The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: piggy on August 20, 2011, 03:43:43 pm
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Went out to check the sheep this morning and had one hell of a shock to find a lamb,mum and lamb doing fine,will post a pic later.
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Nice surprise :sheep: :sheep:
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Oh wow - unexpected ;D :sheep: Yes please - pics 8)
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Who's the daddy??? ;) ;)
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wow what a surprise this late in the year !! what breed are they and id love to see a pic too please :sheep: :farmer: :farmer: :farmer: :farmer:
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What a wonderful surprise :wave:
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Here we go, sorry pic not very good,thought i was done with lambs sold all mine a few weeks ago,this ewe was the only 1 out of my flock who didnt have a lamb until now.Feal really bad now as they have been on a rubbish field with no grass on it to help dry them off.She also had all the stress of them being rounded up three times for me to catch the lambs to send them to there new homes.She is a Soay.Next worry as it is so late will she be ok going into winter?
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This happened to me last year with my rescue cross breeds and the lambs were more than fine through the winter just make sure mum has plenty of extra food to build up the little one and don't try to wean it as soon as spring lambs so that it has access to mum milk when the weather turns if it needs it, it will wean itself TBH. If the snow gets bad this winter just keep a close eye as it will disappear under it quicker than the rest, mum will do the work if you just give her a few treats to help her on.
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Looks a nice sturdy wee thing though!
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Aw :) :) :sheep: :sheep: :wave:
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Our cuckoo lamb born on 8th August seems to be growing at a rate of knots. And that poor mum was kept on rubbish grazing all summer so don't worry too much. Keep trying to get a photo but Mum is so wild that she heads off at the sight of a camera. But yet another breed to be added to the list of unseasonal lambers it seems. Congratulations and enjoy the little one.
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what a lovely surprise, they are very cute :wave:
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Aw - beautiful :love: :love: :love:
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What a lovely surprise! It's sounding as though all the primitive breeds can breed all year round, eh? Now that's got to help with year-round 'spring' lamb...?
Two lots of soay ewes from Kilda were sold at Lanark on Thursday - I've got to say, seeing them together like that, all the slight variations in colour and markings, I thought they looked absolutely beautiful. BH said No, though. :'(
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Hi Sally :wave: do you really mean they were stock from St Kilda or just Soays? Would be most unusual.
We are just selling off the last of our Soays sadly. We have kept a small flock for a number of years alongside our other breeds but now with me being poorly they have to go - very sad :(
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Hi Sally :wave: do you really mean they were stock from St Kilda or just Soays? Would be most unusual.
We are just selling off the last of our Soays sadly. We have kept a small flock for a number of years alongside our other breeds but now with me being poorly they have to go - very sad :(
They said they were actually from St Kilda, I got the impression there was an annual consignment? The first lot were 6 years old, I think, and the second lot were younger but I can't remember exactly how old.
I'm sorry to hear you are having to part with your Soay flock; I know you will have found them nice homes. :)