2022 Waiting on Lambs Journal

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Tons of fake interest in bottle babies this year. So, Tatiana's quads will be fully her responsibility.
After shearing day, I'll setup the creep feed area again for her lambs to hopefully use sooner rather than later.



Seadra's ram


Ripped a fence out & letting them eat it clear.

 

[Alaskan]

Tons of fake interest in bottle babies

As in they say they want them... but then don't actually hand over money?

Gorgeous pictures!

 

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T is a very protective mom. Cat is currently okay, but other sheep are not!
Had to put a divider up at the hay wall to limit her Tboning everyone...

 

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They cleaned the fences.



Then cut out trees & thorns so fencing can go in.
13 ticks, lots of cuts & cursing later, it's ready for fencing.

 

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Have to add posts & panel into the pond. Then posts out in the open section & gates for tractor to pass.
More fencing will be reused, but first, most everything else needs to be done, so that the sheep don't escape while I'm putting up the fence. Lol

 

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Results came back fast for the sample that had to be redone!
And a great result. The more RR, the closer to an all RR flock I'll get!

 

[BrahmerQueen]

Results came back fast for the sample that had to be redone!
And a great result. The more RR, the closer to an all RR flock I'll get!
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Is rr the natural gene?

 

[TheCluckyClucker]

Is rr the natural gene?

I was also wondering what RR meant.

 

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Is rr the natural gene?

I was also wondering what RR meant.

Testing for Scrapie resistance, specifically, Codon at 171.
All sheep are susceptible to contracting it, but some moreso than others. Test tells me how resistant to it they are.

QQ is least resistant.
QR is in the middle.
RR is most resistant.

 

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Pulled the 2 smaller quads and put them in a jug. They still refuse the bottle, but chew it enough to get about 2oz down by accident of sorts. Takes forever, but choosing to starve to death isn't an option.

Kibito's rams, growing well.


The cull wether looking like a show club wether. Lol



Kakuna's ram, big n fat, since his twin left gave him all the good milk.


One of Willow's rams



Sheep seeds sunbathing