What breed are they? The lamb pics reminds me of my bottle baby. Her wool wasn't the "kinky" normal wooly look but was a fine really white almost hairlike. I am waiting on her to lamb for the third time is just over two weeks. In March of 2011 she had twins, last February she had triplets and I am expecting her to have at least triplets again this year. I am becoming concerned that I may be needing to help her get up soon as she is so heavy with lamb. Her legs and feet remind me of a deer as they are so slender and small.
Ewe has not lambed yet and bag is extremely red and large...
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Well, these were opps babies. Learned a good lesson! When someone gives you a whether sheep, make sure he is indeed neutered all the way. :/ The whether had one testicle that escaped the process. So I didn't know my ewes were even pregnant until they started dropping lambs! Surprise! Daddy is 1/2 Navajo Churro and 1/2 Rambouiltte and Mama is full Rambouilette. Each ewe so far has thrown twins and in each batch, there is one lamb that has the kinky finer fleece of the Rambouilette and the other one has the throw back fleece to the Churro. I also got some beautiful pure black babies! So excited about those! I spin and weave and its really hard to find natural black, which is why I even took the whether, because he really did have a lovely colored fleece. Thankfully most of the black lambs will have a finer Rambouilette fleece I think. So in the end it turned out great. The white ones with the coarser fleeces will also work out great because I recently got a Navajo loom and I can use their fleece for rugs because it will hold up and be a much stronger fiber than the finer fibers.
