Baymule’s 4th Lambing

[goatgurl]

hope the little guy gets stronger and stronger. when I got home from work today and found cookie and her triplets one was up nursing, one was laying down with its head up looking around and one was laid out flat on its side with its head drawn back and I thought, aww shoot she lost one, until it wiggled its ear opened its eyes, looked at me and jumped up to go get a snack. looked dead dog dead when I first got there. hope the old girl can feed 3.
I have been told that a lot of dorper sheep don't always shed out until their 2nd year. don't know if its true of not but it does look like your younger girls are the fluffiest. will be interesting to see what their coat looks like next year.

 

[Baymule]

You are right @farmerjan. Life on the farm...but death is on the farm too. I am excited for this ewe, she is Miranda's daughter. Miranda is the ewe I started this thread on, the first few pages. Miranda always twins, has a cow udder and is a great mom. Eve is off to a rough start, but she is showing that she is a good ewe. I have another of Miranda's daughters, Lucy, that is due. Really happy to have two of Miranda's daughters.

@goatgurl I don't have any shears....they are hair sheep, right? I think I'm going to take a pair of scissors to them. They might look like they got attacked by a horde of rabid, broken toothed chipmunks with a taste for raggedy wool, but I don't care.

 

[Baymule]

Well, my tiny little guy made it through the night. A storm blew in this morning, got 3/4” of rain so far. Temps are dropping, it was 70 degrees, now just below 60 and headed for 40 degrees. Eve is being an excellent momma, I am no longer worried about my tiny pocket lamb. She is taking good care of him.

But look at what I got this morning! From Moonpie, daughter of Lily, granddaughter of Lady Baa Baa, here he is!

A healthy, strong, bouncing, little boy! Of course, he is beautifully marked, isn’t that in the Sheep Law somewhere? I’ve been worried about Moonpie, she hurt her back leg and has been hopping on three legs, only yesterday started putting weight on it again. She also is a good momma.

Seven lambs so far, two ewe lambs, five future dinners.

 

[luvmypets]

Man tell your ram to give you some girls!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Congratulations on the lambs! I’m so happy the lil’ guy pulled through! Sorry about the lost lamb

Hoping for some ewe lambs

 

[Mike CHS]

Looks like a stout little boy!

 

[RollingAcres]

Congrats!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I know you asked LS, but since he is having a rough time here’s a screenshot.

Click the box (highlighted in read)
Then click the spoiler button (yellow)
It’ll let you name it and add what you want.

 

[Bruce]

I don't have any shears....they are hair sheep, right? I think I'm going to take a pair of scissors to them. They might look like they got attacked by a horde of rabid, broken toothed chipmunks with a taste for raggedy wool, but I don't care.

Spring 2017 I had problems with the new electric shears on the alpacas. They were more "scissored" than sheared. Problems again last spring, I think they are just so dirty that the shears dull really fast.

I had purchased some hand shears so the boys were again partially electric sheared this past spring and half the rest was hand sheared (by me), the remaining part scissored (by DD1). Yeah not a real smooth looking job but who cares. I think this year I'll skip the electrics entirely. Besides having problems with them, I think the boys really don't like the sound. Laddie is particularly wild, maybe total silence will help that a little. Not holding my breath though. DD1 has already volunteered to NOT help remove his coat this year. She will help with Teddy, he doesn't like it but is a lot more calm.

The only downside of scissors is you have to open them after every cut where hand shears have a spring shape that opens them back up. I have a thing to sharpen scissors, you just open and close them with the blades in the slots a few times. Really easy to do frequently.

 

[Baymule]

I closed up the sheep again tonight. It is cold, 36 degrees, and still getting colder. I spread a bale of pine shavings for the little guys to snuggle in.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I closed up the sheep again tonight. It is cold, 36 degrees, and still getting colder. I spread a bale of pine shavings for the little guys to snuggle in.

Your a good sheep maaaaama, i am sure they appreciated it very much