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newton the goat
Herd Master
Whatever was wrong with my stomach is over and done with thankfully.
Recently life has thrown me a couple of hard balls... this is pheonix
She is one of my baby black sexlinks. She was one of yhe birds who didnt go into the coop one night. She was attacked By some carnivor who broke part of her leg and exposed the inner bone and the marrow.... by the time i found/ caught Her she had maggots in her leg. She is showing no signs of slowing down and is very alert still so im making sure to clean out the wound regularly. My dad says it will be a maricle if she pulls through.
In other happier news, its starting to look like ramsey did his job and bred most if not all of the ewes in his flock! I made it very clear to.my father though that next year will be a lot different in how we run our sheep and im not giving him a choice in the matter lol. Our rams will be serperate from the flock until breeding time (he plans on getting three more rams ) so we are figuring out how its all gonna wprk out with that. Rams will likely be kept up top in the upper pasture until breeding time and then ewes closer to lambing time will be moved up there so we can put them in the barn at night and keep a close watch on them. And quick question for all you sheeple out there (lol) where can i get a chalk harness? So you can tell which ewes have been mounted by the ram? i seriously would like to look into getting one to he able to tell who was bred by which ram if it comes down to that (we probably will have rams running with the flock for a week or so, so being able to tell will be very helpful)
The only sheep we are almost certain are actucally pregnant though are lily and sara,both in the past month and a half have gained a significant amount of weight and are a lot more solid in the stomach... though that could just Be wishful thinking on my part. I dont know what signs to look for, this being my first season doing this anybody have any stone cold facts i can rely on?
Recently life has thrown me a couple of hard balls... this is pheonix
She is one of my baby black sexlinks. She was one of yhe birds who didnt go into the coop one night. She was attacked By some carnivor who broke part of her leg and exposed the inner bone and the marrow.... by the time i found/ caught Her she had maggots in her leg. She is showing no signs of slowing down and is very alert still so im making sure to clean out the wound regularly. My dad says it will be a maricle if she pulls through.
In other happier news, its starting to look like ramsey did his job and bred most if not all of the ewes in his flock! I made it very clear to.my father though that next year will be a lot different in how we run our sheep and im not giving him a choice in the matter lol. Our rams will be serperate from the flock until breeding time (he plans on getting three more rams ) so we are figuring out how its all gonna wprk out with that. Rams will likely be kept up top in the upper pasture until breeding time and then ewes closer to lambing time will be moved up there so we can put them in the barn at night and keep a close watch on them. And quick question for all you sheeple out there (lol) where can i get a chalk harness? So you can tell which ewes have been mounted by the ram? i seriously would like to look into getting one to he able to tell who was bred by which ram if it comes down to that (we probably will have rams running with the flock for a week or so, so being able to tell will be very helpful)
The only sheep we are almost certain are actucally pregnant though are lily and sara,both in the past month and a half have gained a significant amount of weight and are a lot more solid in the stomach... though that could just Be wishful thinking on my part. I dont know what signs to look for, this being my first season doing this anybody have any stone cold facts i can rely on?
Just kidding on my last... Sheep come into heat every 13-19 days, averaging 17, so having them in with the ram for only a week might miss getting some bred. Unless female sheep are like human females and all seem to "synch up" their cycles when they are together for long periods of time. as for the marking harness, there are lots offered online: 
