Single or Twins?

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I keep making all these new threads XD
MAYBE I should just make one big lambing thread so I can stop plaguing everyone with these small ones.
I hope they aren't annoying! I'm just so excited!

Anyway, I just wanted opinions on if Wendy looks big enough to have twins in there!
She's not very wide, but her belly hangs low.
My guess would be she's about 20 days away from lambing, give or take.
I managed to get some pictures of her laying down, which I'm never gotten before.
She grunted, sighed, stretched out, then plopped on the ground.
Poor missy.
Her udders and vulva are steadily getting puffier and more darker in color.



 

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IMO it is best "not to count before they hatch". Ok so sheep don't hatch. :D I have had goats that I'd swear had trips in her and then it ended up being a single. I had a 1st freshener have trips and I figured twins. Never can tell :rolleyes:
 

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lol, I'm sticking with a single for now!
We'll see, we'll see
 

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then you can be pleasantly surprised if she twins!:)
A friend of mine had an ultrasound on her sheep... single.... so it was a real JOY when she popped out twins! :weee
 

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IMO it is best "not to count before they hatch". Ok so sheep don't hatch. :D I have had goats that I'd swear had trips in her and then it ended up being a single. I had a 1st freshener have trips and I figured twins. Never can tell :rolleyes:
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I don't know sheep, but I know goats. You can't look at one and tell how many based on their size. My thinnest goats are the ones most likely to have 3 or 4.

How many she had before if she has had babies before is the most a better indicator than size.
 

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She's had one ewe lamb before.
Back about a year ago.
I guess she didn't get very big before she had her lamb last year.
I only purchased her this summer!
I am positive she was bred to a blackbelly ram this year, and blackbelly sheep are smaller, so I honestly have no idea if there will be twins or not!
I'm not going to get my hopes up, so like I said, I'm sticking with just one lamb!
:)
 

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:idunnoYup...hard to tell...two years ago our ewe Jess wasn't overly huge, but had good sized twins in there...last year she got bigger...had just one good sized lamb in there...right now she is looking pretty big too...but no clue...on a wait and see.
 
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