SheepGirl's 2014 Lambing Thread

[SheepGirl]

Fed them, lambs are doing good. They will be one week old tomorrow, so I get to bring them in the basement and weigh them I don't think Baby #1 (#18) gained much if any weight. Baby #3 (#20) has definitely gotten much bigger & he's stocky looking already. I can't wait to see how he matures!

Also, next ewe due is March 1, that would be Rosie. Felt her udder, there isn't much there, especially in comparison to the other ewes. Rosie's udder is about the size of a golfball for each half. I believe March 1 is day 144, so maybe it will be later than that (maybe even up to March 7). But on March 1, I will bring Rosie in to be weighed for her 1 year weight. But a week after Rosie we have another ewe due and then over that last week the last 4 ewes are due. I can't wait for more babies!! I already had 1/3 of my expected lamb crop born from just one ewe so who knows how many we will actually end up with

 

[SheepGirl]

Oh yeah, I posted Hank for sale and I got a lady interested in trading my purebred unregistered Texel ram for her purebred registered Texel ram She's okay with Hank being unregistered. So I may trade with her in the spring sometime. She's in Ohio, but my show sheep friend is going up to Ohio for a sheep sale in May, so I think it works out pretty well

Here's a picture of the ram I could be trading him with:

 

[Roving Jacobs]

Is she going to the Great Lakes Fiber Show in Wooster? Maybe I'll get to meet mister handsome Hank

I love watching your lambing every year because I still have another 5-6 weeks before mine even starts! It keeps me from going totally crazy.

 

[norseofcourse]

Is she going to the Great Lakes Fiber Show in Wooster? Maybe I'll get to meet mister handsome Hank

I love watching your lambing every year because I still have another 5-6 weeks before mine even starts! It keeps me from going totally crazy.

Ditto what Roving Jacobs said! I went to the Great Lakes Fiber Show last year, and I'm going again this year.

And my sheep aren't due till at least April 1 - so I get to enjoy seeing everyone else's lambs while I wait too, but I still wish April would get here faster!

 

[bonbean01]

Nice looking ram!

 

[SheepGirl]

Well she talked to her husband and they decided it wasn't a good time for them. :/ I just want people to be serious about their interest when buying critters. Oh well.

Ciqala's one half of her udder is no longer engorged. I went out when I got home from work and the Lil guy #18 had a full belly. So Idk if he's nursing on his own or my parents went out with a bottle.

 

[SheepGirl]

#18 is eating on his own. He got his last bottle from me yesterday and they are all nursing off Ciqala now. #20 is a little tank, he's tall, thick, and growing well. #19 is very quiet and more reserved. But she's the cutest

Next lambs due Saturday from Rosie but I don't think she will have them then. She's lacking a little in the udder department. Bella, who is due about a week after Rosie, has a bigger udder than her. Both ewe lambs have their vulva swollen.

I can't wait for more babies!

 

[bonbean01]

 

[SheepGirl]

Today is day 145 for Rosie, no babies yet.

Poor Ali still has another 1.5 weeks left. She is so rotund, she has at least twins in there. I wouldn't be surprised if she had triplets. I will see about getting photos of all the ewes sometime this week.

Katy Perry looks wide too, she has another 2 weeks. Poor girl waddles around a bit. I'm thinking a big single or twins.

Lady Gaga is looking pretty pregnant too, she has about a week. But she's looking like she's just gonna have a single. It's her first time, so that'll be good for her as she gets the hang of motherhood.

Bella and Rosie aren't looking wide, but they have udders growing. Bella's udder is a lot larger than Rosie's, but Bella is due a week later than Rosie. By the way, Rosie turned one year old yesterday She weighs 115.4 lbs. I weighed her back in November, about 1 month bred, and she weighed 104.2 lbs. So at least that tells me she won't have a baby bigger than 10 lbs. Which would be good; she'll be able to handle it. Katy Perry was about 20 lbs lighter than Rosie when she lambed and she pushed out a big 10 lb baby before she was one year old.

Oh, and my parents put an addition onto the sheep shack. Woke up and bam there it was lol. It is now 8x16 instead of 8x8. I will have to get photos of it. It looks pretty ghetto but it works. Enough room for my six ewes and their expected nine lambs (12 sq ft for each ewe, 6 sq ft for each lamb).

 

[SheepGirl]

What a huge baby! I went outside this am and Rosie was standing up with two feet and a head coming out of her. She laid down when I got out there and I pulled the head out for her. This is a 3/4 texel baby and he definitely has a texel head! He's thick and stocky. I haven't seen him drink, he doesn't even seem interested. I will head out before I leave for school and make sure he's all situated. It was 3 degrees out when he was born.

Rosie has a little bit of a prolapse, probably from the strain of pushing the head out. It is probably out a half inch, if that. I will check on her again to see if it went in on its own before I leave. If she prolapse next year I will cull her, as much as I love her body haha.