2020, Waiting on Lambs!

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Dragging it all the way down. Ugh.
Going to toss on shade cloth and have it as sheep shelter for those two lower paddocks. Not a ton, but better than what they have.

 

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4wks and a brickhouse!

Maybe I should keep her & keep breeding for these mutts...hmm, have a separate flock of super meatballs!

 

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Chunky for sure!

 

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Year 2021, January 1st.
For those who plan ahead!
Culpeper, Virginia.

 

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Eweling 123 is codon QR.

Might have future homes for two of the mature rams, when they decide which they'd prefer.


Oh, and may of made a long term, standing contract with a meat buyer that'll buy my excess ramlings, I believe they've bought breeding stock from me in the past.
Weighing the 3 yearlings tomorrow, if weather is nice, and will choose two to sell her.

 

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Piccolo finally has an udder!
Moved her into the barn's yard for lamb watch!
Sire is Sebastian, codon RR & can be dual registered.
Should be a white lamb, hoping for an ewe!
Last possible bred date is Nov 22, so due date is the 16th or around that date by a few days.

Which means, once she lambs, breeding season will be over for the official sheep.
Last will be the 4 Cali yearlings who would have unknown sires, so those lambs will be pets, dinner or I can draw blood on all the rams & lambs & send off to the lab.

 

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Shearer may be coming out in 2wks.

 

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Waiting on deposits for the following-
Ewelings 102, 110 & 120.
Ramling 104.
Mutt eweling 118.

Paid deposits for the following-
Wetheres 101, 106, 115, 107, 113 & 114.
Ramlings 103, 105 & 122.

Potentially pending is-
Eweling 109.

Which leaves the following as available-
Mutt eweling 117.
Ramlings 119 & 125.

Keepers are the following-
Ramling 111.
Mutt ewelings 116 & 124.
Ewelings 108, 112, 121 & 123.

Deposit for ewelings 102, 110 & 120 has come in.

 

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Got weights on the yearling rams, DOBs included.
101 pounds for ram #73. February 28th, 2019.
115 pounds for the mutt. April 8th, 2019
100 pounds for the last one. March 30th, 2019.

 

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Moved 220 to the lambing area, too.

Got the new collection tags for codon testing...hoping I can modify my current tool to work for these...waste of money to constantly be buying $40 taggers...



Guy that's stopped be before, last year or the year before, came again. Apparently, he wants registered sheep, so gave him my card to look online.