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She has actually showed a really good bond to the baby since day 1 - which surprised me as she is a 1st time mama. We left them to the horse stall tonight, I will check before leaving for work in the morning (first day i've worked since Princess was born). Hubby wants mom in the stall for a...

This morning she got a better intro to her guardians... through a fence. Mom was watching a dog outside the fences on the other side. The mini donk here is Velcro. He actually pushed our jenny (named Mimi) away from her at the fence when they where having a nose-to-nose moment. I had them out...

I have the licorice treats for goats that are sheep safe and she likes them but ONLY from the coffee can I feed from. She would "huff" at the Princess when she would get too close to me this morning and she would listen for a second, go to mom and then bounce right back towards me. It's all...

So my husband thought I was crazy - trying to weigh the baby :) I did need the extra set of hands - so when the girl child got home from soccer and we went to feed dinner to the Flerd, we got a better weight. Turkey made it look easy, but our sling is meant for newborn calf 🤪. 8.42# at just...

🤣 baby is a girl! I don't think Stanley would be a good one for her ;) Actually the daughter has a theme requirement... This round of babies will have a Disney movie theme... only she hasn't gotten a consensus on WHICH movie 🤣. I threw out Tarzan... as my MIL loved the music from it, and the...

My katahdins and dorpers have had access to a blackberry bush here - and they go to town on it! Luckily ours are wild and completely overgrown so it's not a bad thing for us - but I would be careful if you want the plants to survive!

WE HAVE A BABY GIRL! She was born about 330 - right after the birthday party started 🤣. Mama gave birth, cleaned her up and we moved her and mom to a pen where she would be able to bond - our Dorper girl Boo was up in the middle of things once the baby was on the ground being nosey (she, Boo...

I didn't get pictures this morning, but my husband "put them to bed" and when she turned around while we were in there this morning he and I both did the "WHOAH!" And my husband commented on the drastic change from last night so heres hoping ;) Today would be a great day for her to lamb - it's...

This mama is driving me BONKERS... I admit it... first time "mom" with sheep... but sheesh... I was able to feel around her tail this morning, it is very soft/loose like the cows get. She had a much smaller bag for about 2-3 weeks but it's gotten bigger slowly this week. @Baymule best guess...

So far... no dice ☹️. We are still waiting!!

LOL I don't know that it's a "handle" but it's definitely the most backasswords way of doing a lot of things 🤣 And yes, I'm waiting for lamb pics too! This is Dorothy... and if the whole "they don't eat prior to going into labor" thing is a sign, she isn't ready yet as she was bossing everyone...

We have dogs too. The coyotes we have around here don't like the donkeys or the dogs. Heck, I went in the pen the other night to close a gate after it was dark and had to use a flashlight and the Jenny (her name is Mimi) was about to stomp me because the sheep were wound up. The jack, named...

This is her first lambing... her bag isn't big, but it is developing so 🤷‍♀️ I'm just excited at least one of them is pregnant! 🤣

I think our first one will be sometime this week. In addition to the "loose" looking musculature she's swollen, not the "highlighter pink" someone described, but definitely flushed. We also are 99% sure she was the first one our ram connected with.

We moved from the Norfolk area back home to CA. The area they are following me out of is where we pen them up at night to limit access to coyotes etc and we are doing something backwards and getting the pasture outside their pen ready for rotational grazing (as in I need to put fences up, I just...

Our flock consists of: Dorothy - Katahdin 1.5 yr old Blanche - Katahdin 1.5 yr old Rose - Katahdin 1.5 yr old Sophia - Katahdin 1.5yr old Boo - Dorper 7 months *Unnamed* Suffolk/Hamp Cross 3y And two mini Donkeys that act as LGs. The 4 katahdins are officially in "the window" for lambing...

If it makes you feel better - I spoke Spanish before I spoke English as a child. Now? Spanish only comes easily when I am so mad I can't think straight, otherwise the only words that come easily to speak are curse words 🤣. I can't write it to save my life 🤣🤣🤣. Welcome to the BYH community! It...

We have entered the land of "lamb watch" here with our 4 Katahdin "Golden Girls". My husband finally understood today why the names were appropriately matched to their demeanors/sizes. Sophia is the smallest and the lowkey leader, where as Dorothy is the one in the lead and one of the biggest...

I am closing out this thread to say - THANK YOU to all that helped me navigate this. (between life and recouping from fair... it's been a month 🤪). Her lamb sold, one of the highest despite being the ONLY hair breed that went up for sale thanks in part to a local business man who indulged in the...

Scarlett & Bam Bam... in their first pen (which was a whole thing - Lesson learned just because you know someone is a volunteer with the show doesn't mean they will give you all or any relevant information. 🙄) Because this was a cute one... Their first bathing experience... We didn't have a...