able to find the other leg and help the lamb out. God was looking over your shoulder! 2 more Yummy ram lambs for the freezer!

 

[FarmerMom83]

Here is our very first flock from @Margali
Delivered to us December 22,2024 @ 12:21pm.
Beautiful day and awesome weather
Spent a lot of time with them, the ewes were very friendly and came up for pets. Ram was minding his business (which I don't mind) but staying close to the ladies. Ewe lamb was curious but shy and a bit skittish. Overall, a good day to become a shepherdess. Praise God! View attachment 113753View attachment 113754View attachment 113755View attachment 113756View attachment 113757

Considering bringing hair sheep onto our small homestead here in Northern Indiana. I see in your picture you look like you have mobile fencing, how do your sheep do with that? WeThat's what I'm considering using when we get ours

 

[KodeshAcres]

You did great! What a beautiful pair of twins, I’m so happy for you. Dottie is being a good mom, it’s so sweet watching ewes with their lambs. With a little angel on your shoulder, you delivered the stuck lamb.

Yes on more pictures! Never enough lamb pictures!

Thank you @Baymule adding more pictures to the my lamb thread

 

[KodeshAcres]

Good save on the first lamb..... again.... you are getting a real education on difficult birth presentations and you have done a fantastic job stepping up to the plate and averting a bad ending. Many Kudos to you for that.
After a day or a few, the rooster should be all right to go back to his normal life... just watch that he does not peck at the lambs eyes... they are shiny and he might do that not trying to be mean... Chicks and half grown birds tend to do that more than adults... Penning him for the time being is the smart thing to do. Once she is well bonded with the lambs they will not go looking for breakfast from anyone else...

Great pictures of the lambing also....

Thank you @farmerjan it’s been a great learning experience for me and also many moments of wanting to pull my hair out
I’m still putting the rooster up when Dottie is around with her lambs, maybe a few more days or a whole week. He can roam around when she’s not out on pasture, but I’m taking your advice and being very cautious. He’s a real good rooster but animals will be animals and I rather not risk it.

 

[KodeshAcres]

Huge congrats on a successful lambing and following your gut instinct to check and get in and help!! It truly paid off.


So true, though sometimes it gives you the courage and a little bit of know how to jump in and and get what needs to be done done.

Thank you @SageHill
Yes, I totally agree about the videos. Many times when I’ve faced a hard situation I think back on some of the stuff I’ve watched and I feel more encouraged and capable. Didn’t mean to come off as ungrateful for the amount of free info out there on YouTube university

 

[KodeshAcres]

Great pix of the lambing! Wonderfu that you realized she was in trouble and were able to assist Dottie. Those leg back presentations with just the head out are very upsetting, the shoulders hang up in the ewe. When the head is sticking out with the lamb's tongue is hanging out they look completely dead and it is amazing when they hit the ground and start to move around. Wonderful that you were able to find the other leg and help the lamb out. God was looking over your shoulder! 2 more Yummy ram lambs for the freezer!

Great pix of the lambing! Wonderfu that you realized she was in trouble and were able to assist Dottie. Those leg back presentations with just the head out are very upsetting, the shoulders hang up in the ewe. When the head is sticking out with the lamb's tongue is hanging out they look completely dead and it is amazing when they hit the ground and start to move around. Wonderful that you were able to find the other leg and help the lamb out. God was looking over your shoulder! 2 more Yummy ram lambs for the freezer!

@Ridgetop no kidding!!! The first thing I told the family through the ring camera when I got to the paddock was “I don’t think this lamb is alive, it has its tongue stick out. I’m going to need some help!!!” My heart was racing! Praise God it was not the case
Yes, two more ram lambs for meat. 1 will be our Passover lamb for next Spring and the other we will put in the freezer with Weller.

 

[KodeshAcres]

Considering bringing hair sheep onto our small homestead here in Northern Indiana. I see in your picture you look like you have mobile fencing, how do your sheep do with that? WeThat's what I'm considering using when we get ours

@FarmerMom83 Hello from Texas! We are on 5 acres of land (so not a big homestead). The sheep do great with the electric mobile fencing. The full grown ewes and our sire ram came to us already used to electric fencing from previous owner @Margali. The lambs that have been born on our property have been exposed to it from birth, you’d be surprised how fast they learn. Make sure your fence is real hot otherwise they won’t care. The only issue I’ve had was a ram lambs that freaked out during weaning time who decided to jump multiple times OVER the fence to get to his mom and got zapped and tangled a few times, once I moved him to a completely different area of the pasture the issue resolved. I hope this helps, feel free to ask any further questions. People are very experienced in this group and love to share their knowledge with others. I’m still pretty new, 4 months in to be precise.

 

[SageHill]

. Didn’t mean to come off as ungrateful for the amount of free info out there on YouTube university

I didn't take it that way at all! LOL I've watched Sandi Brock pull lambs (goodness only knows how many) that gave me the 'get in there and get it done' courage for the first one I had to pull. Hope and pray for the best, then jump in when needed.
You did great.

 

[KodeshAcres]

@SageHill I enjoy her channel too!! I also follow The Shepherdess, she is down here in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She recently had to pull a lamb for the same reason I had to pull Stagg, I just remembered how she just went in for it and got the job done. Oh my, the things God will teach us through animals.

 

[SageHill]

@SageHill I enjoy her channel too!! I also follow The Shepherdess, she is down here in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She recently had to pull a lamb for the same reason I had to pull Stagg, I just remembered how she just went in for it and got the job done. Oh my, the things God will teach us through animals.

Yeah - I've watched her as well, her being close you could enter her thing to win lambs.