SheepGirl's 2012 Lambing Thread

[SheepGirl]

Weighed the babies today since they turned three weeks old.

Lady Gaga - 11.0 lbs (Week ADG: 0.214 lbs)
Katy Perry - 17.5 lbs (Week ADG: 0.5 lbs)

I wish they would gain more. I haven't put out any creep feed yet, but I will tonight, so we will see what that does to their ADG. Also, Lady Gaga is much smaller than her littermate (6.5 lb difference!) so I'm gonna see about giving her a bottle and increasing my ewe's grain so she produces more milk.

I really want to get them to 90 lbs by early/mid December, so they would need at least a 0.392 ADG from now until then. So far, it looks like Katy Perry is on a roll. Lady Gaga won't be able to breed this winter if she doesn't make weight.

 

[BrownSheep]

The adg difference is a little concerning, but I'ld pin that on the stress from the flystrike.

 

[SheepGirl]

The adg difference is a little concerning, but I'ld pin that on the stress from the flystrike.

That's what I was thinking.

 

[SheepGirl]

Well the lambs are really starting to eat their feed and I've noticed they've started eating minerals a lot more, too. Ali, one of their moms, is already trying to wean them She lets them nurse for all of three seconds and she walks away. They are already starting to act like a big sheep and eat hay out of the feeder...well they try to. It takes them forever to try to eat one piece of hay and they really like the seed heads on the timothy hay, so that's all they really eat/pick at. They aren't as playful as they were when they were about 2 weeks old. They used to run around the pen like wild banchis but now they're more concerned about eating, so that's nice Lady Gaga is already starting to look almost as big as her sister. There used to be an obvious visual size difference between the two, but Lady Gaga's finally getting some size to her frame. I'm anxious to see what they weigh in at on Friday

 

[Southdown]

Lambing is so fun. I look forward to it all year and then they grow up so fast.

 

[bonbean01]

So true Southdown!!!! Ours lamb in January/Feb....but one ewe Suzie who is by far the sweetest one ever, is 3 years old and never lambed. We gave her the shots for 5 days should it be a cyst in the ovary duct this year before giving up on her, and by my calculations....if she is pregnant, her earliest date would be July 21...really, really hope she lambs..so we may have our first summer lamb

 

[Southdown]

Cool. Share pictures when you do.

P.S. I see Lady GaGa is on the pic-of-the-week.

 

[Symphony]

Southdown that avatar sheep is just so darn cute Me and my GF keep saying how cute it is.

 

[SheepGirl]

Yep, I love having lambs around No lambs last year so this is my first set of lambs in what seems like a bajillion years.

bonbean01 - I can't wait to find out if your ewe lambs or not!

Southdown & Symphony - Lady Gaga is on the pic of the week looking as adorable as ever Whenever I go out to check on the sheep, she sticks her head out through the fence and cocks it to the side and she looks at me with the big loveable little face of hers. I seriously need to get a picture of it. Katy Perry isn't as friendly or adorable. But she is the largest and meatiest one so that more than makes up for it lol.

 

[bonbean01]

Well...I've never had a lambing thread...but...if it looks for sure that Suzie is bred, will be starting one for sure. We just love this ewe and she is so sweet, but it would be hard to justify keeping her if she is barren. She had those shots from the vet...was with our ram for three months...so now we wait and hope!