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I am seriously behind on.. everything! But FINALLY finished lambing! :thIf I had ANY RESERVATIONS about investing in the CDIRs they are out the window! 4.6.18 The white cross ewe (older ewe which I have found out is from the same farm as Butthead and is also 50/50 cross) had white twins. Ram...

Do you mean for shearing quality? I know here there is a ton of talk among the wool sheep farmers (people who started with the fiber and got into the animals for the fiber mainly) and no one is happy with shearers and the fleece quality. One guy told me he would like to stand right behind the...

Updated the lambing thread. Will try to post some more of the lamb races and napping pics/clips here later. When to keep for expanding breeding ewes vs cull older ewes and harder to manage ewes? I have a smaller size flock and looking to expand. I am wondering about a couple ewes I bought. They...

Do you know if you'll have some cormo or cvm ram lambs for sale later on? I am eyeing two of my ram lambs but unsure with half my ewes being quite related already.

Well it took me 45 minutes for the older ewe and 30 minutes for the younger ewe.. But they are both still holding out.. And managed to finally get them both over to the barn and into stalls. The older ewe has had slight discharge for several days now and her back end looks ready. The younger ewe...

Nibble nibble! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgtg9ycnnqv/?taken-by=girlwalkswithgoats Sniff sniff, nibble nibble... https://www.instagram.com/p/BgthFtsn5Zu/?taken-by=girlwalkswithgoats The lambs are doing alot of tasting. The hay. The feed. My boots. My pants...

The saga of the black cross ewe lambing.. 3.20.18 I am tired. Two ewes left to lamb! The end is in sight!! (Swipe/click over to see all the clips) Ignore my haggard and frazzled talking :gigwell, more than usual.. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgks8dwnU_H/?taken-by=girlwalkswithgoats So Fitz...

3/18 I set up to try some shearing.. Go in the barn to grab the first (*cough* victim *cough*) sheep.. And Pigpig is in labor after having a bit of discharge and really ready looking back end for about four days now. So apparently I have to put on a brand new shirt for a ewe to lamb.. :idunno...

3/14 I get home from work and go out to do the evening chores. 11pm Midget was in the corner grunting and groaning with contractions. I get her into a jug and go feed the other ewes. 11:24 contractions- https://www.instagram.com/p/BgVQsQ9n772/?taken-by=girlwalkswithgoats 11:31 the contractions...

I bred Coco again this morning. Two covers each time so crossing my fingers. Got it marked to put the nest in and her due date. Go check the lambing post for some lamb surprises! Swipe or click to the right for a funny little story about the shortly missing rooster :gig...

We got lambs! This morning about twenty minutes before my alarm went off my papa calls and says he sees a ewe with a lamb at the top of the paddock. It was one of the older looking white cross ewes. Twins! A white ram lamb and a really neat spotty ewe lamb! The ewe is a little bigger but weighs...

Today I started doing two feedings and upped it a little more. (after midnight so I guess yesterday lol) The white cross ewes are in the paddock and a couple days ago I moved Midget, Pigpig, blk shetland ewe, and blk cross ewe over to the barn in a pen. Hairy and the ewe lamb are with them in...

She lost the kits. Ugh. She had moved the next all around and they got pushed out of the hair I'd put in. She had pulled a little more but in a different corner. Bred her back and will put her with the buck again tomorrow.

Hairy lambed a single ewe 3/6/17. Birth weight 10.74 lbs! And pretty sure she has gained a couple more in the days since. She is a big lamb and has some long legs on her. She is a really interesting reddish brown color, white on her face with a couple small spots in the white, a white dipped...

I have been trying to breed Coco (mini rex doe) for a while now. She hadn't taken the breedings. I was getting frustrated. Sure enough I go out to take the rams some hay just before dark.. And she had kindled on the wire because I hadn't given her a nest because I absolutely did not feel any...

It is going between pouring rain and sprinkling today. I got the two panels moved to the edge of the paddock but it isn't going to get moved and cut today. Perhaps Saturday. Then I will most likely get it setup for the ewes and see if I can start moving them over. Hairy's inside bits are still...

That cross seems to make very colorful lambs from what I see of them. Looks good!

So sad about the ram lamb <3 And that the ewe is having a bad time

Just checked again about 10:30pm. She is acting more herself and has definitely drank a good bit of water now. I had topped off the little bucket in the stall to almost overflowing so I could really make sure if she was drinking. Her backside seems much less 'bursting at the seems' now. The lid...

Just posted this in the lambing thread as well.. ** WARNING ** graphic explanations ** WARNING** Well I called off work today. Went up to feed this morning and Hairy was way out the side of the paddock and was holding her back legs oddly the way she stood. She totally ignored me and the rest...