2017, Waiting on Lambs ♡

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Went ahead and set up a giant bucket trap for the rats, since they missed the snap traps.

 

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Should be sleeping, but was rewriting my sheep notes, because they are a mess, and ended up also making a preliminary breeding groups list for this year! So this will change some.

I'm hoping FW & Lolla have ewes next year for me to keep back, then FW will be for sale & Lolla retired. Bred to Billy.

Billy's group will have only NABSSAR ewes. If all ewes have at least one ewe lamb for me to keep, then Billy will be castrated & kept for his wool. If not, I may keep him intact another year to breed any ewes who didn't have an ewe lamb for me to keep. Won't repeat this a third time, though.
Hoping to keep 5 ewe lambs from this group next year.
▪Billy × FatWrinkley, Marshmallow, Surry, Lolla, Chocolate.

New RR Rams are dual reg, so they will be bred to dual reg ewes. But one ewe is just NABSSAR. And they will be paired this year with the same color, so black x black & white x white. But have one extra black ewe, so she'll be with the white ram, unless I end up keeping back another black ewe or buying one to even out the numbers.
I may keep some ewe lambs from these two groups next year.
▪White ram × Sugar, Patchie, Shelly, Vanilla, Addie, Matilda.
▪Black ram × Marley, Emmie, Cocoa, Latte, Periwinkle, Eloise.

 

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All born lambs are now sold! =0
Last 5 ewes still holding out on me.

 

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Alright, sending a deposit for a 2nd ram lamb Monday. And may also be getting an ewe lamb as well from yet another state, unknown codon, sire is RR though. Probably white in color and also dual registered. Glad all the lambs sold so I have the funds to get them!

So one from Kentucky, another from Missouri and last from Nebraska!

The 2nd ram, cute little face-

 

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Had a coat made for the sheep, this wasn't the sheep I measured before...lol

 

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Ah don't be hard on the sheep, she may grow into the coat.

 

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She'd have to shorten her back. =/


Last of the bottle lambs are gone to their new home.

The 5 ewes are still holding out. Cocoa & Marley seem close.

 

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Looks like Marley may lamb today.

Moved her to a jug, she walked pretty nicely on the lead. Thank goodness!