Vet says my sheep are overweight *Update post #29!!!!

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

LOL!! Congratulations . Tell that vet that you NEVER tell
A pregnant ewe that they look fat!!'

 

[feed grass]

the original dorpers that were brought into this country- struggled to have more than singles-- almost all the time. I have a friend that brought 2 of the very first trailor loads into the US.

That lamb looks plenty big- I question the ewe being on soley grass delivering a lamb of that size.

 

[Remuda1]

Hey Potter, if it were me, I would be doing a serious udder check on the rest of the ones that you are unsure of. None of my dorpers lambed without building a bag first. I'm not saying it has to be huge, but it may give you a better idea.

 

[PotterWatch]

the original dorpers that were brought into this country- struggled to have more than singles-- almost all the time. I have a friend that brought 2 of the very first trailor loads into the US.

That lamb looks plenty big- I question the ewe being on soley grass delivering a lamb of that size.

I'm not sure what you mean by that sentence. Are you saying the lamb looks like it is from a sheep that has been fed stuff other than grass? Some of them were fed hay and possibly some grain before they came to us, though if they did have grain it wasn't a whole lot. We have only had them (well, some of them including the ewe that delivered this lamb), since April 29th. We now have them exclusively on pasture. The lamb also looks a bit bigger in the pictures than it is in real life due to the angle from which the middle two pictures were taken.

 

[PotterWatch]

Hey Potter, if it were me, I would be doing a serious udder check on the rest of the ones that you are unsure of. None of my dorpers lambed without building a bag first. I'm not saying it has to be huge, but it may give you a better idea.

As soon as we finished cooing over the new baby, that is exactly what we did. There is at least one other that I believe is pregnant that we didn't know about. You can be certain I will be keeping a close eye on everyone after this surprise!

 

[feed grass]

the original dorpers that were brought into this country- struggled to have more than singles-- almost all the time. I have a friend that brought 2 of the very first trailor loads into the US.

That lamb looks plenty big- I question the ewe being on soley grass delivering a lamb of that size.

I'm not sure what you mean by that sentence. Are you saying the lamb looks like it is from a sheep that has been fed stuff other than grass? Some of them were fed hay and possibly some grain before they came to us, though if they did have grain it wasn't a whole lot. We have only had them (well, some of them including the ewe that delivered this lamb), since April 29th. We now have them exclusively on pasture. The lamb also looks a bit bigger in the pictures than it is in real life due to the angle from which the middle two pictures were taken.

ya that's exactly what I am saying... What did it weigh? and did you actually weigh it?

 

[Remuda1]

I think that the lamb looks to be a reasonable size... The perspective in a couple of the pics lends to the perception of size but it looks like the pasture is in generous condition and singles tend to be larger anyway.

 

[PotterWatch]

I did not weigh it. I could do that today though. Our pasture is in rough condition right now where the sheep are, but when they first arrived, it was very lush and they certainly didn't lack for food. What they had before they came here other than hay and pasture, I can't say for sure. This picture was taken the week after the sheep arrived, so you can see what kind of pasture they have had for the majority of the time here:

 

[PotterWatch]

Doesn't look like I will get a chance to weigh her today. It is our weekly chicken processing day and I have a lot of irrigation pipe to move, a repairman is coming to look at our washing machine, and I have to show our rental house twice this afternoon. I'm inside for a few minutes to grab a bite to eat and then back out into the heat (boy am I not looking forward to summer). The baby is absolutely adorable! I have no idea what size they usually are but she seems pretty small to me. A tad smaller than our LaMancha kids usually are. Here are a couple more pictures I took that have better perspective on her size:

 

[boykin2010]

It looks completely normal size to me especially for a single.
Congrats! Will you be keeping the lamb?