SheepGirl's Journal - Photos of the sheep 4/25

[SheepGirl]

Haha yep! I probably should've picked another color, but I got red and blue. He's going to stay in there until early January just so he can catch the ewe lamb's first heat. So I will be switching his crayon every 17 days from red to blue to red to blue

I also forgot to mention...when I first got Hanky and I put my fingers around his spine, I could get to the second joint on my finger. Now it's up to my first joint So he's gained about an inch of fat & muscle with 90 +/- lbs of hay and ~23 lbs of grain. Once he gets to a BCS of 2.5-3, I will stop feeding him grain. (Right now he's about a 2.) I did the weight estimator thing with the calculation of ((heart girth x heart girth x length)/300) when I first got him, so I want to do it again and see just about how much weight he's gained with that 1/2 of a condition point.

And Ali was bred today...she looks like she was attacked by something with red all over her So if she took, she'd be due March 3.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

And Ali was bred today...she looks like she was attacked by something with red all over her So if she took, she'd be due March 3.

 

[SheepGirl]

I re-measured Hank today and re-calculated his estimated weight and he's gained 25 lbs in 35 days Hopefully he keeps it up and he will be up to 175-200 lbs (like he's supposed to be) in no time.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

I re-measured Hank today and re-calculated his estimated weight and he's gained 25 lbs in 35 days Hopefully he keeps it up and he will be up to 175-200 lbs (like he's supposed to be) in no time.

Wow. He's growing fast. He's going to be a big boy for sure!!

 

[SheepGirl]

Just got back in from feeding and Ciqala gave me quite the scare

It was AFTER feeding and Ciqala was pacing the fence line and BAAing as loud as she could and she stood in the corner of the field and then she ran all the way back as fast as she could and started panting heavily. My stomach dropped I thought something was seriously wrong with her. And there were no dogs or other critters, except for my dog, Maggie, and the cats, but she sees them everyday almost all day long (the cats, at least), so I didn't think she was scared of anything. But I brought Maggie in the field with me and I put her on my hips like a baby (I don't want her on the ground in the field when Hank's in there) but by then Ciqala had settled down and started grazing with Ali while Hank and the ewe lambs were playing with each other.

Speaking of which, I need to get a video of them, lol. They do it everyday. The ewes finish their feed first so I chase them away to start grazing and the lambs and Hank finish their feed at about the same time. So usually they will switch feeders with each other seeing if anybody left anything and then Hank always does the little seductive baa and the licking and the sticking of the leg out to the ewe lambs...you know, normal ram stuff. Well the lambs kick up their heels in his face and run around the shelter hopping like bunnies and Hank chases them. Well the lambs out smart him and they go different ways and Hank doesn't know where to go so he just runs around it trying to get to both of them hahah. After about 2 or 3 times running around the shelter Hank gets annoyed with it and he goes and bothers the adult ewes with the lambs following him out to the field

 

[SheepGirl]

It's been 16 days since I had Ciqala bred so we will see if she gets marked here in the next couple of days. If she doesn't she's due 2/22. If she does then she's due 3/9 or later.

But I got some pictures yesterday--I've been waiting for a sunny day! It's been icky & cloudy for a while.

c'mon girls! (yes, you too hank)

pretty day

the flock waiting to be fed. i hadn't put out any feed yet because i wanted to get pics of them

lady gaga

1/2 Mont 1/2 Babydoll ewe and purebred Texel ram

3/4 Babydoll ewe and 1/2 Babydoll ewe

 

[Bridgemoof]

Pictures are great!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Can't wait to see babies.

 

[SheepGirl]

Woke up this morning and Ciqala was marked Which means no Feb babies! yipeee! lol so if she settled she's due 3/9.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Woke up this morning and Ciqala was marked Which means no Feb babies! yipeee! lol so if she settled she's due 3/9.

That's good. You're still going to have some Feb babies though, right?