SageHill Ranch Journal

[SageHill]

Some things just make my heart smile. Obi loves lambs - first trip to the barn this morning and he's peeking in even before me.

Cap's three pumpkins --

Open faced black......

Black faced white..........

Open faced white......

 

[drstratton]

Some things just make my heart smile. Obi loves lambs - first trip to the barn this morning and he's peeking in even before me.

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Cap's three pumpkins --
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Open faced black......

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Black faced white..........

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Open faced white......
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Good boy Obi!

They are so cute and photogenic!

 

[fuzzi]

Some things just make my heart smile. Obi loves lambs - first trip to the barn this morning and he's peeking in even before me.

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Cap's three pumpkins --
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Open faced black......

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Black faced white..........

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Open faced white......
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[Mini Horses]

Those are so beautifully colored lambs Real eye candy there. AND GIRLS!!! That's a lottery win!

 

[farmerjan]

Forget sheep math... there is a 3x winner in my book... they are beautiful, and all so very evenly sized....

 

[Baymule]

Congratulations on the triplet beautiful spotty GIRLS!! What a fantastic surprise!

You may need to keep momma and trips up for a few weeks so you can feed her extra and she doesn't have to fight for it. Put the feed in a pan or one of those black rubber tubs. Then the babies can reach it and will start eating the feed sooner. The last set of triplets I had, I kept them up for over a month before turning them out on the field with the others. Lambs were eating feed and hay and did great.

 

[SageHill]

Ears rule! Sage and one.

Ree and one

And all of them.................

Weight check and they all gained weight!!!
Mama Cap is getting lots of extra food -- in the bunk alfalfa and in pans pellets and cracked corn. She's getting partial to the easy stuff in the pans. And a nice pile of broken up alfalfa on the ground for all. The littles are already gumming the alfalfa.
Other ewes are still hold outs of course. Looking like possibly B-Day lambs for me tomorrow

 

[drstratton]

Ears rule! Sage and one.
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Ree and one

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And all of them.................

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Weight check and they all gained weight!!!
Mama Cap is getting lots of extra food -- in the bunk alfalfa and in pans pellets and cracked corn. She's getting partial to the easy stuff in the pans. And a nice pile of broken up alfalfa on the ground for all. The littles are already gumming the alfalfa.
Other ewes are still hold outs of course. Looking like possibly B-Day lambs for me tomorrow

Happy early birthday! Hope you get lambs and everything goes well! Or would you rather they hold off until the next day?

 

[murphysranch]

I simply love all of those babies!!!

 

[SageHill]

Today did not go as planned.
A first timer ewe had a nose sticking out. Had to help, DH came to help, called my neighbor who has/had goats (another story later). I could only get the lamb out so far, worked and worked could hook a finger around a leg but could not get it to move push pull etc. Neighbor tried after me, managed the other leg instead. Neither of us could pull enough. DH to the strength rescue managed to pull the lamb out. The lamb had expired more than likely over a day ago or so. Hair was falling out. Milked out some colostrum. Oxytocin given to help clean out, LA200.
If the ewe makes it she won't be staying here. Not for the bad presentation, but lack of any signs of labor.
Such is life. Bummed - but that's the way it goes.
On a better note, the triplets all continue to gain weight and are all now about the same weight over 8lbs.