Baymule’s Journal

[Baymule]

Lucy blew it yesterday at feeding time. She had ventured out past the burn pile. The ewes were already in the pen bawling for me to come feed them. When Lucy saw me, she came running. Then she realized her lamb wasn't with her and started looking frantically. Ewes can be so dumb.

"Lucy! Where's your baby? Lucy! Where's your baby? Let's go find him. Where's your baby?"

I went through the gate and walked with her back to the burn pile. I picked up Uno, Lucy ran circles around me and I carried him back to the pen.

Ewes are still bedded down this morning. Sheba and Sentry are getting restless, guess I need to put on my rubber boots and go open the gate. Dogs have to run out in the mornings, pee and poop. I like it that they will hold it and not poop in the pen. Good dogs!

 

[Mini Horses]

When do you have more lambing? No fall babes here. Dairy is seasonal. But, when I have meat does here, I will have fall kidding, too. . More watching but, more income spread as well...from kid sales. Kids are such cute things to see playing & jumping around.

 

[Baymule]

4-2-22 I put with Ringo-Lucy, Ewenique, Tiny and Eve.
4-20-22 I added Dessa, Nova, Nora, and Frimplepants
6-1-22 I added 3 registered ewes, I saw Ringo breed one on 6-10 and he was chasing the other 2.

Dessa had been with Ringo since November 2021 with a brief separation when I moved. She has never lambed. Of course she is registered. Did I get a dud? Dunno. BJ picked her out and named her. She gets a free pass, whether she ever lambs or not. She will be separated from Ringo for a couple of weeks when we get back with Cooper. She can go live with him. Is Dessa barren? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe instead of a wether, Dessa can be my concubine ewe, a ram companion. She'd be a whole lot more fun than a wether anyway.

 

[SageHill]

Take an old gate with fading red paint, add sheep and what do you get? PINK SHEEP!

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I opened the gate to the pasture and the dogs ran out to make rounds. The sheep stayed where they are. They aren’t starving, not hungry, they are content, satisfied and ruminating. That puts a smile on my face.

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Cookie, young ewe with black head from her Dorper grandfather, decided to go graze and walked to the gate. Nobody got up.

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Cookie hesitated a bit then came back. LOL That’s her on the left.

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Too cute - and too funny. Dang - my panels are black. Sigh. And look at all the GREEN !!! Nice looking flock.

 

[Baymule]

I’m glad Lucy had her lamb. Observing her has clinched a decision. While I’m in the hospital and the couple of weeks in rehab, ewes will be on lockdown. Chris will feed for me, it isn’t fair to expect him to run all over the field looking for lambs. Today Lucy stashed Uno in a clump of goat weed, and ran back to the pen when she saw me and Chris putting up a cow panel hoop shelter. Then she lost Uno. I helped her find him and asked Sheba and Sentry to find the lamb. I have more lambs on the way. It will be much easier on Chris to just keep them up. We’ll add more cow panels to make the pen bigger.

 

[Mike CHS]

Our first lambing season was held in what is now our chicken pen. Whenever one of the ewes started in labor, all of the others would go to the far side of the pen to stay out of the way. They managed very well.

 

[Bruce]

Good thing you have dogs that understand "find the lamb"!!!!

 

[Baymule]

Cooper likes CheeseIt crackers

 

[Alaskan]

Cooper likes CheeseIt crackers

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Me too!!!

 

[Mini Horses]

@Alaskan climb in the trailer and you'll get some!