Four Winds Ranch: " Life on the Farm "

[ragdollcatlady]

Nice haul! I would guess maybe mostly rhode island red, the buff could be an orpington or cochin (feathered feet??). The golden one with some black might be americana type (Easter egger or a mix) if she has a beard....not sure about the blue or speckled kids.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Nice haul! I would guess maybe mostly rhode island red, the buff could be an orpington or cochin (feathered feet??). The golden one with some black might be americana type (Easter egger or a mix) if she has a beard....not sure about the blue or speckled kids.

Thanks for your expertise!!! It gives me some ideas!!!! I don't know why, but knowing their breeding helps with their individuality and separate personalities in my mind!

 

[Southern by choice]

The gold with black may be Buff Brahmas... if they have feathered feet and a peacomb. Close up pics are more helpful as far as seeing combs etc.

The one looks a bit like an austrolorp

The speckled... has a semi Mille Fleur Pattern but too far away of a shot to see head/comb and feet

Pretty cool though I will say! That is great, good for her and good for you. Definitely quarantine them for 3-4 months if possible.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

The first lambs have just arrived this afternoon!!!!!!
Twin rams, from a ewe lamb!!!!

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Lol, the start of many lamb pics!!!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Congratulations! They are so precious! Isn't lambing FUN????

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

We had a set of twins born, just in time to greet the dawn on the first day of Spring!!!!!!!

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They are Tunis/Suffolk cross lambs.

Also, last night we had 8 new piglets born!!! Pics to follow!!!!!

 

[bonbean01]

Congratulations on your super cute lambies!!! Is lambing season just not the best??? Mine are all lambed now and I'm already looking forward to lambing season next winter

 

[promiseacres]

very cute lambies

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Well, it looks like I might be supplementing a couple of bottles a day for the first set of twins! It seems their Mom, a ewe lamb, doesn't have enough milk! After they suck they still seem hungry, so I checked and her udder feels kind of beefy/thick (if ya know what I mean), but even I can't get anymore than a drop! Oh well, at least they arn't true bottle babies!!!!
I have never really had a lot to do with hair sheep. Lol, this is a Kadahdin ewe, the first and only one I have ever been around. I wonder how they are in the milk department for twins, or triplets, and is it common for ewe lambs to have twins and triplets........?

 

[alsea1]

I have a katahdin ewe that will be a first time mom soon I think.
My exp. with hair sheep so far has been good.
My black belly ewe is an excellent mother.
My other black belly ewe I dunno because she has yet to produce. She may be replaced with a dorper ewe if she don't do something soon.

I don't know about sheep, but I started my boer doe on alf. right after she kidded. She seems to have plenty of milk for them. So I figure I will do same for the sheep.
Looking forward to more pics