Goatgurl - life goes on at someday farm

[CntryBoy777]

Those are some really Nice little Lambs!....
Sure glad ya got them in out of the rain, dried off, and a little squeeze and hug, too....

 

[Latestarter]

Nice! Congrats! Gonna share those pics with Dot... maybe she'll get the idea.

 

[Mike CHS]

I really like all that color. We are shooting for some of that but it will take awhile.

 

[Southern by choice]

Those lambs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The one ram lamb is HUGE!

Love their color.

Everyone I know that has Katahdin rams loves them.... apparently NOT like other rams (buttheads )

 

[goatgurl]

@Baymule don't you just love all those spots. all of the katahdin rams I've had have been really easy going. couple of years ago that big black ram tagged me on the backside one time but it was a half hearted effort and I really blame the dogs not the ram. jj as a puppy and dax, dstr#3's dog came busting into the pen by the house and ran past me and the sheep. it really upset him to have the dogs near his girls and I was the closest one to him so i'm the one that got it. the older they get supposedly the crankier they get but I have had the black ram who was 3 and a tan ram that was 4 and I never had any trouble with them. since we lease a new ram every year I normally get a younger one so I don't have to worry about attitude. I know where you can get a really cute ram lamb for this fall,
@MikeCHS most all your ewes are registered, right? the gentleman I lease my ram from has registered stock and ships them all over the country so if you might be interested in some color I can pm you his contact info. he has some awfully nice stock. yes, I'm an enabler, I admit it.
@Southern by choice i tried to weigh the biggest lamb today. the hanging scales I have only go to 12# and he was heavier than that. gratefully his mom is a 5 yr old and this is her 4th lambing she's always had twins before. if she were a ff I don't think she could have delivered him without a lot of help. both mother and son have rested a lot today. had to post a picture of marco with cookie and her lamb. he spent a good part of the day laying by one new mama or the other. he has been very respectful of both ewes and babies. I've been very happy with his attitude so far.

 

[lcertuche]

Great pics!

Speaking of snakes. My eggs was disappearing and I thought I probably had a snake and sure enough DS came screaming bloody murder when he check on eggs yesterday. A big ole rat snake was eating my eggs. DD ended up getting it but now all my sons refuse to go in the chicken coop now!

 

[Baymule]

I love that picture!! What a good dog!

That is interesting about the rams. Our ram is almost 2 years old and is still calm. I do keep an eye on him though. The lady we bought him from said that his sire would take your kneecap off.....

 

[goatgurl]

@lcertuche I had a hen duck setting on a big clutch of eggs in the barn and they all disappeared before I saw those two snakes. I wish they would leave the eggs alone and pick on the mice in the barn.

 

[lcertuche]

We had a rat snake in our garage that summer. I threatened the Wildbunch's lives if they bothered it since we have big ole pack rats in the house but that changes when eggs or chicks involed!

 

[Mike CHS]

@goatgurl I would like the contact info when you get a chance. We have several sources right now but you never know.