2016, Waiting on Lambs!

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She spent most of today free in the pen. She's not shoving him much, but not letting him nurse unless I hold her.
So started Sonic on a bottle earlier today. Tail banded and wethered, in another day or so, he'll be, hopefully, ready to go.

And since I've never seen an ewe lay down while in a gate...

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Gosh those are some little sheep! I didn't realize how small they are. What is the average weight of a mature ewe?

Congrats on all those lambs! They are adorable.

 

[luvmypets]

What cuties, hope marshmallow accepts her lamb

 

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That's a good question, I don't have a livestock scale, so hard to tell. I could probably pick up the shorter ewes and stand on my bathroom scale to get their weights, but the others would have to be easily 100# and too squiggly to pick up.

Websites say 70 to 150 pounds for adults. But the 70 has to be for the extra tiny ones, since my 7-8mo wethers can be 50-70 pounds and they still grow another 2-4 inches.

 

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When she's distracted with fresh hay or grain, she lets him nurse. She's not beating him up, so letting him stay with her and I hop in to bottle feed him and feed mom so he can eats from her some, too.
He sucks down formula like an elephant!
He even tried to eat some hay.

 

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I'll have to get pictures with the flock now that they are nakie, since they "shrink" anywhere from 1-4 inches. Lol

 

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Raining the next 2 weeks, so here'ssome sucky pics. Cold, clamy, wet and generally gross outside.

 

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