SheepGirl's 2013 Lambing Thread - Update - July 2013

[SheepGirl]

BrownSheep -- that's great! Our team was not very good at agronomy (we got 4th or 5th out of 6 or 7 teams). I did score the highest out of every team who competed for Bug ID, though!!! hahahahaha

And thanks everyone lol. My favorite one is the one with Ali with her mouth wide open

Hopefully she will be lambing one week from now!! She's a lot thinner than Ciqala, so either Ciqala's got triplets and Ali's got twins, or Ciqala's got twins and Ali has a single Or she could be carrying them lower and they both have twins.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Sis was freaking WIDE and Arianna wasn't so wide at all nor was she low but she still had twins. They both had twins so I bet they both have twins. Hopefully at least. Singles suck. ha

What you your sheep "kid" most of the time. Singles or twins?

 

[Royd Wood]

What is the 4th pic - looks very nice and a little like some here
Yes lol at the one eating with mouth open

 

[SheepGirl]

Sis was freaking WIDE and Arianna wasn't so wide at all nor was she low but she still had twins. They both had twins so I bet they both have twins. Hopefully at least. Singles suck. ha

What you your sheep "kid" most of the time. Singles or twins?

Well Ciqala had a single her first time, and then she had 3 sets of twins. Ali had a single her first time and then a set of twins. Ali is Ciqala's daughter, so I'm HOPING she will have the same lambing record as her dam. I flushed them this year, too, so Ali better have more than a single baby in there!!

Most of my neighbor's ewes have had singles their first time as ewe lambs or yearlings and then they go on to have twins every time thereafter. Usually after a couple years of having a set of twins they will throw in a single, and in the case of the two ewes with triplets, they both had a single the next time (the one had a lambing record of 2-3-1 and the other one had a lambing record of 1-five sets of twins-3-1).

What is the 4th pic - looks very nice and a little like some here
Yes lol at the one eating with mouth open

That is Ciqala, she's due March 5 (143 days--which is when she lambed last yr) or March 9 (147 days---"average"). She's 1/2 Babydoll Southdown x 1/2 Montadale. I always think she looks like a long wool breed, especially when she is in full wool. Like a Romney or a Coopworth or something. Depending on the day, she looks like a Cheviot, too

 

[SheepGirl]

According to the weather forecast, Wednesday is looking 'partly sunny with a high of 48' -- not bad for lambing weather! Thursday & Friday though have a 30% chance of precipitation, so I hope it either doesn't rain/snow OR my ewe lambs on Wednesday

 

[goodolboy]

Good luck with that weather thing. I think ours hold out for the worst weather.

 

[SheepGirl]

lol, all the days I remember the ewes lambing it was always either a sunny or cloudy day and they would all lamb out in the field. The only ewe I remember lambing on a rainy day was smart enough to have her babies inside the barn lol

 

[SheepGirl]

3 days until babies!!

I'm hoping though that my ewe lambs on Thursday now (so 4 days). My mom has off because we are getting our carpet on the main floor ripped out & replaced with hardwood floors. The carpets are stained & smelly from old dogs peeing on it, and our young & stupid cat (Sophie) peeing on it (she peed on it this morning with us watching her ). And no matter how many times we rent a Rug Dr, the smell & stains don't come out. Kind of funny how they don't pee upstairs or in the basement, but only on the main floor... But I also have off so I hope she lambs during the day so I can take pictures and then my mom can take a video of newborn lamb processing.

I'm so excited

 

[bonbean01]

Wishing you a great lambing season!!!!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Sheepgirl, do you think your ewes will be on time? You have to make sure to take pics of their girls parts right up until the moment so we can take note of the rosy glow, and if they give you any indication of imminent lambing! Let us know about the mucous plugs, too! Details, want details!!!

I sure hope you are off work when they lamb. When you are home are you going to get up in the middle of the night to check on them, too?

I am quite possibly more excited about your lambs coming than my own, if that is even possible! You've been building up to this moment for a whole year!