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sandy10m
Chillin' with the herd
Just a quick update. Weaning took longer than expected, but with all the rain, the mamas had plenty of grass/weeds to eat. I did not do the initial 24 hours fast for them (I just learned that here), so that didn't help. But 1 week of no extra feed (grass/weeds only) with the lambs, and then 3 weeks of grass/weeds only without the lambs, and their udders are done. Lambs started weaning at 13 weeks. The lambs are all growing fast, but they were already munching on multiple feeds and grass/weeds with the mamas before weaning. Next phase, letting the ewe-lambs grow up a bit before first mating. And letting the mamas recover with extra oats/alfalfa. Mamas mate in Sept, lambs mate in Oct (9 months for them). I already figured out their blind dates. I should have the next wave of lambs in Feb and Mar.
