Wow...if my ewes ever got this huge I think I would get worried...hoping for lots of healthy lambs with no problems...and hope these poor girls don't just explode...not sure how they can eat anything...not much room left in them
I think you will need a bigger barn door if they get any bigger! If all these are Kats (I know I can't spell that breed right ) I was totally wrong about what colors they usually came in. Looks like they have a wide range of colors they can come in, just like Nigerian Dwarf goats. Looking forward to seeing what those wide loads produce for you.
Yes, everything we have are registered Katahdins. We are trying to get more color in the flock, we just think a all white flock is boring and too hard to tell them apart. We do get alot of calls for just white sheep. These ewes are some of the biggest we have. We probably only have 20 or so that big, but we're working on it. Maybe all in a few years.
Southern Both, We have several who will field lamb triplets, But these at the house hoping for twin or trip girls, Because of their blood lines and the ram bloodlines they were bred too...........
I believe the black one Lexi, her milk bags are fine, But Buttons, white one with black spots, Not so sure with her, I have felt them and I feel a small spot I am concerned about, Don't believe I mentioned in the past they are sisters, they were born triplets the other was a boy. But if buttons has a teat that doesn't produce enough, I can milk the tan one, since she only had the one lamb,
and suplement one of Buttons babies, We only believe in Dam raised so it will be easier to milk the tan one and supplement one baby part time but still leaving on its momma. Of course this will all be easier here at home.
When we first started out when there was a problem with a momma not taking care of her lamb, we were scared and pulled lamb everytime and bottle fed them, Now a few years down the road we have learned many ways to get momma's (first timers usually) to take and feed their babies with alot of success. We will keep all ewe lambs that come from these girls at home, We also know that they will all be RR babies and won't have to be tested. (another expense)
RR Gene Check, and triplet blood lines, You just can't get any better than that, Oh add some color in there too We have many from this blood line, and their daughters and their daughters daughters, I also have several on order from another farm, She has a few of the orignal Micheal Piel farms ewe's still and I put my down payment on some ewe lambs and one ram lamb from these bloodlines before the girls were even bred, Not many of the original girls left out there, So gotta gettem while you can.
WOw! Those ewes are HUGE! Can't wait to see what happens with them! I just popped into this thread for he first time, have some catching up to do. But yeah, that's like waiting for #26, but more exciting because there are lambs in there!