Lambing/Breeding 2014-Parsnip

[Heather]

One of my ewes who has lambed before at the previous owners has a very nice milk sack coming in as well as she has been holding her tail out for a couple days. I have been stalking her to see if she is hold it out to pee or poop. Nothing! I am guessing she will lamb within a week or two. FULL MOON 1/17!! It seems to always affect our cow who are calving. With my luck Bambi will have hers like our last ewe and it will be 1130pm just before bedtime! lol, keep us informed on Wendy. How exciting?!?

 

[Parsnip]

OOH you have some ewes due soon too?
YAHOO
Now THAT'S exciting!
Do you have pictures of them now?

YES Wendy has been holding her tail out for about a week now
I'm excited!

Haha, I have a feeling both of the girls will lamb EARLY in the morning, or late at night!

 

[bonbean01]

They will all make us crazy I tell you!!!! The two gals I'm waiting on are looking like huge balloons on skinny stick legs...udders now rounding out on the back, teats at right angles....but not much change in the girlie parts...they may explode...or I may!!!

 

[Parsnip]

They will all make us crazy I tell you!!!! The two gals I'm waiting on are looking like huge balloons on skinny stick legs...udders now rounding out on the back, teats at right angles....but not much change in the girlie parts...they may explode...or I may!!!

Yours may lamb before Wendy!
Her udder isn't quite there yet
Poor ladies though, I bet they're ready lol

 

[bonbean01]

Well...no discharge here yet...so Wendy may go first. Of course it is cold and windy tonight, but I'll be checking on and off just because they are looking huge...especially Dolly!!!

 

[bonbean01]

Well...no discharge here yet...so Wendy may go first. Of course it is cold and windy tonight, but I'll be checking on and off just because they are looking huge...especially Dolly!!!

 

[Parsnip]

DOLLY?
That is a really great name!

I've been checking about 4 or 5am then again when I get up at 6:30
JUST IN CASE.


(maybe they'll lamb at the same time haha)

 

[purplequeenvt]

Don't burn yourself out with all those middle of the night checks. She doesn't look ready enough to go yet. Unless there are some significant changes, I'd give her at least another week.

There are some years when I barely make it through lambing. We lamb out 25ish ewes and I DO NOT do middle of the night checks unless someone is exhibiting "suspicious" behavior at the last barn check of the night. I get up early and go to bed late.

 

[bonbean01]

Dolly was our very first ewe lamb here...not a very original name...from the clone sheep Dolly...LOL

 

[Heather]

I will get a picture of Bambi today. I just checked on her at first light and she is really sunk in at her hips, but she is up walking around. She has kept her distance from the others the last few days. My wool girls were so easy to tell when they were getting ready last year because they have no tail as well as they picked their area and would only leave it to eat their sweet feed. With my luck it will be the next day or so because we are due to have some snow 1-3 inches. I put her up once and she got on the straw and jumped out. I'm just going to keep my eyes on her.