The flock

[TexasShepherdess]

glad to hear you weathered it ok..boy those videos are surreal from Dallas..poor people...

 

[RustyDHart]

Bon, I'm definitely keeping one ewe out of this lambing and am waiting to see what this last twin ewe develops into. I'm also going to cull a couple of the current ewes. While lambing has been fun, I'm looking forward to a bit of quiet time now, LOL!!

Rusty, I DO love these sheep. But I can promise *ewe* that I will never lamb out 40-50, lol. It's gratifying see all of the healthy babies, but for me....it's also a bit stressful. 40-50 might just put me over the edge. Of course with a few more seasons under my belt, I may change my mind

Remuda.....a few years ago we had 97 Blackface lambs born....I was ready for therapy by the end of the lambing season....I don't know how the big commercial flocks manage without going completely NUTS!!!!!

 

[Remuda1]

Bon, I'm definitely keeping one ewe out of this lambing and am waiting to see what this last twin ewe develops into. I'm also going to cull a couple of the current ewes. While lambing has been fun, I'm looking forward to a bit of quiet time now, LOL!!

Rusty, I DO love these sheep. But I can promise *ewe* that I will never lamb out 40-50, lol. It's gratifying see all of the healthy babies, but for me....it's also a bit stressful. 40-50 might just put me over the edge. Of course with a few more seasons under my belt, I may change my mind

Remuda.....a few years ago we had 97 Blackface lambs born....I was ready for therapy by the end of the lambing season....I don't know how the big commercial flocks manage without going completely NUTS!!!!!

Nope, no way, no how I could imagine that many lambings. Not with just my hubby and I anyway. Did you have help with the 97 or do you pasture lamb all of them? What do your sheep look like when they are shorn?

 

[SheepGirl]

My neighbor grew up in South Dakota and used to have a commercial flock that used to number in the hundreds or thousands depending on the year and season (back in the 30s & 40s). I remember him telling me a couple years ago that he would camp out with the ewes during lambing season and process the lambs as they hit the ground...and there would be 10-30 ewes dropping lambs each day - which is like 15 to 45 new lambs a day ... gosh could you imagine? lol

 

[Bossroo]

I used to lamb out around 200 ewes within 60 days... in the good old days when I could fall asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow every 2-3 hours around the clock. Then hibernate for 2-3days for 24hours around the clock after the last lamb showed up.

 

[Cornish Heritage]

Great pics. Our flock of St. Croix are looking AWFUL right now due to shedding so no pics! We are hoping to expand our herd over the next couple years. Keeping 8 ewe lambs from this spring's lambing. I LOVED lambing season when there were 2 or 3 lots being born in a day. BUT we pasture lamb & so all we have to do is go tag once we see a new little one on the ground. Looking forward to the Fall when they should all lamb again.

Liz

 

[RustyDHart]

Bon, I'm definitely keeping one ewe out of this lambing and am waiting to see what this last twin ewe develops into. I'm also going to cull a couple of the current ewes. While lambing has been fun, I'm looking forward to a bit of quiet time now, LOL!!

Rusty, I DO love these sheep. But I can promise *ewe* that I will never lamb out 40-50, lol. It's gratifying see all of the healthy babies, but for me....it's also a bit stressful. 40-50 might just put me over the edge. Of course with a few more seasons under my belt, I may change my mind

Remuda.....a few years ago we had 97 Blackface lambs born....I was ready for therapy by the end of the lambing season....I don't know how the big commercial flocks manage without going completely NUTS!!!!!

Nope, no way, no how I could imagine that many lambings. Not with just my hubby and I anyway. Did you have help with the 97 or do you pasture lamb all of them? What do your sheep look like when they are shorn?

Hi....Here is a photo taken a few years ago shortly after shearing....the little fuzzy guys were lambs and weren't shorn.....I should have lambs in about two weeks.....I planned a late lambing season this Spring.