2018, Waiting on Lambs! ♡

[secuono]

Edited to reflect updated info.

Okay, starting the 2018 Journal a bit earlier than before again. Sebastian arrived with barberpole, so he is still working on catching up and will not be used for breeding this year.


2018 Lambing Journal!

Breeding season starts October 1st, 2017 & ends November 26th, 2017.

I have not decided who I'm using as a clean-up ram this time, but considering Sebastian.

Earliest lambing date is February 15th, 2018 & latest date is May 4th, 2018.

Clean-up breeding start & end dates are December 18th, 2017 to January 8th, 2018.
Clean-up lambing dates are May 5th, 2018 to June 16th, 2018


▪Billy with Lolla, Chocolate, Marshmallow, Lucia & FatWrinkley.

▪Kris with Vanilla, Shelly, Matilda, Periwinkle, Patchie, Sugar & Surry.

▪Michaelis with Addie, Marley, Eloise, Juliana & Latte.


All ewe lambs will be held until they are 6-8wks old, at which point I'll choose who I keep and who becomes available.

All ram and wether lambs will be available from birth.


There are 17 ewes, expecting about 22 to 23 lambs. This is based on lambing history.

Hoping to keep most ewe lambs from Billy & Kris, as they will be retired in the coming years.

Hoping to keep some ewe lambs from Sebastian & Michaelis as well. But not a priority, since they will be here for several years.

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■Mature ewes that will be retired when they have an ewe lamb to replace them.

▪FatWrinkley, NABSSAR
Registered, $500. Not registered $400.
DOB February 2nd, 2011. Codon QR.
Sire Louie & Dam FannieMae
Born a Single. Lambed at Scheer in KS. Off-white with one black spot on front leg.
Lambing History-
Off-white ewe twins in 2015
Off-white & black ram twins in 2016
Off-white & black ewe twins in 2017

▪Lolla, NABSSAR
Registered, $500. Not reg $400.
DOB March 20th, 2014. Codon QR.
Sire Bouncy & Dam CottonCandy
Born a Single. Lambed at ForeverFarms in VA. Black.
Lambing History-
Off-white ram lamb in 2015
Black ewe lamb in 2016
Off-white ram in 2017



■Mature rams that will be retired in 1 to 3yrs.

▪Billy, most likely will be kept and castrated to be a fiber animal. Or sold to someone wanting to add longer wool genes into their flock. Greyed black.
DOB April 3rd, 2014. Codon RR.
Sire Dan & Dam Minnie.
Born a Twin. Lambed at LTB Farm in VA.
NABSSAR, $400.

▪Kris, NABSSAR & OEBSR.
Registered, $400. Not reg, $300.
DOB April 4th, 2014. Codon RR.
SIRE 13673 & DAM 12757
Born a Twin. Lambed at Egland Farm in MD. Black.

Ewes that were sold this summer because I have their full sisters.



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Dual Registered
Kris, Sebastian, Michaelis, Eloise, Latte, Sugar, Vanilla, Patchie, Shelly, Addie, Marley, Periwinkle

NABSSAR Only
Matilda, Juliana, Lolla, Marshmallow, Surry, Chocolate, Lucia

Codon RR
Billy, Kris, Sebastian, Michaelis, Eloise, Matilda, Juliana, Vanilla, Marshmallow, Surry, Chocolate, Periwinkle, Lucia

Codon QR
Maciej, Marley, Shelly, FatWrinkley, Patchie, Lolla, Latte

Codon QQ
Sugar


Hopefully I didn't forget anything, lol.

 

[mysunwolf]

If you're starting your lambing thread now, that means I can definitely start mine! I'm so excited to see all of these matches for 2018. I also feel like at this point I kind of need a family tree for your sheep, to see which ewes are related to who else.

 

[secuono]

If you're starting your lambing thread now, that means I can definitely start mine! I'm so excited to see all of these matches for 2018. I also feel like at this point I kind of need a family tree for your sheep, to see which ewes are related to who else.

Ooo, I just imagined a huge blackboard with the family webs on it, lol. Fun project idea! And ever spreading! I currently keep index cards for each sheep so I can plan breeding groups. I really want to make the tree now....

Most aren't related, but I'll have plenty of mother/daughter pairs next year after I, hopefully, keep back a bunch of ewe lambs!



I heard back from Twinkie's new owner, they love him to bits!

 

[TheCuteOrpington]

Sounds great!

 

[secuono]

This was a great idea, Mysunwolf!

Found out that I have 2 full sisters I wasn't aware of. Cocoa & Periwinkle.
Going to list Cocoa for sale.

And it proves that buying strictly out-of-state rams, each from a different state, this year was a smart thing. Will also be buying ewes like that next year. Dan and Bob are all over the place, booo!

Many have trees on their CORs, so no point of writing it all down. But I will go over each to look for repeats and could write down a note for those.

 

[secuono]

Posted Cocoa & Emmie for sale. So here are the revised breeding groups.

Four Groups-
▪Billy with Lucia, Lolla, Chocolate, Marshmallow, Patchie & FatWrinkley.
▪Kris with Periwinkle, Shelly, Sugar & Marley.
▪Maciej with Addie, Surry, Matilda & Juliana.
▪Michaelis with Eloise, Latte & Vanilla.

Three Groups-
▪Billy with Lolla, Chocolate, Marshmallow, Lucia & FatWrinkley.
▪Kris with Vanilla, Shelly, Matilda, Periwinkle, Patchie, Sugar & Surry.
▪Michaelis with Addie, Marley, Eloise, Juliana & Latte.

 

[secuono]

Wow, okay, both ewes & Maciej are pending, possibly Audry, too!
They will come tomorrow and make the final decision on Audry then.

So, breeding group for 2017 is as follows!

▪Billy with Lolla, Chocolate, Marshmallow, Lucia & FatWrinkley.
▪Kris with Vanilla, Shelly, Matilda, Periwinkle, Patchie, Sugar & Surry.
▪Michaelis with Addie, Marley, Eloise, Juliana & Latte.



Will round up the girls later tonight, when temps drop, so they are easy to move out tomorrow. Ram is already easy to get to. Then a bunch of hoof trimming & deworming to do.

 

[mysunwolf]

I'm glad it was helpful for you to do, of course the charts are now just confusing me Can't believe you found out that those two were full sisters!

 

[secuono]

Maciej, Cocoa and Emmie have left to their new home 5hrs away.

Audry will be kept until next year and then relisted.

*phew* Just 3 rams to juggle in October!

 

[secuono]

Been feeding oats in hopes of increasing odds of ewe lambs.

Just a couple days until breeding starts!!