MMGardens
Overrun with beasties
Having already had a tiny flock of sheep, I extra cut my lambing season short this year because I sold 3 of my bred ewes and bought 2 young ewes of a breed I wanted (gulf coast native), which only left me with two potentially bred ewes for this year and a flock of 6.
Dolly was my first to lamb. When I got the mama (dolly) she looked terrible and so malnourished. I posted her picture here before asking for advice about a year ago. She’s gone from 45 lbs at 1 year old to now being 100 lbs and 2.5 years old and looks like totally normal sheep. Previously, when dolly was only 50 lbs my vet evaluated her and told me never to breed her because she would likely need a c section. After she gained all this weight and became a regular statured sheep, I really felt like she could do it, and she has a lot of the qualities I was looking to breed into my sheep, so my vet counciled to breed her to a fine boned ram. I was crossing my fingers for twins in hopes that the babies would be smaller. I was also so nervous she wouldn’t be a good mom, because the home I got her from had gotten her as a bottle baby from the stock yard and I didn’t have any info on the circumstances of her birth or why she was a bottle baby. I’ve been on lamb watch with her now for about a week, but this morning I woke up and went out at 5 to check on her, and her big old baby was already cleaned off and nursing and placenta already delivered. I’m so so proud of her. She’s been such a good mama.
Here’s her sweet ewe lamb, 9 lbs 3 oz. I cannot believe she had that baby all by herself with no issue, but I’m so happy she’s proven our fears unwarranted. You go girl
Next up is hopefully my first lamb from last year, Apolla. She should be due in around 2 months
Dolly was my first to lamb. When I got the mama (dolly) she looked terrible and so malnourished. I posted her picture here before asking for advice about a year ago. She’s gone from 45 lbs at 1 year old to now being 100 lbs and 2.5 years old and looks like totally normal sheep. Previously, when dolly was only 50 lbs my vet evaluated her and told me never to breed her because she would likely need a c section. After she gained all this weight and became a regular statured sheep, I really felt like she could do it, and she has a lot of the qualities I was looking to breed into my sheep, so my vet counciled to breed her to a fine boned ram. I was crossing my fingers for twins in hopes that the babies would be smaller. I was also so nervous she wouldn’t be a good mom, because the home I got her from had gotten her as a bottle baby from the stock yard and I didn’t have any info on the circumstances of her birth or why she was a bottle baby. I’ve been on lamb watch with her now for about a week, but this morning I woke up and went out at 5 to check on her, and her big old baby was already cleaned off and nursing and placenta already delivered. I’m so so proud of her. She’s been such a good mama.
Here’s her sweet ewe lamb, 9 lbs 3 oz. I cannot believe she had that baby all by herself with no issue, but I’m so happy she’s proven our fears unwarranted. You go girl
Next up is hopefully my first lamb from last year, Apolla. She should be due in around 2 months
Just look at that sweet touching session
. Thrilled she's grown out well and delivered without issue. You did good!! Congrats.
