CntryBoy777
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Yeh, we all get attached to certain ones, especially....but, it is attentive care that makes the differences when something changes in their behavior....
mysunwolf - four acres and some sheep
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mysunwolf
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I was so glad to have caught it!! I know we're not really supposed to get attached to the meat animals, but I do let myself get attached to the breeding ewes and it hurts me most times.
Charcoal will come up to me in the field when I gently snap my fingers and call to her. She likes hugs and scratches and pets. She's like a big dog, and a great milker to boot. So when she didn't come up to me for some love, and then didn't come for grain, I figured there was something very wrong. I am such a baby about these sheep, they really tug the heartstrings
Charcoal will come up to me in the field when I gently snap my fingers and call to her. She likes hugs and scratches and pets. She's like a big dog, and a great milker to boot. So when she didn't come up to me for some love, and then didn't come for grain, I figured there was something very wrong. I am such a baby about these sheep, they really tug the heartstrings
CntryBoy777
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I understand the emotions and the closeness.....certainly don't mean to sound cold-hearted or calluse, but when the animal is destined for meat, then once the hide is removed they are all the same.....and when done at a younger age they are at the peak of healthiness and it sure beats finding them dead in a pasture of some sort of disease that wasn't foreseen. It truly is difficult for some to see go, but the flip-side to it is knowing they didn't suffer and are providing ya with sustinance....
Baymule
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We all have our favorites!
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mysunwolf
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So as usual, it's been a while. Exciting things are finally starting to happen, I can feel spring just around the corner.
I've been helping my neighbor with his second lambing and it's going pretty well, although we did lose 1 female and I feel responsible for that She was born on the concrete and then crawled through a gate to more concrete when temps were in the teens. Mom couldn't lick her off properly of course, and by the time I got there she was moved to a pen. Her mouth was warm and I helped her nurse quite a few times that day, but the next day she was cold and fading fast. I gave the lamb to my other sheep neighbor and asked them to try and save it, but she was already too far gone. Should have tubed her that first day. Ah well, lessons.
Another few moms lambed and all went well, then a mom had twins and rejected one the second day. I can't decide whether it was because I moved her from her placenta, touched the lamb too much, the lamb was weak, or the mom was still sick with pneumonia. But I brought both babies to my house to warm up and bottle feed overnight, made sure mom had milk, and returned the boy to her in the morning.
The female is now my house lamb
I've been helping my neighbor with his second lambing and it's going pretty well, although we did lose 1 female and I feel responsible for that
She was born on the concrete and then crawled through a gate to more concrete when temps were in the teens. Mom couldn't lick her off properly of course, and by the time I got there she was moved to a pen. Her mouth was warm and I helped her nurse quite a few times that day, but the next day she was cold and fading fast. I gave the lamb to my other sheep neighbor and asked them to try and save it, but she was already too far gone. Should have tubed her that first day. Ah well, lessons.Another few moms lambed and all went well, then a mom had twins and rejected one the second day. I can't decide whether it was because I moved her from her placenta, touched the lamb too much, the lamb was weak, or the mom was still sick with pneumonia. But I brought both babies to my house to warm up and bottle feed overnight, made sure mom had milk, and returned the boy to her in the morning.
The female is now my house lamb
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mysunwolf
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The cows and pigs are doing well, but the pens are pure MUD. I hate mud.
Starfish and Shelley, our lovely baldies:
Our pigs Maple, Bacon, Tater, and Chip (cause, you know, you can never have too much pork):
Starfish and Shelley, our lovely baldies:
Our pigs Maple, Bacon, Tater, and Chip (cause, you know, you can never have too much pork):
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mysunwolf
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And my favorite part, the SHEEP!
Charcoal is pregnant with a Zwarbles/East Friesian/Cotswold baby! I think she's the only one that my young ram was able to succeed with. We'll know for sure about the other ewes by March 9th, that's the birth date for when I switched rams. But Charcoal is 100% pregnant and probably due on February 3rd. Can't wait for my share of lambs!
Charcoal's daughter from 2017, Squid (~50% EF, ~25% Cotswold):
Charcoal's mother and Squid's grandmother, Ginger:
Ginger's lamb from 2017, James (~70% EF):
Dora:
Dora's daughter from 2017, Boots:
Dora's 2017 lamb, Boots (50% EF), with Dora's 2016 lamb, Mocha:
Dora's 2017 lamb, Snow (50% EF):
Dora's 2017 lamb, Snow (50% EF), with Ginger's 2017 lamb, Peaches (~70% EF):
Charcoal is pregnant with a Zwarbles/East Friesian/Cotswold baby! I think she's the only one that my young ram was able to succeed with. We'll know for sure about the other ewes by March 9th, that's the birth date for when I switched rams. But Charcoal is 100% pregnant and probably due on February 3rd. Can't wait for my share of lambs!
Charcoal's daughter from 2017, Squid (~50% EF, ~25% Cotswold):
Charcoal's mother and Squid's grandmother, Ginger:
Ginger's lamb from 2017, James (~70% EF):
Dora:
Dora's daughter from 2017, Boots:
Dora's 2017 lamb, Boots (50% EF), with Dora's 2016 lamb, Mocha:
Dora's 2017 lamb, Snow (50% EF):
Dora's 2017 lamb, Snow (50% EF), with Ginger's 2017 lamb, Peaches (~70% EF):
Bruce
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That is SO Picture of the Week worthy!!!
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mysunwolf
Herd Master
Thank you! Everyone loves the lambie on the couch with pups
She's currently racing around the room trying to get the (old) dogs to play with her.
Mike CHS
Herd Master
I agree with Bruce that you should submit that for the nomination.
