Lambing/Breeding 2014-Parsnip

[alsea1]

Dang. Jillian is a moose. LOL
You can't see much for the Black Belly in her breeding.

 

[Parsnip]

Haha, isn't she though?

~ She definitely holds her head like your sheep do, all proud and majestic-like.
She's also go the nice long legs, like your sheep
But yeah, she's a big girl
Now that her twin/competition is outta here, she gets all the milk to herself lol.

I'm also happy to see that Wendy is shedding out ALL OVER.
I think she'll be all slick this summer. All her back/shoulder wool already shed a few weeks ago, and it hadn't last year. SO YAY She'll look lovely.
She's real dark too, I either didn't notice, or forgot!!

The weird thing is though, that sometimes I catch Jillian eating Wendy's hair that she's shed out?

Guurrrrl what are you doing?
Seriously though, she's done it for as long as I can remember, Samson did it too when he was here.

 

[BrownSheep]

I have a ewe that will eat feathers or wool if the other sheep/chickens stand still long enough.
She destroyed one of my turkeys tails one year.

 

[Parsnip]

I have a ewe that will eat feathers or wool if the other sheep/chickens stand still long enough.
She destroyed one of my turkeys tails one year.

... My GOSH they'll eat anything!!!

All my ewes were upset by something today, maybe they were just reconstructing their hierarchy?
They were all backing up and clashing craniums, as well as a plethora of mounting. Especially Diana. She usually only mounts when she's in heat....
Please be pregnant and not in heat Diana!!!

 

[alsea1]

Might be Wendy and Mary Ellen that are cycling

 

[Parsnip]

Might be Wendy and Mary Ellen that are cycling

That's kind of what I was thinking!
They both need to plump up a bit more before they're going to go with a ram again though.

 

[Parsnip]

This is Diana from yesterday before it started raining ... (DARN RAIN)
From the time she was with the ram back in December, her earliest lambing date would be this Saturday on the 10th. But seeing as how there are no changes in her I doubt Saturday will be the day.
Unless she decides to drop a bag tomorrow evening.
~~~I meddle with her so much she totally lets me trim her hooves while she's laying down LOL
She doesn't care in the least. Less stress on the both of us! heehee

Not much change in her lady parts either though :/
Still producing the clear/white liquid from her teats...


(please excuse all the pics of sheep parts in this thread)

 

[alsea1]

I'm gonna guess its still a ways off.
That's great that she is so calm about hoof trimming.
As for the rain. I am double sick of it. I don't care how much we need it.

 

[Parsnip]

Me too.
I'm thinking maybe this time next month.
Or at least the very end of this month. That would put like... 160-165 days of gestation. Is that okay or normal???
I keep on double thinking "she's not pregnant" but why else would she be producing 'milk'?
YES I KNOW RIGHT?
She is such a flighty easily stressed sheep -_- Even catching her to trim her hooves would probably throw her off her rocker.

~~~ I am DONE with the rain too.
I mean, we had like 2 or 3 NICE days in a row. And my dad and I moved stock panels and the sheep were out for the whole day.
Now the field is all marshy again it's warm weather
It's just a gross combo.

 

[BrownSheep]

Idaho is loving your rainy cast offs