Friday, April 5, 2013

Loads of Lambs

Lambing re-cap...

Wednesday: Madeleine had triplets with one surviving ram lamb. He's a spotted musket.

Thursday: Poa had twin black ewe lambs in the morning.



 




Maggie had twin black ewe lambs in the afternoon.















Friday: Kira had triplets awaiting at 5:30 am - two rams and one ewe. The two spotted ones have sugar-lips and should be musket.

The ewe thought it would be easier to nurse laying down.
 




By 7:00 am Claire had delivered a ram and a ewe. Her non-bred sister Annie was by her side as she delivered.

 

Saturday: Wynona had twin ewes outside! The girls each weighed 8 lbs, which I guess is why I thought she'd have triplets. All the other lambs are averaging 5.5 lbs. She had one solid black and one solid brown. Pictures to come soon.
 
Two to go (and they're both past the due-date)...



Total Count: 12 lambs - 4 rams, 8 ewes
Colors: 5 black, 7 moorit based (1 mioget, 3 musket, 1 fawn, 3 moorit)
Spots: 6 spotted, 6 solid
Weights: 4.5-6 lbs

I'm hoping there are 5 more lambs to come and that they're all rams! There are too many cute ewes with perfect tails and sweet faces. Many of these girls will have to find new homes or else I'm going to have some REALLY hard decisions to make. 

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