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Baymule’s 2025 Lambing
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Muddy75
Loving the herd life
how many more lambs are we expecting this season?
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Baymule
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I think maybe 14 more ewes to lamb, so I’d guess 24 more lambs.
Muddy75
Loving the herd life
I like sushi, but it has to be fresh.
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Baymule
Herd Master
We’ve had a glorious day! We went to feed store, left Carson here crying because the girls sat in the back seat. Got feed, protein tubs for sheep and 3 bales of alfalfa. Came home, had brunch, unloaded feed, alfalfa and I took the girls and Carson for a ride to the paved road and back. Carson got his back seat back and the girls rode in the back of the truck.
I set the two tubs for the ewes and they loved them. I let the ewes and lambs out of their pen, out on the field, except for Tiny and her triplets. Here’s a picture of them.
DGD#2 and I sat in a chair, just watching the triplets. Cardinals were flitting about and getting brave enough to come close enough to us to steal a bit of feed from Tiny’s feed. DGD-#3 was out in the field with the ewes, lambs and Buford.
Nova, triplet sister to Tiny and Nora, was out on the field, came running in to the night pen, walked back out, back in, “talking” the whole time. She went in the hoop shelter. Buford went in behind her and came back out.
Uh-huh, Nova is gonna give birth!
I got the chair and the girls and sat in it to watch. Buford wanted to go up to the ewe, but I called him back. We watched a dark lamb slide out and Nova licking it. The lamb tried to get up, falling down and trying again. Pretty soon, another one! DGD#3 exclaimed, It’s backwards! And it was! Back legs and a tail. Hope it’s not dead! Cliffhanger! She stopped pushing to lick the first lamb. I got up and used a paper towel I found in my pocket to wipe its nose. Soon Nova was licking the lamb as it struggled to its feet, looking for milk.
Buford got antsy several times, wanting to go lick the babies, but I told him no. He laid next to the chair, watching intently. He was very good!
I carried the lambs to the pen with Tiny and her babies. We left them there to rest.
The white one is a ram and the chocolate one is a girl!!!! KEEPER!!!
I set the two tubs for the ewes and they loved them. I let the ewes and lambs out of their pen, out on the field, except for Tiny and her triplets. Here’s a picture of them.
DGD#2 and I sat in a chair, just watching the triplets. Cardinals were flitting about and getting brave enough to come close enough to us to steal a bit of feed from Tiny’s feed. DGD-#3 was out in the field with the ewes, lambs and Buford.
Nova, triplet sister to Tiny and Nora, was out on the field, came running in to the night pen, walked back out, back in, “talking” the whole time. She went in the hoop shelter. Buford went in behind her and came back out.
Uh-huh, Nova is gonna give birth!
I got the chair and the girls and sat in it to watch. Buford wanted to go up to the ewe, but I called him back. We watched a dark lamb slide out and Nova licking it. The lamb tried to get up, falling down and trying again. Pretty soon, another one! DGD#3 exclaimed, It’s backwards! And it was! Back legs and a tail. Hope it’s not dead! Cliffhanger! She stopped pushing to lick the first lamb. I got up and used a paper towel I found in my pocket to wipe its nose. Soon Nova was licking the lamb as it struggled to its feet, looking for milk.
Buford got antsy several times, wanting to go lick the babies, but I told him no. He laid next to the chair, watching intently. He was very good!
I carried the lambs to the pen with Tiny and her babies. We left them there to rest.
The white one is a ram and the chocolate one is a girl!!!! KEEPER!!!
SageHill
Herd Master
YAY!!! LOL and Buford had your grands for good examples too. 
blessedfarmgirl
True BYH Addict
Yay for a colored ewe and yay for Buford!! What a good boy.
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Baymule
Herd Master
I put the two protein tubs out and the sheep went bonkers over them. Great idea, thank you @Ridgetop for the idea! When empty, those tubs will make handy buckets with a good metal handle. They were $35 each.
Ewes in front field attacking the tub. The fattie on the right is Granny. She’s going to be one of those ewes that looks pregnant even after birthing twins.
A picture of Nova’s twins, cleaned up and dry. We named the ewe Cocoa for her chocolate color. White ram will probably be weathered and join the slaughter lamb club to grow out. Cocoa is second generation on the breed up program at 75%. Her lambs will be 87.5% and eligible for registration at one year old.
Ewes in front field attacking the tub. The fattie on the right is Granny. She’s going to be one of those ewes that looks pregnant even after birthing twins.
A picture of Nova’s twins, cleaned up and dry. We named the ewe Cocoa for her chocolate color. White ram will probably be weathered and join the slaughter lamb club to grow out. Cocoa is second generation on the breed up program at 75%. Her lambs will be 87.5% and eligible for registration at one year old.
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