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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: squeasy on March 18, 2012, 07:52:49 pm

Title: Lambs- thank you
Post by: squeasy on March 18, 2012, 07:52:49 pm

Well that is me done now until May.  My first three sheep (ever) lambed (soays).  Three more possibly in May (not sure if they are pregnant though as two are very old). 

The lambs are extremely cute and I could quite honestly sit and watch them all day.  I have certainly learnt a lot after my first very difficult lambing and I am very tired after 20 nights of disturbed sleep (and they all lambed during the day- not sure how I would have coped with 200 sheep).

 I feel more confident and we just have two more to castrate (todays new one and a tiny twin).  I was a little disappointed to get 3 ram lambs and only 1 ewe lamb, but they are all healthy and after watching the horror that everybody is going through on here I am so grateful!!

Thank you for everybody's help and advice!

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: Sylvia on March 18, 2012, 07:58:10 pm

Dear little things :) Breeding any kind of animal is a combination of excitement, worry, elation and more worry. I hope all goes well for them and for your old ewes. I have a Shetland who is 13 this year and I'm pretty sure is going to produce in a couple of weeks. Dear of her :)

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: squeasy on March 18, 2012, 08:11:30 pm

It certainly has been lots of emotions- I feel like maybe I am not good enough to have sheep at times! It is a steep learning curve and I desperately would like to get it right.  I look forward to hearing about your Shetland to see what she has,  We put Carlos in with all three of our ewes that we kind of inherited.  The vet said commercially he would have got rid of two of them as one has no teeth (the one he thinks is about 12) and the other one tooth.  The ram went through two cycles but nothing since- due about May 15th (if in lamb).  will start to watch them from mid April, as with my first three I could see them growing! 
Good look with your shetland. 

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: Brucklay on March 19, 2012, 09:03:17 am

What super little lambs - and your right, Mum's and lambs all healthy is a blessing I hope our do so well. Well done

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: Tilly on March 19, 2012, 09:44:07 am

.....what beautiful little sheep  :love: well done you.
Tilly  :wave:

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: in the hills on March 19, 2012, 09:57:06 am

They are super ....well done you and the mums of course.

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: Bionic on March 19, 2012, 10:04:12 am

Lovely little lambs, well done
Sally

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Post by: FiB on March 19, 2012, 10:10:10 am

Congratulations - cant wait to do the same next year!

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: tizaala on March 19, 2012, 02:21:38 pm

They are lovely , and nice photos, they are very like the castlemilk without the cream colour . isn't it nice when they lamb in daylight.

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: squeasy on March 19, 2012, 08:32:41 pm

Thank you for all of the lovely comments.  :) I am delighted to have been so lucky with healthy lambs.  They certainly all look different and already showing characters. 

I will have to stop spending all my time watching them - it is very addictive!!!  :)

Title: Re: Lambs- thank you
Post by: wellies on March 20, 2012, 05:29:02 pm

well done squeasy, it's quite right that you should sit bck and enjoy what you and your sheep have achieved  :thumbsup: