purplequeenvt - Lambs 2017

[purplequeenvt]

Do you happen to know what breeds Anita is? She is amazing plus that milkiness doesn't hurt.

I do! Her daddy was a Border Leicester/Dorper cross and her mom was a Shetland/Friesian cross. I also have her "sister" (same dad, different mom) who looks completely different, but is just as milky. She's a much smaller ewe with tiny teats though so she isn't as easy to milk. She grows fat babies!

I'm heartbroken that Anita can never be bred safely again. In 17 years of raising sheep, she is in my top 10 favorites.

 

[purplequeenvt]

"It's snowing? We hadn't noticed."













(Those 2 ^ pictures, the sheep are laying down....)



We've gotten about a foot of snow so far. It's still snowing, but off an on now.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Cobalt gave us a pretty black ewe this morning.

Mercury

 

[purplequeenvt]

Some of us aren't sure what to do with a snow day, the dogs however know exactly what to do.

 

[luvmypets]

Congrats on the ewe lamb! Such a cutie! My sheep despise the snow, we got four inches the other day and they refused to go out for more than 5 minutes. They were all baaing to come back in.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Snow Depth: it's all a matter of perspective....

 

[purplequeenvt]

New babies just before midnight. Lil, she's had a basketball sized udder for 3 weeks now, had triplet girls. The littlest one, probably born first, got very chilled and is in the house trying to get warm. Hypothermic lambs can be hard to bring back, but I'm hopeful. She's super cold, but she's got a good suck reflex. It's going to be a long night.

 

[purplequeenvt]

The little bug warmed up nicely and will be fine. She is now, unfortunately, a bottle baby. I took her back to mom a little while ago and mom didn't want her. Not surprised, but it would have made life easier.

Her sisters are 10.75 and 9.9 lbs. She is only 6.7.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Glad to hear the lamb is doing good!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Glad you were able to save her!