Lambing/Breeding 2014-Parsnip

[Parsnip]

Yeah, both my January born lambs are leaving the second weekend of next month
One's going to a neighbor(HOPEFULLY, then I can see her grow up!) And then the ram lamb is going to a friend of my dad's. He'll be chillin' with some cows and a few chickens, until he's big enough to butcher.
Mama Wendy is getting tired of their nursing! I'm not kidding, when they root around, they LIFT her back feet off the ground. That can't feel too good haha.

Good thing you'll be able to see him grow up all the way!!!!
It'll be fun to see what color lambies he throws.

I'm getting a new ewe lamb in May, and when I saw the ewe lambs I could choose from...
I looked at one and thought "HEY that looks like bonbean's lamb!"

Here's the lamb I might be getting. Took a quick pic of her. Doesn't she looks like yours bonbean?? HA So cute.
Either this lamb-as shown above-OR my other option is a chunkier ewe who is more "traditionally" Dorper colored. This other ewe lamb doesn't have a long back, but she definitely has a bigger build.
I'm going to be selling one of my other ewes soon, as she is consistently WORMY, and a nervous wreck.
She's with a ram right now, so I want to see if I can get some lambs out of her first! I've spent more money on her than any of the others lol
These new lambs will ultimately be the wormy ewe's replacement. I say that tentatively...

 

[bonbean01]

YES!!!! She does look like Buckwheat...now named Picasso...ram lamb exactly!!! Wished he had been a she and I would have kept her. Our little...well...not so little anymore guy will be heading to his new herd end of the month. Neighbour who bought him lives across the road from us, so will be able to visit and see him as he grows up.

 

[bonbean01]

Wish you didn't live so far away...if you got this ewe, would HAVE to have her bred by my ram lamb...imagine the baby's colouring!!!!

 

[Parsnip]

Wish you didn't live so far away...if you got this ewe, would HAVE to have her bred by my ram lamb...imagine the baby's colouring!!!!

Yeah, you're almost across the U.S from me haha!
~ HECK YES. Those would be fancy lambies

 

[luvmypets]

Omg mammy is huge. Her udder filled out a bit in the past month... But considering you cant see it yet she has a while to go.

 

[bonbean01]

Good luck luvmypets!!! Hoping for an easy birthing! My youngest ewe Dixie just turned a year old this past weekend...she is growing a little udder now, so thinking she was bred before we took her out of the ram's pen??? May just have one more lambie next month...or May? Really don't know...took her out as the ram was being too nasty to her and was afraid he'd hurt her with his stupid ramming.

 

[Heather]

My last ewe is in labor. She broke her water? around 6pm this evening. I question because it was very gooey. She then walked around the pasture from 6p-10p when we decided it was time to put her up for the night. I have have stayed with her until now(almost midnight) and she is laying and pushing then getting up and turning and scratching(repeat cycle). I must come in for the night because I have a shift at the hospital in a few hours. Should I worry about the length of labor? she is getting a goo string as she pushes. I feel like I am making her nervous. FINGERS CROSSED i check in a few hours and she has ONE healthy lamb. Also, I did check her with my finger and felt something? a head? I am not for sure but it was something.

 

[purplequeenvt]

I would get in there and check her out. If she has been actively in labor for this long without progress, there could be something positioned incorrectly.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Hope all is well @Heather! Just saw this, worried about your girl!

 

[bonbean01]

If she still has one in there...she needs HELP!!! And soon...hope you were able to call a sheep friend or vet and sorry you have to work at a time like this!